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Remembering Yesterday: Queens and Its World’s Fairs

Kingsland Homestead 143-35 37th Avenue , Queens, NY, United States

Remembering is both a collective and a personal activity. In this exhibition, both are on display in relation to two World’s Fairs that took place in Flushing, Queens in 1939/40 and 1964/65.

Within this exhibition, collective memory is represented by shared experiences of the Fairs and personal memory by the memorabilia drawn from the collections of people who attended and fondly recall the Fairs.

Open Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 2:30 – 4:30 pm. Through May 31, 2015.

$3.00

Composting With Worms: Indoor Vermicomposting Demystified at the Brooklyn Brainery

Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Composting can seem too hard for the average citizen, but in this class, you’ll learn how easy it can be. We’ll talk through the basics of indoor vermicomposting (composting with worms) and how you can do your part to reduce your food waste.

Each participant will construct a bin, fill it with bedding, add some red wiggler worms, and watch them go to work!

$45

Ride for Climate presentation with David Kroodsma

NYC Velo Hell’s Kitchen 590 West 45th Street, New York, NY, United States

“The Bicy­cle Diaries“ Book talk and slideshow of cycling three con­ti­nents and 30,000 miles For­mer Stan­ford cli­mate change researcher David Kroodsma has bicy­cled from Cal­i­for­nia…

Free

Green Business Summit on Sustainable Food

Uris Hall, Columbia University 3022 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

A panel on how food supply can adapt to growing global demand and environmental pressures featuring panelists from Whole Foods, Chipotle, and more. Keynote speech on "Beyond Meat." Food and drink reception afterward.

Ride for Climate presentation with David Kroodsma

Red Lantern Bicycles 345 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Former Stanford climate change researcher David Kroodsma has bicycled from California to the southern tip of South America, from Turkey to the east coast of China, and across the U.S. twice.

Join David for a slideshow of his best photos and videos!

Free

Brooklyn Cherry Blossoms

Brooklyn Botanical Garden 990 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Visit the The Brooklyn Botanical Garden to walk through the cherry blossom trees, among the rest of the garden collections. Adults $10, students/seniors $5, children…

$10

Platform: Creative Musings on Mass Transit

New York Transit Museum Boerum Pl, Brooklyn, New York, United States

An evening of live performances centered around mass transit in this ongoing series of inter-disciplinary programs.

Forum on Sustainable Agriculture

Unnamed Venue NY, United States

The agriculture sector is confronting the challenge of feeding a growing and increasingly prosperous population while minimizing environmental, social and climate change impacts. To profile…

Fueling Our Future: Blackout: Security and the Electric Grid

New York University Center for Global Affairs 15 Barclay St , New York, NY, United States

With seven billion people in the world (nine billion projected by 2050), many of whom live in rapidly developing countries, the need for modern technologies with their attendant energy demands is increasing at an exponential rate. Will it be possible to provide sufficient energy for this generation and the next? How will the energy race change global economies and politics?

Join John Bradley, Associate VP, Sustainability, Energy and Technical Services, New York University for a conversation on the emerging solutions and threats facing the electricity distribution sector.

Free