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Friends of Brower Park: 3rd Annual Leaf Crunch

Brower Park St. Mark's Ave., Park Pl. bet. Brooklyn Ave. and Kingston Ave., Brooklyn, NY, United States

Join Repair the World and Friends of Brower Park as they partner with the NYC Composting Project this November! Volunteers will help rake up Brower Park's fall leaves. The leaves will be used to fill their Leaf-Mold bins to replenish last years leaf-mold crop that is used to add a blanket of nutrients to Brower Parks plant and tree beds.

Free

NYC DOT Access to Opportunity Workshop III

RISE 58-03 Rockaway Beach Blvd, Far Rockaway, NY, United States

Help the New York City Department of Transportation design future streetscapes in the Rockaways and get updates on the Access to Opportunity transportation study. Food…

Free

Flight Quilt Show

Lefferts Historic House Prospect Park West, Parkside between Flatbush Ave., Ocean Ave. and Prospect Park SW, Brooklyn, United States

Join the Prospect Park Alliance to see the wonderful work of The Brooklyn Quilters' Guild. This year’s exhibit features the artist’s personal interpretations of “Flight”.…

$3

Floral Design Workshop: Holiday Centerpiece

Queens Botanical Garden 43-50 Main Street, Flushing, NY, United States

Try your hand at creating your own holiday centerpiece! Participants will be introduced to tips and techniques used by pros, and take home their own centerpiece. Fee includes Garden admission.

$27.24

Jane Jacobs Centennial Lecture: Janette Sadik-Khan

Museum at Eldridge Street 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY, United States

Janette Sadik-Khan, former NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner who introduced pedestrian plazas, bike lanes and bike sharing, will speak on the legacy of writer and preservationist Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), whose work changed the way the world views and understands cities. Award-winning author and preservationist Roberta Brandes Gratz will introduce Sadik-Khan.

Free

350NYC Monthly Meeting

New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, United States

350NYC’s Monthly Open Meeting is on the 4th Wed of each month. It is held at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, Room #507…

Free

Prospect Park Audubon Center 101 East Drive, New York, NY, United States

Join the Prospect Park Alliance for holiday programming at Lefferts Historic House and the Audubon Center. Nature Exploration, 12–3 pm Prospect Park Audubon Center, Free…

Free

Winter on a Flatbush Farm

Lefferts Historic House Prospect Park West, Parkside between Flatbush Ave., Ocean Ave. and Prospect Park SW, Brooklyn, United States

Get ready for winter as they did in the 19th century farming village of Flatbush. Learn how to make a candle, watch a master spinster…

Free – $3

NYC Outdoors! An Environmental Education Expo

Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South, 10th FL, New York, NY, United States

The NYC Outdoors! Expo is public event showcasing environmental education resources in New York City.
Who should attend? Participants will meet more than 40 environmental education organizations

Free

Food, Power, and Politics

The New School Orozco Room, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY, United States

One of The New School Art Collection’s most significant works will be installed on campus: Roxy Paine’s Dinner of the Dictators, 1993-95 fromNovember 19, 2016…

Free

ORGANIZING URGENCY: The Climate Crisis & What Should CUNY Do About It?

Professional Staff Congress 61 Broadway, 15th Floor, New York, NY, United States

Bring your friends, colleagues and students and hear from community and CUNY environmental justice activists and climate scholars. Participate in shaping our shared role in addressing the climate crisis.

Free