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Manhattan: Bike Repair Class
Manhattan: Bike Repair Class
Join this four-week rotation class to gradually grasp the knowledge of bike repairing and become an expert on it!
Free
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Be Social Change Class: The Modern Social Venture Business Plan
Be Social Change Class: The Modern Social Venture Business Plan
How should a social venture or nonprofit know if it needs a business plan? This class attempts to reimagine the format using real-life examples.
$30
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Be Social Change Class: Intro to Social Entrepreneurship
Be Social Change Class: Intro to Social Entrepreneurship
Join Marcos Salazar, co-founder and Executive Director of Be Social Change for a class about the latest social entrepreneurship research, as well a how to define and clarify what social entrepreneurship means, how it is practiced, and what you can do to participate within this movement.
$29
1 event,
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The Queens Slur – Sweetleaf Center Blvd
The Queens Slur – Sweetleaf Center Blvd
It's the Slow Food NYC monthly Happy Hour! But it's also your opportunity to talk to the leadership of Slow Food NYC and share your thoughts.
Free
3 events,
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High Line Honey Day
High Line Honey Day
High Line is teaming up with Brooklyn Grange to bring beekeepers from all five boroughs to the High Line for honey tastings and activities for kids.
Free
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City Chicken Institute BX: Care and Share
City Chicken Institute BX: Care and Share
Join a City Chicken Institute workshop. Visit a chicken coop and learn about the health and wellness benefits of raising your own flock in an urban setting.
Free
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Be Social Change Class: How to Become a B Corp
Be Social Change Class: How to Become a B Corp
B Corps are certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. Join Be Social Change on Wednesday July, 30th for How to Become a B corp with Sophie Faris.
$30
2 events,
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Developing Data Driven Decisions for Energy Managers and CSOs
Developing Data Driven Decisions for Energy Managers and CSOs
Come join this meeting where there will be a group discussion examining how companies are using big data to make decisions for their triple bottom line and achieve leadership buy in. The group will discuss topics like harnessing energy data for strategic planning will attain energy reduction, sustainability and profit margin goals.
Free
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Volunteer: Weekly Garden Crew
Volunteer: Weekly Garden Crew
Garden Crew meets to maintain and revitalize the ornamental and native plantings around Sherman Creek and Swindler Cove. As part of garden crew you will help redesign and plant garden beds as well as weed, water and dead-head in existing gardens.
Free
1 event,
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Riverside Moonlight Ride
Riverside Moonlight Ride
Join Time's Up! cyclists for a moon lit group ride through Central Park and then down the Hudson River Greenway.
Free
7 events,
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Summer Streets NyC
Summer Streets NyC
With nearly 7 miles of open streets, 5 rest stops and a seven-block-long art installation in the Park Avenue Tunnel – there is plenty to explore at Summer Streets. And remember, everything at Summer Streets is free!
Free
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Hot Fun at Summer Streets!
Hot Fun at Summer Streets!
GrowNYC is going to be greening up the Summer Streets event for 3 weekends, August 2nd, 9th, and 16th, and we need our excellent team of volunteers to help us with recycling bin monitoring and education at our GrowNYC OROE table.
Free
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Tour of High Line Wildlife
Tour of High Line Wildlife
Take an early morning tour with a High Line Gardener to discover urban wildlife.
Free
4 events,
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Inwood Canoe Club Open House
Inwood Canoe Club Open House
Every Sunday from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend, the Inwood Canoe Club invites members of the public who can swim to join them for a guided, 20-25 minute kayak tour of the Hudson River just north of the George Washington Bridge.
$4
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Sustainability Workshop Series at Hudson River Park: Outdoor Composting
Sustainability Workshop Series at Hudson River Park: Outdoor Composting
Learn how to set up an outdoor composting bin and get troubleshooting tips from NYC Compost Project educators.
$5
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Western Queens: More Space and New Arrangements
Western Queens: More Space and New Arrangements
Join this tour with urban geographer and Queens Borough historian Jack Eichenbaum to learn about the traditional and new urban architecture in West Queens.
$20
4 events,
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Big Ideas for Smart Cities: Communication Economy
Big Ideas for Smart Cities: Communication Economy
Join LaunchLM for Big Ideas for Smart Cities, a series of six events focused on innovations to create a more technologically advanced public realm within Lower Manhattan.
Free
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Urban Green Council August Forum: Building Brains and the Art of Controls
Urban Green Council August Forum: Building Brains and the Art of Controls
The Urban Green Council presents a forum on smart buildings that can reduce energy usage.
$5
3 events,
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Daily Bryant Park Petanque, Tabletop Games, Ping Pong, and Reading Room
Daily Bryant Park Petanque, Tabletop Games, Ping Pong, and Reading Room
There is so much to do at Bryant Park, Come visit and find out!
Free
4th New York City Climate Justice Youth Summit
4th New York City Climate Justice Youth Summit
This year NYC Climate Justice Youth Summit will focus on: the connection between fossil fuel extraction and climate justice. The Summit will serve as the launch to prepare the youth for what we hope to be the biggest climate march in New York City-The People’s Climate March.
Free
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Happy Hour and Trivia Night to Support Battery Urban Farm
Happy Hour and Trivia Night to Support Battery Urban Farm
Join us for the first-ever Battery Happy Hour and Trivia Night on Thursday, August 7th from 6 to 8 PM!
