How to Let Go of the World and Love all the Things Climate Can’t Change
In HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN’T CHANGE, Oscar Nominated director Josh Fox (Gasland) continues in his…
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GREEN MEETUP NIGHT: “Love Thy Nature”
GREEN MEETUP NIGHT: “Love Thy Nature”
Join fellow environmental and sustainability professionals and enthusiasts for a screening of the new award-winning documentary "LOVE THY NATURE." Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Sylvie Rokab (bio below) and networking reception at Reservoir Bar (Cash Bar).
$9.43 – $12
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Slow Death: Black Health and Environmental Justice
Slow Death: Black Health and Environmental Justice
The contamination of drinking water in the mostly black city of Flint, Michigan has outraged the nation and exposed the far too common occurance of…
Free
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Broadway’s Spring Textile Recycling Drive
Broadway’s Spring Textile Recycling Drive
The Broadway Green Alliance is holding their annual Earth Week textile re-use and recycling drive. They will be partnering with Wearable Collections. Last year, the drive collected hundreds…
Free
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Fashion Revolution Day: True Cost Film Screening & Clothing Swap!
Fashion Revolution Day: True Cost Film Screening & Clothing Swap!
This year, join the BF+DA on April 28th, for a film screening of Andrew Morgan’s The True Cost movie followed by a clothing swap !
Free
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Afrofuturism Conference 2016: #BLACKISVIRAL
A student-led conference on Afrofuturism as a cultural and aesthetic movement for the radical emancipation of people of color. Join us for a weekend filled with art, performances, lectures, panels, workshops, theater pieces, film music, scholarly works, and community events !
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Living Water Explorations at Prospect Park
Living Water Explorations at Prospect Park
Come join us for this all-age-friendly hands-on activity pond-dipping for snails, leeches and dragon fly nymphs !
Free
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Twigs & Swigs: Ar-Brew Day @ The Bronx Brewery
Twigs & Swigs: Ar-Brew Day @ The Bronx Brewery
Join us for the next Twigs & Swigs hosted by New York Restoration Project and The Bronx Brewery**!
Free
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Giving More than They Take
Giving More than They Take
Net Zero Energy and Net Positive buildings are the exemplars that will significantly reduce carbon emissions in New York City: buildings that give more than…
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Tools for Grassroots Activists, Book Release
Tools for Grassroots Activists, Book Release
Come see Beyond Coal Director Mary Anne Hitt, along with Dan Sherrell, at this awesome event at Patagonia Soho. Published by Patagonia®, this paperback book…
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Class: Environmental Design for Unity
Class: Environmental Design for Unity
Within the two-hour+ class, students will learn how to use Unity to create an eye-catching game environment that tells a unique story and runs well.
$27.37 – $43.19
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REUSE! Because You Can’t Recycle the Planet – Film Screening & Discussion
REUSE! Because You Can’t Recycle the Planet – Film Screening & Discussion
This film isn't about our waste problem. It's about solutions. And they are everywhere! Come join us and watch "REUSE! Because You Can't Recycle The Planet" !
$20 – $35
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Make it Sweet!
Make it Sweet!
Families create together on the High Line! In July, in conjunction with High Line Honey Day, we'll learn about bees, taste sweet plants, and more.
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Clothing Swap & Cocktails in Williamsburg
Clothing Swap & Cocktails in Williamsburg
Do a little spring cleaning and update your style at the same time: take your gently used clothing to Ethical Writers' Coalition's Spring Swap, and pick up other fashionistas' pieces. All the unclaimed items at the end of the day will be donated to charity for women in need of interview-appropriate clothing. To make your swapping even more fun, there will be organic cocktails and goody bags.
$11.34 – $16.52
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Sunset Park Walking Tour: Diverse, Complex, Contested
Sunset Park Walking Tour: Diverse, Complex, Contested
Join veteran Brooklyn tour guide (and City Limits contributor) Norman Oder, along with neighborhood activist Maria Roca, on a wide-ranging tour of the Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn !
Free – $20
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Documentary Screening: 2.5% – The Osa Peninsula
Documentary Screening: 2.5% – The Osa Peninsula
Join us for a private screening of 2.5% - The Osa Peninsula - winner of best documentary at the 2015 Santa Monica Independent Film Festival, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Eytan Elterman and Marco Bollinger.
