Brooklyn Cherry Blossoms
Visit the The Brooklyn Botanical Garden to walk through the cherry blossom trees, among the rest of the garden collections. Adults $10, students/seniors $5, children…
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The New New York Activists: Urban Green Innovators
The New New York Activists: Urban Green Innovators
To mark the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, the Museum of the City of New York will discuss how citizens, entrepreneurs, and policy makers are making an impact on our city's environment, today and for the future.
Free
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Mugwort: Stewarding Plant Invasives
Mugwort: Stewarding Plant Invasives
This spring season the Gowanus Canal Conservancy is hosting a 4-part series examining the theme “Living Things in an Urban Ecosystem”, where invited panelists bring their perspectives on the living infrastructure of New York City, provoking questions about our human and environmental relationships within an urban environment.
Free
3 events,
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Earth Institute Practicum in Innovative Sustainability Leadership: Innovative Strategies for Sustainability Management
Earth Institute Practicum in Innovative Sustainability Leadership: Innovative Strategies for Sustainability Management
The Earth Institute and the School of Continuing Education MSSM Practicum present a lecture summarizing the major themes that have emerged throughout the Earth Institute Practicum lecture series. It will consider the future of sustainability management practice with a focus on the importance of leadership in integrating sustainability in organizations.
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The Final Mile: How Great Cities Are Fed
The Final Mile: How Great Cities Are Fed
Open House New York invites you to a very special lecture with Karen Karp, president of Karp Resources, to kick offThe Final Mile: Food Systems of New York, a new year-long series of tours and talks exploring the architecture of New York City's multi-layered food system.
$10
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MoMA’s Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities
In 2030, the world’s population will be a staggering eight billion people. Of these, two-thirds will live in cities. Most will be poor. With limited resources, this uneven growth will be one of the greatest challenges faced by societies across the globe.
To engage this international debate, Uneven Growth brings together six interdisciplinary teams of researchers and practitioners to examine new architectural possibilities for six global metropolises.
Mapping Brooklyn Exhibit
Mapping Brooklyn juxtaposes the work of contemporary artists working with historic maps, with examples of maps themselves, suggesting the myriad ways that maps can represent, on the one hand, such practical matters as way finding, property ownership, population shifts, and war strategy, and on other, the terrain of the metaphorical, psychological, and personal.
Free
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Nature Walk and Bird Watching at Ridgewood Reservoir
Nature Walk and Bird Watching at Ridgewood Reservoir
Catch the warbler wave and welcome them back at this spring bird watching workshop led by Peter Dorosh of the Brooklyn Bird Club.
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Earth2Class Workshop: Microbes in the Sea – Demonstrations and Activity Session for the Marine Science Resource Kits
Earth2Class Workshop: Microbes in the Sea – Demonstrations and Activity Session for the Marine Science Resource Kits
Earth2Class presents "Microbes in the Sea - Demonstrations and Activity Session for the Marine Science Resource Kits" with Sonya Dyrhman, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University and Sheean Haley, Senior Staff Associate, Division of Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University.
$25
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Earth Day Rockaway
Earth Day Rockaway
This 9th annual celebration lets kids and families take part in free environmental activities along the waterfront!
Free
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Extreme Weather and Climate: Hazards, Impacts, Actions
Extreme Weather and Climate: Hazards, Impacts, Actions
Join this free workshop on Extreme Climate featuring fifteen speakers from across Columbia University covering a diverse array of topics!
Free
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New York Cares spring happy hour
New York Cares spring happy hour
Enjoy delicious Newburgh Brewery beer or sip your signature Spring cocktail with friends and celebrate the end of a long, cold winter! Buy a raffle to win a getaway trip, a fashion item, or tickets to an upcoming sporting event, all while supporting a good cause.
Free
5 events,
Riverkeeper Day of Service
In just four years, the annual Riverkeeper Sweep has grown from 30 clean-up and stewardship sites in 2012 to 100 — and possibly more — this year.
As more people become engaged in restoring the Hudson River and its tributaries, the Sweep — to be held on Saturday, May 9 — will make a visible impact in communities from Red Hook in South Brooklyn to Troy in the Capital District.
Free
Eighth Annual New York City Wildflower Week
NYC Wildflower Week presents a full week of free events to showcase the 53,000 acres of open space and 778 native plants in NYC's 5 boroughs. The goal of the week is simple: to encourage New Yorkers to get to know the nature in their own back yard and to inspire them to protect this natural heritage for future generations. Most events are FREE and open to the public!
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Old Croton Aqueduct Bike Tour
Old Croton Aqueduct Bike Tour
Join NYC native Matt Malina and Matheson Westlake to bike the route of the Old Croton Aqueduct from the NYPL to the Highbridge.
$40
3 events,
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Brooklyn Eco Bike Tour
Brooklyn Eco Bike Tour
Learn about Brooklyn's environmental challenges and successes on NYC H20's leisurely and informative bike ride along Jamaica Bay!
