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BEACH DAY: Beach Cleanup with Surfrider and NPCA

Fort Tilden 169 State Road Floor 12, New York, NY, United States

Join the NY chapter of Surfrider Foundation and the National Parks Conservation Association for a beach cleanup at Fort Tilden !

Free

GrowNYC Create Fair

Calling all DIY lovers! Come to GrowNYC's Create Fair to enjoy fun, hands-on activities including cooking demos, recycling games, nutrition education workshops, and making DIY seed planters.

Free

Living Threads Photo Exhibit & Discussion: Oaxaca’s Traditional Dress and the People Who Wear It

Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator 630 Flushing Avenue, Suite 704, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Join photographer, researcher and storyteller, Eric Mindling, as he provides us with a glimpse into his historical documentary project, Living Threads: Oaxaca’s Traditional Dress and the People Who Wear It that looks at the grand diversity of styles of traditional dress and the people who wear them in Oaxaca, Mexico. From sweeping portraiture, insights into a changing world and the sharing of his personal motives to undertake this two year project, Mindling opens our eyes to a wondrous land and people.

$10

Stop ‘N’ Swap® Brooklyn

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Norte Dame Hall 60th St b/t 5th & 6th Aves, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Need to get rid of some clutter? Or maybe you're just looking for some interesting finds. At Stop 'N' Swap®, take recycling to a new level, and let you're unused items become treasures for someone else!

Free

E-Waste Mobile Craft Session

Gowanus E-Waste Warehouse 469 President Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Make a one-of-a-kind e-waste mobile sculpture. By participating in this session, you will have a wide variety of materials at your disposal such as CDs,…

Free

esa Fashion Week DIY Party

Not For Them Art Gallery 22-15 43rd Avenue, Queens, NY, United States

In partnership with the NYC Fair Trade Coalition, esa invites you to come celebrate Fashion Week at its DIY party! Bring all your unwanted (doomed…

$15

The Future of Waste in New York: A Lecture by Kathryn Garcia, Commissioner, NYC Department of Sanitation

SVA Visual Arts Theater 333 W 23rd St, New York City

To kick off Getting to Zero, Open House New York’s year-long series on the future of New York City’s waste system, Kathryn Garcia, Commissioner, NYC Department of Sanitation, will outline the steps the city has already taken to achieve these goals, the opportunities and challenges we will face over the next few years, and innovative practices that have the potential to transform the waste management industry.

Free – $10

Resiliency Speaker Series: Composting 101

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

As part of its Resiliency Speaker Series, join Rockaway Waterfront Alliance and the New York City Compost Project to learn how to compost in your…

Free

Resiliency Speaker Series: Composting 101

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

As part of its Resiliency Speaker Series, join Rockaway Waterfront Alliance and the New York City Compost Project to learn how to compost in your…

Free

NYC SAFE Disposal Event – Manhattan

120th St Broadway & Amsterdam Ave 555 W 120th St , New York, NY, United States

The NYC Department of Sanitation is holding a series of SAFE Disposal Events (Solvents, Automotive, Flammable, Electronics) to provide NYC residents with a one-stop method…

Free

Using Your Brown Bin Best

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

Have you recently received your curbside Organics Collection kit? Do you have questions about how to separate your waste and keep your bin neat? Come…

E-Waste Recycling Event: Upper East Side

92 Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, United States

Bring your working and non-working electronics to one of the Lower East Side Ecology Center's . Materials accepted include working and non-working computers, TVs, printers, scanners,…

Free