Island Permaculture Coalition International NYC

02/27/2026

01/13/2026

Ideas for the mayor…

In the 1990s, Bogotá was chaotic. Drivers ignored red lights, pedestrians ran across highways, and traffic fatalities were at an all-time high because nobody respected the corrupt police. We're talking around 1,500 annually!

Enter Mayor Antanas Mockus. He was a philosopher, a mathematician, and quite unconventional. He campaigned in a spandex suite. But he believed that humans fear ridicule more than fines.

So he fired the cities 3,200 traffic police officers and replaced them with 420 mimes. Their job wasn't to write tickets, but to publicly shame those breaking the rules.

If a pedestrian jaywalked, a mime would follow them, mocking their walk. If a car blocked an intersection, four mimes would surround the vehicle and pretend to push it backward.

People were so embarrassed by the public mockery that they actually started following the rules. And it actually worked. Under his "Mime Policy" traffic fatalities dropped by over 50%.

01/02/2026

https://www.youtube.com/live/iazY_UDQdck?si=q3K17dZjAvReZbk3

“Where there is always soil for your root”

On January 1st, 2026, Zohran Kwame Mamdani will be sworn in as Mayor of the City of New York; Mark Levine will be sworn in as Comptroller of the City of New ...

12/12/2025

Bryan Reisberg spends one day a week taking shelter dogs out of their kennels, slipping them in a “adopt me” backpack and carrying them around New York.

His goal is to help people see shelter dogs the way he does: curious, sweet and full of potential. https://wapo.st/4iPToS0

11/22/2025

https://youtu.be/kiALFbCPvs0?si=hUZ_e0fkdWFl7eap

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's iconic song dedicated to his maternal grandma AKA his Nani.Lyrics:[Verse 1]I'm the best damn Nani that you ever done seenF**k top five...

11/09/2025