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Celebrate Earth: Sustainable Living, Meditation and Yoga

United Nations Headquarters 45th Street 1st Avenu, New York, NY, United States

This event will be a continuation of the ‘UN International Day of Yoga’, which was proclaimed by the United Nations on 11 December 2014 (Resolution 69/131), to be celebrated on 21 June every year. Special guest Ms. Yogmata Keiko Aikawa, the first female and non-Indian Siddha Master in history, will be gracing the event as the keynote speaker to promote methods of meditation that develop Mindfulness and that facilitate individual awareness.

Free

Wildlife Tour: High Line as Habitat

The High Line, Gansevoort Street Entrance 820 Washington Street, New York, NY, United States

Tour the High Line with horticulturist and resident wildlife expert, Maryanne Stubbs. This tour will focus on how pollinators, migratory birds, and other wildlife use…

Free

Rangers Choice: Calvert Vaux Park Discovery Hike

Calvert Vaux Park Brooklyn, NY, United States

Put on your hiking shoes and bring your binoculars as we explore the rocky coast of Gravesend Bay. This beautifully restored parkland holds remnants of sunken barges that have been taken over by nature.

Space is limited and registration is required. If necessary, a lottery will be run to select participants. To register, please visit nyc.gov/parks/rangers/register. Registration opens on Wednesday, May 10.

Free

The Steely City

Package Free 137 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

The next Urban Salon will focus on resiliency, both in the material sense and in the social sense. We will explore models of the "future New York" in the face of climate change and (other yet to occur crises) and the lived experience of past events, most memorably and recently, Hurricane Sandy.

How have New Yorkers stood up in times when resilience is required? How can you plan for community response for future events? How can New York continue to grow in an equitable and sustainable way? How do we see issues of equity surface at moments such as Hurricane Sandy and in the government's response?

Given the recent election and the uncertainty around federal support for urban infrastructure projects, how can and should New York plan for the future?

The panel will be held in Package Free Shop, a recently opened mecca for living zero-waste.

Free

Summer on the Hudson: Yoga Flow

Riverside Park 10025, Manhattan, NY, United States

Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at…

Free

NYC Parks Shape Up NYC/MAP Spring Fitness Party

Medgar Evers College Marcus Garvey Cornerstone 20 Amboy Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Spring is here are you ready to enjoy the weather? Join us as we celebrate at New York Housing Authority Marcus Garvey Spring Fitness Party!…

Free

Shape Up NYC: Zumba in West Harlem Piers Park

West Harlem Piers Park West 125 Street, Manhattan, United States

Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at…

Free

Gardens and Sustainability Tour

Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space 155 Avenue C, New York, NY, United States

Gardens & Sustainability walking tour. The tour takes you through Manhattan's Lower East Side, an area that has the highest concentration of community gardens and…

$20

Summer on the Hudson: Tai Chi

Riverside Park 10025, Manhattan, NY, United States

Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at…

Free

Mamapalooza – Sing Out Sister

Riverside Park 10025, Manhattan, NY, United States

Celebrate all families at our annual festival featuring music, wellness activities, art, activism, and fierce feminist vendors. Get inspired to sing out a message of…

Free

Capturing Carbon in Urban Soil: What’s Possible in Cities

ARUP 77 Water Street, East River Meeting Room, New York, NY, United States

In this panel local soil scientists and practitioners will introduce key soil sequestration concepts; summarize emerging research findings; and provide an overview of urban restoration, compost incorporation and other methods that aim to increase urban soil carbon, while yielding additional pollution and waste reduction benefits.

$10 – $15

Staten Island North Shore ‘Greenbelt’ Hike

Staten Island Greenbelt Meisner Avenue and Rockland Avenue, Staten Island, NY, United States

Celebrate National Trails Day with a hike through the trails of Staten Island's North Shore "Greenbelt" parks: Jones Woods, Goodhue, and Allison Pond parks. The round trip hike…

Free