$40
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2 events,
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Beyond the Honeybee: Exploring Critical Pollinators
Beyond the Honeybee: Exploring Critical Pollinators
This spring season the Gowanus Canal Conservancy is hosting a 4-part series examining the theme “Living Things in an Urban Ecosystem”, where invited panelists bring their perspectives on the living infrastructure of New York City, provoking questions about our human and environmental relationships within an urban environment.
Free
2 events,
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350 Divestment Working Group
350 Divestment Working Group
350NYC is the the local affiliate of 350.org, a grassroots network of volunteer-run campaigns in over 188 countries working to solve the climate crisis. Here in New York, they are working locally for a cleaner, greener, better New York City for everyone.
Learn more about 350.org's campaigns and check our upcoming events to get involved
Free
3 events,
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Resiliency and Elements Art Exhibit
Resiliency and Elements Art Exhibit
The Lenape Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition featuring an amalgam of works by Staten Island artists and natural infrastructure projects implemented to make New York City more storm resilient and sustainable.
Free
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Prospect Park: Natural Areas Conservancy Lecture
Prospect Park: Natural Areas Conservancy Lecture
Learn about native plants and ecological features in Prospect Park, one of Brooklyn’s last remaining native forests.
Free
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Transition New York City Introduces Permaculture Design at Far Rockaway Garden Workday
Transition New York City Introduces Permaculture Design at Far Rockaway Garden Workday
Come out and learn how to build raised bed gardens! We will build a community garden with raised beds on a grassy lot on Beach 67th St., alongside Rockaway residents and NYC Transition movement activists!
Free
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Basic Canoeing
Basic Canoeing
Few experiences compare with being on the open water in New York City. NYC Parks trained Urban Park Rangers will lead you on canoe adventures that range from the gentle waters of protected lakes to the challenging open waters of rivers and bays.
Free
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All Around Snug Harbor, Staten Island: Part 2
All Around Snug Harbor, Staten Island: Part 2
A cultural tour of Snug Harbor in Staten Island's north shore.
$20
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What Was Where: Brooklyn Bridge Park Historical Tour
What Was Where: Brooklyn Bridge Park Historical Tour
Join architectural historian Matt Postal on this historical tour of Brooklyn Bridge Park that spans from the colonial era to present day!
$10
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Minetta Brook Walk
Minetta Brook Walk
Before NYC became concrete and asphalt, the island was covered by rivers, streams and marshes. Greenwich Village's Minetta Brook is one such watercourse and still makes its presence known in the basements of the structures built on top of it; some are still visible if you know where to look.
Join urban explorer Steve Duncan of Undercity.org as he shows us the Minetta's 1.5 mile buried path and explains the waterway functioning both today and in the past!
$40
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Shakespeare in the Park
Shakespeare in the Park
The annual Shakespeare in the Park is an event not to be missed. You can get a touch of the English Renaissance period within the modern-day urban park.
Free
3 events,
Ideas City 2015: Festival for the Future
Founded by the New Museum, IDEAS CITY is a 3-day festival May 28-30 in NYC exploring the future of cities with culture as a driving force.
Open to the Public, 100+ Free Events!
City Atlas is participating in the festival on Saturday May 30th - look out for us and come say hi! We'd love to meet you.
Free
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Expo Gowanus
Expo Gowanus
EXPO Gowanus is a free event created by the Gowanus Canal Conservancy (GCC), featuring Design, Stewardship and Investigation projects that beautify and enhance the health of the Gowanus Canal and Watershed.
Free
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Film Screening Fundraiser: Racing to Zero
Film Screening Fundraiser: Racing to Zero
For its Spring Fundraiser, the The Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board will be hosting a screening of “Racing to Zero.” This documentary explores San Francisco’s goal of reaching zero waste. In light of the recently announced OneNYC zero waste goals, we will host a panel discussion on where NYC stands in relation to SF.
$20 – $35
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Sustainable Tour of the West Farms Square
Sustainable Tour of the West Farms Square
Join the discussion and tour organized by GreenHomeNYC to learn how two key issues - sustainability and affordability - are being bridged through innovative housing development and preservation in the Bronx.
$16.74
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Williamsburg’s Changing Landscapes
Williamsburg’s Changing Landscapes
A historic tour of Williamsburg, Brooklyn as part of the Museum of City of New York's collaboration with Municipal Art Society’s “50 for the 50th!” Tours.
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Nature Fest
Nature Fest
NatureFest is a family celebration of environmental awareness and local natural history. It has blossomed into a community event, thanks to participation from science, environmental, and nature groups from around New York City. Admission is free (and fun for the whole family!).
Free
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Bronx River Bike Tour
Bronx River Bike Tour
Come be awed by the Bronx River's beauty: bike with NYC H2O's Matt Malina & Leigh Wells to tour the river from Williamsbridge Oval to its source in Valhalla!
Did you know that the Bronx River is NYC's only true fresh water river? It was considered as a source for NYC's drinking water in the 1830's but was labelled "an open sewer" by the end of that century. The river has made a comeback since the days of reckless dumping and now supports many forms of aquatic life like Alewife Herring and even a beaver named "Jose."
$40