Free
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Streams Beneath New York City
Streams Beneath New York City
“Urban streams serve a vital role in promoting sustainability by filtering and containing runoff, serving as linear park corridors and reminding us of nature’s presence…
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8th Annual Stan Michels Memorial Jazz Concert
8th Annual Stan Michels Memorial Jazz Concert
Join the Fort Tryon Park Trust, NYC Parks, and the Michels family in honoring the late Council Member Stan Michels at the eighth annual Memorial Jazz Concert. Enjoy live jazz by local impresario Marjorie Eliot and her ensemble underneath the majestic elms on the promenade, alongside the beautiful Heather Garden and overlooking the Hudson River.
Free
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New Christodora Volunteer Day at the Bronx River Flotilla
New Christodora Volunteer Day at the Bronx River Flotilla
Join Christodora's New Youth Conservationists in volunteering at the rescheduled 2016 Bronx River Flotilla, a 5-mile paddle down the Bronx River in celebration of the progress that the Bronx River Alliance has made in reclaiming the river as a place that children can explore and play!
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Queens Clean Up Crew Kick-Off Event
Queens Clean Up Crew Kick-Off Event
Kick off is at 10am in Astoria Park at 19th Street (between 23rd Ave and 22nd Drive). We invite ALL our neighbors to come out and volunteer to help clean up this beautiful community space! Hang out with your neighbors and enjoy.
Free
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2nd Annual Neighborhood Love Your Street Tree Day
2nd Annual Neighborhood Love Your Street Tree Day
Join our elected officials, Community Board 7, NYC Parks Department, Sanitation Department, local businesses and non-profits, students and parents, environmental organizations, and community groups as we gather for our annual Spring cleanup and beautification day on the UWS.
Free
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Early Spring Bird Walk
Early Spring Bird Walk
Watch a slide program with NYC Audubon and American Littoral Society naturalist Don Riepe and then take a walk to look for Phoebes, American Oystercatchers,…
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The Conscious Beauty + Fashion Conversation
The Conscious Beauty + Fashion Conversation
Join us May 26th from 7pm - 9pm for The #ConsciousBeauty + Fashion Conversation with experts in support of transperancy in the cosmetic, fashion and entertainment industries.
$16.82
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Demand a Renewable Energy Plan with Teeth
Demand a Renewable Energy Plan with Teeth
Attend the Clean Energy Standard public hearing in lower Manhattan to ensure that Gov. Cuomo’s “Clean Energy Standard that aims for a 50% renewables by 2030 goal…
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Time To Choose: A Social Cinema Screening
Time To Choose: A Social Cinema Screening
“By the middle of this century we will trigger runaway climate change — a process beyond our control. What do you do if you have…
Free
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World Science Festival 2016
Are you interested in science or the arts? Come to any of the World Science Festival's many events, including discussions, debates, and theatrical works in venues across New York City that allow a general audience to engage with scientific discoveries through live and digital content.
Free
Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas
Experience the horticultural inspiration behind American Impressionism.
Free – $25
Celebrating NYBG: 125 Years
Join us for a photographic tribute by Larry Lederman to the Garden’s history and a prologue to its exciting future.
Free – $25
Greater New York
Greater New York is the fourth iteration of the renowned series, begun in 2000 as a collaboration between MoMA PS1 (then P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center) and The Museum of Modern Art, that showcases emerging artists living and working in the New York metropolitan area.
Free – $10
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First Thursday Gallery Walk featuring NYC Oyster Project
First Thursday Gallery Walk featuring NYC Oyster Project
Stop by 99 Plymouth’s Community Room on DUMBOBID & Art in DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk to see the fascinating new multimedia installation, NYC Oyster Project.
Free
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Rose Garden Weekend
Immerse Yourself in a Sea of Blooming Beauty with a Rose Garden Tour, Events & Activities and Rose Watch !
Free – $25
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NYC Park’s Treescount! Data Jam
NYC Park’s Treescount! Data Jam
On Saturday, June 4th, NYC Parks will unveil NYC’s latest urban forest dataset, the most spatially accurate map of New York City’s street trees. Join…
Free – $10
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Go Green! Greenpoint!
Go Green! Greenpoint!
Now in its 9th year, Go Green! is the place to learn about local sustainability initiatives while sampling local food, art, and music.
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Return to RIIS !
Return to RIIS !
This Saturday Get Summered returns to Riis Park Beach Bazaar to kick off their season opener of fun in the sun.
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