• Putting Your Garden to Bed

    Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden 1000 Richmond Terrace , Staten Island, NY, United States

    Use traditional techniques to keep soil protected from the elements, experiment with mulch, and sow cold weather crops for next spring. Registration requested.

  • Educational Green Roofs Conference

    PS 41 116 West 11th Street

    Green roofs can be used as outdoor classrooms all year round to study important topics such as weather patterns, the water cycle, climate change, air…

    Free
  • Sustainable Lawn Care

    Queens Botanical Garden 43-50 Main Street, Flushing, NY, United States

    Get a crash course on organic lawn management in this hands-on workshop. Participants will learn appropriate timing, application quantities, and techniques for using compost in…

  • Compost 101

    Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden 1000 Richmond Terrace , Staten Island, NY, United States

    What is compost? How do I make it? Do I need a bin? Do I need worms? This workshop will introduce you to compost, how…

  • Using Your Brown Bin Best

    Queens Botanical Garden 43-50 Main Street, Flushing, NY, United States

    Have you recently received your curbside Organics Collection kit? Do you have questions about how to separate your waste and keep your bin neat? Come…

  • Nature’s Workshop: Jewelry Making

    Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park East 33rd Street and Avenue U, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Join the Rangers and learn how to make jewelry using materials from nature. Basic materials are provided.

  • UnCommon Pages Bookmaking Workshop

    Greenbelt Nature Center 700 Rockland Avenue at Brielle Avenue, Staten Island, NY, United States

    Learn about the Freshkills Park transformation, see examples of native and invasive plants, and create your very own passport-sized field notebook using paper that’s made…

  • Sustainability Measurement in China: Fostering a Race to the Top

    Columbia University- Low Library, Faculty Room New York, NY, United States

    Sustainability is now widely recognized as an essential component for development in China, with the Chinese government setting ambitious environmental and social targets. However, the…

    Free
  • Future City Lab: Art, Culture, Fashion

    Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York

    How does the city inspire designers and innovators? How do new technologies, inspirations, and ideas blend together? Consider art, fashion, and culture in ways you…

  • Gardening Workshop: Healthy Compost

    Greenbelt Nature Center 700 Rockland Avenue at Brielle Avenue, Staten Island, NY, United States

    Learn several different methods to create and maintain a compost pile, which can serve as the foundation for healthy garden soil all year long. Please…

  • Understanding Food with the Stone Barns Center

    NYU MakerSpace 6 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    **The $10 fee is refundable upon attendance** Our “Understanding Food” Workshop investigates the problem of "gastro-anomy"—a state of normlessness that leaves us without guidance on…

    $10