• Queens Museum exhibitions

    Queens Museum Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY, United States

    Head over to the Queens Museum of Art for great (and free!) exhibits!
    *Sacred Waters: A Collection of Hindu Offerings from Jamaica Bay.
    *The Natural History Museum: Community Partnership Exhibition Program.
    *From Watersheds to Faucets: The Marvel of New York City's Water Supply System.

    Free
  • Saturday Farmers Market

    Brooklyn Grange Flagship Farm NY, United States

    A farmers market and open house will be hosted at Flagship Farm every Saturday, May 17th through October 25th!

  • Science-Based Solutions for Sustainability: “The Big Ratchet”

    Columbia University Morningside Campus Union Theological Seminary, Room 207

    Ruth DeFries, professor at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, will speak about the history of human and technological development and her new book, the Big Ratchet: How Humanity Strives in the Face of Natural Crisis.

    Free
  • Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present, and Future

    BLDG 92 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

    The inaugural exhibition at BLDG 92, Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present and Future, recounts its lengthy history.

    Free
  • Gotham Unbound book launch and discussion on NYC’s urban ecology

    Institute for Public Knowledge 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor, New York, NY, United States

    The Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to a discussion with Ted Steinberg and Andrew Needham on Steinberg's new book Gotham Unbound: The Ecological History of Greater New York. Steinberg will use the book and his historical understanding to address a question of some urgency: Can New York City survive the sea? He will look at what the city has done in the past to deal with coastal flooding, as well as current plans in the wake of Sandy.

    Free
  • Slice Out Hunger

    St. Anthony's Church 154 Sullivan Street, New York, NY, United States

    Photo credit: Pierre Alan Lepetit As described on the event website: WNYC is a media partner for Slice Out Hunger, an annual event run by pizza lovers…

    $1
  • Gowanus Wild by Miska Draskoczy

    Ground Floor Gallery 343 5th St. (off 5th Avenue) , Brooklyn , NY, United States

    What is nature? What is wild? Artist Miska Draskoczy explores these concepts through photography in his new exhibit, "Gowanus Wild."

    Free
  • Composting in the City workshop at Queens Botanical Garden

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

    Join the NYC Compost Project to learn how to reduce your waste and create "black gold" for your garden by composting leaves, kitchen scraps, garden…

    $5
  • Family Workshops at Dulce De Harlem Community Garden

    Dulce de Harlem 620 West 148th Street , New York , United States

    Oct. 11th: Indoor Container Gardening

    Oct 18th: Make Your Own Pickles (and pickle your veggies!)

    Oct. 25th: Seed Saving & Pumpkin Carving

    Nov 1st: Compost: A New Beginning

    Free
  • Open house New York

    Various NY, United States

    This annual festival gives attendees access to more than 150 of the city’s coolest and most exclusive architectural sites, private homes and landmarks, plus behind-the-scenes…

    Free
  • Red Hook Food Vendors

    Red Hook Recreational Area 155 Bay St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    The Red Hook Food Vendors will open for the 40th year in a row, serving up Mexican, Guatemalan and other Latin American fare at the soccer fields and park on Clinton and Bay Streets in Brooklyn,

    Free