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Sunset Park Walking Tour: Diverse, Complex, Contested

Sunset Park High School 153 35th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Join veteran Brooklyn tour guide (and City Limits contributor) Norman Oder, along with neighborhood activist Maria Roca, on a wide-ranging tour of the Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn !

Free – $20

Documentary Screening: 2.5% – The Osa Peninsula

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

Join us for a private screening of 2.5% - The Osa Peninsula - winner of best documentary at the 2015 Santa Monica Independent Film Festival, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Eytan Elterman and Marco Bollinger.

Free

Streams Beneath New York City

Jewish Center of Jackson Heights 3706 77th Street, Flushing, NY, United States

 “Urban streams serve a vital role in promoting sustainability by filtering and containing runoff, serving as linear park corridors and reminding us of nature’s presence…

Free

8th Annual Stan Michels Memorial Jazz Concert

Stan Michels Promenade, in Fort Tryon Park New York, NY, United States

Join the Fort Tryon Park Trust, NYC Parks, and the Michels family in honoring the late Council Member Stan Michels at the eighth annual Memorial Jazz Concert. Enjoy live jazz by local impresario Marjorie Eliot and her ensemble underneath the majestic elms on the promenade, alongside the beautiful Heather Garden and overlooking the Hudson River.

Free

New Christodora Volunteer Day at the Bronx River Flotilla

Join Christodora's New Youth Conservationists in volunteering at the rescheduled 2016 Bronx River Flotilla, a 5-mile paddle down the Bronx River in celebration of the progress that the Bronx River Alliance has made in reclaiming the river as a place that children can explore and play!

Free

Queens Clean Up Crew Kick-Off Event

Kick off is at 10am in Astoria Park at 19th Street (between 23rd Ave and 22nd Drive). We invite ALL our neighbors to come out and volunteer to help clean up this beautiful community space! Hang out with your neighbors and enjoy.

Free

2nd Annual Neighborhood Love Your Street Tree Day

Urban Assembly School for Green Careers 145 W. 84th St., New York, NY, United States

Join our elected officials, Community Board 7, NYC Parks Department, Sanitation Department, local businesses and non-profits, students and parents, environmental organizations, and community groups as we gather for our annual Spring cleanup and beautification day on the UWS.

Free

Early Spring Bird Walk

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge - Visitor Center Queens, NY, United States

Watch a slide program with NYC Audubon and American Littoral Society naturalist Don Riepe and then take a walk to look for Phoebes, American Oystercatchers,…

The Conscious Beauty + Fashion Conversation

Join us May 26th from 7pm - 9pm for The #ConsciousBeauty + Fashion Conversation with experts in support of transperancy in the cosmetic, fashion and entertainment industries.

$16.82

Forest Crew

Tackle the modern day challenge of native reforestation in Highbridge Park.

Free

Demand a Renewable Energy Plan with Teeth

NYS Public Service Commission 90 Church Street, New York, NY, United States

Attend the Clean Energy Standard public hearing in lower Manhattan to ensure that Gov. Cuomo’s “Clean Energy Standard that aims for a 50% renewables by 2030 goal…

Free

Time To Choose: A Social Cinema Screening

Civic Hall 156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY, United States

“By the middle of this century we will trigger runaway climate change — a process beyond our control. What do you do if you have…

Free