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EcoSessions : Innovations in Textiles

Meat Packing District , New York , NY, United States

If your business is fashion, join EcoSessions for a fascinating talk to discover how to make textiles more sustainable. You'll hear from speakers who are on the cutting edge of new science and technology in textiles, and you'll have opportunities to network, too!

$15 – $25

Living Threads Photo Exhibit & Discussion: Oaxaca’s Traditional Dress and the People Who Wear It

Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator 630 Flushing Avenue, Suite 704, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Join photographer, researcher and storyteller, Eric Mindling, as he provides us with a glimpse into his historical documentary project, Living Threads: Oaxaca’s Traditional Dress and the People Who Wear It that looks at the grand diversity of styles of traditional dress and the people who wear them in Oaxaca, Mexico. From sweeping portraiture, insights into a changing world and the sharing of his personal motives to undertake this two year project, Mindling opens our eyes to a wondrous land and people.

$10

Farm Fresh Festival for Kids

South Street Seaport Corner of Fulton and Front Streets, New York City, NY, United States

Bring the whole family to the Farm Fresh Festival and spend the day in South Street Seaport meeting farmers and animals, learning about growing and harvesting food, listening to music, eating locally grown food, and so much more!

Free

esabitchin’

Downtown Art 70 East 4th St , New York, NY, United States

esa (evolving sustainable apparel) is a lady gang rooted in the mutual desire to learn about our place in the fashion industry as well as the natural world, ultimately, synthesizing these two seemingly unrelated realms.

$11.14

Bronx River Bike Tour

Norwood (205th Street D Train Station) 280 East 206th Street, Bronx, NY, United States

Come be awed by the Bronx River's beauty: bike with NYC H2O's Matt Malina to tour the river from Williamsbridge Oval to its source in Valhalla!

$21.99

Jane’s Walk in the Park: Madison Square Park and The Urban Forest

Madison Square Park between Madison Ave and 23rd St., Manhattan , NY, United States

Join Trees New York’s Arborist and Education Director, Sam Bishop, for a tree walk in Madison Square Park. Sam will be pointing out different kinds of trees and plants that grow in and around the park, and how they clean our air and water, nurture and feed our wildlife, and improve quality of life for all New Yorkers.

Free

Mobilizing to Defeat Climate Change with Bill McKibben, Rev. Yearwood & Yeampierre

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

The Climate Mobilization is proud to partner with The New Republic to host "Mobilizing to Defeat Climate Change" with three of our nation’s leading environmental activists, Bill McKibben, Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr., and Elizabeth Yeampierre for a critical public conversation on climate change, its social, political, and biological impact and what can be done now to arrest and where possible reverse its deadly progress.

Free

Food Waste: Where Are We Now?

Brooklyn Foodworks 630 Flushing Ave., Brooklyn, NY, United States

Food Waste has been a part of our vocabulary for several years now and we have reached momentum in the space. Come and join the dialogue with a leader in sustainability, a chef and a voice for the food insecure. We promise a lively discussion, thought provoking ideas and solutions to take back to your own kitchens.

Free

Ensuring Urban Resilience, Come Hell Or High Water

Columbia Law Schoool Jerome Greene Hall, Room 106, New York, NY, United States

Urban resilience also means changes in land use along with better and more equitable ways to protect a city's people. Realizing these innovations requires that New York and other great cities must give high priority to advancing the emerging capacities to foster and make the most of new approaches to climate risk management.

Free

Can Virtual Reality Foster Global Citizenship?

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

2016 has been heralded as the “year of virtual reality” but few people know about its potential outside of a futuristic gaming technology. However, a market-driven…

Free

Make it Wild!

High line 14th st 10th ave, Manhattan, NY, United States

Enjoy a whole day of family fun on the High Line! Get your hands dirt in our garden, create art, hear stories, watch performances and more!

Free