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National Girls and Women in Sports Day in the Bronx

West Bronx Recreation Center 1527 Jesup Ave, Bronx, NY, United States

Join us for National Girls and Women in Sports Day, an annual event honoring female athletes! To celebrate, NYC Parks has free events in all…

Free

Ukrainian Easter Egg Workshop

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum 895 Shore Road, Bronx, NY, United States

Learn the time-honored art of creating these intricately patterned Ukrainian Easter eggs and create your own using a wax-resist technique at this hands-on workshop.

$15

Clothing Swap-O-Rama

Queens Library at Broadway 40-20 Broadway, Long Island City, NY, United States

A fantastic way to get free new-to-you clothing, find a home for clothing that no longer excites you, meet new friends and help save the environment.

Free

Hands-on DIY Windowfarm Build

Queens Library at Long Island City 37-44 21 Street , Long Island City , NY, United States

Learn how to build a do-it-yourself version of a Windowfarm in this hands-on workshop.

Free

Birding for Families

Charles A. Dana Discovery Center Central Park (Harlem Meer), 110th st. between fifth and Lenox avenues, New York, NY, United States

Learn as a family how to spot and identify our feathered neighbors in their natural surroundings.

Free

Junior Volunteer Corps Spring Cleaning

Prospect Park Grand Army Plaza Entrance, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Families and elementary-school-aged community groups are invited to join NYC Parks for spring cleaning!

Free

LDEO Spring Public Lecture Series: Ocean Acidification and Climate Change

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium, Columbia University 3000 Broadway, New York , NY, United States

The Earth Institute's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) Spring Public Lectures presents, "Ocean acidification and climate change," with Brbel Hnisch, Associate Professor.

Free

Sustainable Electronics Panel Discussion and Networking Opportunity

Columbia University Club of New York 15 West 43rd Street , New York, NY, United States

Join Columbia Business School Alumni Club on April 1st for this panel discussion about achieving an ethical electronics value chain, from raw materials to disposal.

$40

Pruning and Training Fruit Trees

P.S. 443 The Family School Garden 1116 Sheridan Avenue, Bronx, NY, United States

Learn how to prune fruit trees to improve production and protect tree health.

Free

Field of Greens: Grow a Spring Salad!

GrowNYC Greening Library 49 Chambers Street, Rm 212, Manhattan, NY, United States

Come join NYC Parks Green Thumb at the Grow to Learn Demonstration Garden as we learn how to prepare plant, maintain, and harvest a bed of baby greens.

Free

Can Consumption Change the World?

Diana Event Oval, Barnard College 3009 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Join a panel of environmentalists, economists, anthropologists, and entrepreneurs as they examine the
life cycle of the goods we buy—from conception and design to labor and manufacturing, through repair and disposal. How are each of these stages interconnected, and what changes to our consumption habits could truly be impactful?

Free