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Celebrating NYBG: 125 Years

Join us for a photographic tribute by Larry Lederman to the Garden’s history and a prologue to its exciting future.

Free – $25

Plant-Based/Raw Food Demo

Crossroads Seventh Day Adventist Church 410 W 45th St, New York, NY, United States

During our class, you will discover how to prepare Healthy, Delicious and well-balanced Plant based meals that will bring mealtime enjoyment and may add years to your life ! Starts June 26th then every second Sunday until December 11th, 2016 !

Free

Prospect Park Moonlight Ride

Prospect Park 101 East Drive, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Join us as we discover Prospect Park at night. Prospect Park is a 526-acre urban oasis located in the heart of Brooklyn.

Free

ONE PLANET ONE FUTURE EXHIBITION

Westbeth Center for the Arts 155 BANK STREET, New York, NY, United States

ONE • ONE PLANET ONE FUTURE IS AN EXHIBITION OF ETHEREAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANNE DE CARBUCCIA THAT POWERFULLY DEPICT WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE MAY LOSE.

Free

Documentary-Drama Screening: A Year in the Life of First Green Bank

Patagonia Soho 72 Greene St, New York, NY, United States

Please join us for a screening about an aspiring regenerative entrepreneur, Ken LaRoe, a seasoned banker and passionate environmentalist who founded Florida’s first “green” bank in a conservative community outside Orlando, who was inspired after reading Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard’s book Let My People Go Surfing.

Free

Bill McKibben on the Fate of the Earth

The New School, John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center 63 Fifth Avenue, Room U100, New York, NY, United States

On Thursday, November 10, Bill McKibben will give the inaugural Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture on the Fate of the Earth at the New School in New York City.

Free

SWALE: A floating edible forest docked at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Swale, a floating food forest built on a 130-foot by 40-foot barge made from repurposed shipping containers by artist Mary Matting, will be docked for just…

Free

Bushwick Compost Workday

Aberdeen Community Garden 98 Aberdeen Street, New York, NY, United States

Join New York Restoration Project as we continue building a compost windrow in our storage facility. Learn about compost as we add food scraps, from our local partners at BedStuy Fresh and Local and Saraghina Restaurant, and garden clippings from our many gardens throughout Brooklyn and Queens.

Free

Covering Crisis: Real-Time Communication & Superstorm Sandy

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

Join panelists from MTA external communications, data journalists, and transportation planners for a discussion about documenting the effects of Superstorm Sandy in real-time and the power of social media as a tool for crisis management and recovery.

Free – $15

Healthy Food for Upper Manhattan General Meeting

CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy 55 West 125th Street 7th Floor, New York, NY, United States

Join members of Upper Manhattan's food community, including healthy food advocates, activists, consumers, producers and scholars to discuss our food environment. This session's panel will focus on youth food justice programs that empower youth to make a positive change in Upper Manhattan's food environment.

Free

Infrastructure for a Cooperating City

Prime Produce 424 West 54th Street, New York, NY, United States

We invite you to our second workshop and salon. Explore with us the digital, physical and cultural infrastructure needed to facilitate social and economic cooperation at…

Free

NY Background: Robert Bowen Screening and Performance

SVA Visual Arts Theater 333 W 23rd St, New York City

Through sensations of depth, sound, and movement, this uniquely collaborative experimental media work is an instrument to view the city, as it examines the iconic geopolitical landscape of Lower Manhattan in ways not previously experienced. New York City is revealed to be a panopticon of frenetic urban renewals culminating in postmodern hyperspace, geopolitical tragedy and the entropic effects of climate change.

Free