$25 – $30
8 events,
The Seed Vegan Expo
Nourish your taste buds on scrumptious plant-based food from New York’s famed vegan restaurants – the best in the world!
$30
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Summer Streets NyC
Summer Streets NyC
With nearly 7 miles of open streets, 5 rest stops and a seven-block-long art installation in the Park Avenue Tunnel – there is plenty to explore at Summer Streets. And remember, everything at Summer Streets is free!
Free
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Honey Harvesting Class
Honey Harvesting Class
Learn how to remove the honey from bee hives, then filter, jar, and taste your freshly harvested honey!
$45
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Red Hook Food Vendors
Red Hook Food Vendors
The Red Hook Food Vendors will open for the 40th year in a row, serving up Mexican, Guatemalan and other Latin American fare at the soccer fields and park on Clinton and Bay Streets in Brooklyn,
Free
6 events,
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Bike and Hike the Jamaica Bay Greenway
Bike and Hike the Jamaica Bay Greenway
Ride with the NYC DOT to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge!
Free
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Ecofest NyC 2014
Ecofest NyC 2014
Calling all eco-warriors, treehuggers, and everyone else who loves our planet: New York City goes green in Times Square!
Free
2 events,
Weird, Wild, And Wonderful at the New York Botanical Garden
In homage to the beauty of the botanical world's most bizarre flora, the New York Botanical Garden invited members of the American Society of Botanical Artists to participate in a study of the eccentric, creating works of art based on visually unusual plants chosen by the artists themselves.
$20
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Sustainability, Public Private Partnerships and Big Data – Three Trends in Global Public Management
Sustainability, Public Private Partnerships and Big Data – Three Trends in Global Public Management
Listen in on the talk by Professor William B. Eimicke that will discuss how the implementation of big data, sustainable practices, and public-private partnerships is having a transformative effect on cities around the world.
Free
6 events,
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden – Free Admission
Brooklyn Botanic Garden – Free Admission
Every Tuesday, enjoy free admission to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Free
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Occupy Sandy – Individual and Community Preparedness Workshop
Occupy Sandy – Individual and Community Preparedness Workshop
The Individual and Community Preparedness Workshop from Occupy Sandy will present best practices and innovative techniques for preparing the whole community for emergency weather situations.
Free
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden Summer Tour
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Summer Tour
Come visit Brooklyn Botanic Garden for a free guided tour covering the season's highlights.
Free
3 events,
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Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present, and Future
Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present, and Future
The inaugural exhibition at BLDG 92, Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present and Future, recounts its lengthy history.
Free
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Brooklyn Grange Farm Tour
Brooklyn Grange Farm Tour
Come check out the world’s largest rooftop farm in Brooklyn’s Navy Yard!
Free
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Midsummer Magic Plant Walks at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Midsummer Magic Plant Walks at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
On this special kids-only stroll through the Garden, discover some of the enchanting plants found in your favorite magical fiction books and learn fun facts about the real magic behind garden plants!
$12 – $15
6 events,
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Summer Streets NYC
Summer Streets NYC
With nearly 7 miles of open streets, 5 rest stops and a seven-block-long art installation in the Park Avenue Tunnel – there is plenty to explore at Summer Streets. And remember, everything at Summer Streets is free!
Free
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Van Cortlandt Bird Walk
Van Cortlandt Bird Walk
Every Saturday until August 30, there will be a bird walk leaving from Van Cortlandt Nature Center. The walks will be guided by NYC Audobon or Urban Park Rangers.
Free
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Catskills Watershed Tours
Catskills Watershed Tours
August opportunity for "Watershed Wonder Tours" (educational paddles with school and community groups) on the Neversink Reservoir. This program is made possible by the Catskill Watershed Corporation and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection.
Free
1 event,
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Aeolian Ride Birthday Party to Support 596 Acres
Aeolian Ride Birthday Party to Support 596 Acres
Want to be a part of a fun, inflated sculpture transforming the landscape of the city? AEOLIAN RIDE will celebrate its 10th birthday in New York with a riding event to Governor's Island and the site of 596 Acres' Urban Reviewer residency with Spontaneous Interventions on Governor's Island.
$10
2 events,
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Free Kayaking at Pier 96 with Manhattan Community Boathouse
Free Kayaking at Pier 96 with Manhattan Community Boathouse
Manhattan Community Boathouse offers free kayaking as an introduction to the recreational boating opportunities in Manhattan and to help connect the public with the New York City waterfront.
Free
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Join the Grand Central Terminal Official Guided Tour
Join the Grand Central Terminal Official Guided Tour
In celebration of Grand Central Terminal’s centennial year, MTA Metro-North Railroad has teamed up with The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) and Orpheo Inc. to provide new daily docent-guided tours of the terminal.
$20
1 event,
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Stop ‘N’ Swap in Bensonhurst
Stop ‘N’ Swap in Bensonhurst
Bring clean, reusable, portable items such as clothing, house wares, games, books, & toys that you no longer need, and take home something new-to-you, free! You don’t have to bring something to take something.
Free
1 event,
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Stargazing on the High Line
Stargazing on the High Line
Come to the High Line to gaze at the stars, planets, and moon through the high-powered telescopes of the Amateur Astronomers Association, and chat with the experts about the sights you see.
Free
1 event,
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Critical Mass evening bike ride
Critical Mass evening bike ride
The Critical Mass bike ride meets the last Friday of every month at Union Square Park North.
Free