Come enjoy Civic Art Lab 2016's opening event, featuring talks by artists and sustainability professionals Chloe Holden and Grace Johnson.
The evening will feature performances that reflect on the intersection of sustainability, community, and the arts. Sliding scale donations for drinks and performances. All donations for this evening support the performers. Artists to be announced.
In 2012, NY/NJ Baykeepeer established the EcoVolunteer program, designed to introduce adult volunteers to the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary through education, hands-on research and restoration experiences. Currently, our EcoVolunteers assist with monitoring oysters in the Bronx River at Soundview Park and also with salt marsh restoration and living shorelines in Freshkills Park on Staten Island.
Explore Prospect Park after dark with expert naturalist Paul Keim. Share snacks and beverages with Paul as he speaks about the ecological role that bats and nocturnal insects play in our environment, followed by a walking tour to spot and identify the Park's various species of resident bats in flight.
Join urban explorer Steve Duncan in finding Harlem Creek’s buried path through Central Park to the Harlem Muir as Steve explains how the waterway functions today.
Documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson turns his lens to address worldwide climate change challenges and solutions, presented by Gathr.
Enjoy a whole day of family fun on the High Line with a mobile garden, art installations, storytelling, performances and more !
Explore how cities can be both a solution for population increase and global warming by taking a look at urban areas all over the world.
U.S. Coal in the 21st Century: Markets, Bankruptcy, Finance and Law
Join us for the launch of "Ecological and Social Healing: Multicultural Women's Voices," with a panel discussion moderated by Milano Dean Michelle De Pass, featuring editor Jeanine M. Canty and contributors Prof. Ana Baptista, Prof. Nina S. Roberts and Prof. Ju-Pong Lin.
Get to know every detail of the High Line's plant life while walking through the park with one of our knowledgeable staff horticulturists.
Plants and imaginations grow at the Howell Family Garden, where kids are allowed!—no, encouraged!—to play in the dirt. Display gardens, such as the Global Gardens,…