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Made in Brooklyn: Food Waste to Biofuel

The Mohawk Group 71 West 23rd Street (18th Floor), New York, NY, United States

The eight futuristic, stainless steel-clad digester eggs at Brooklyn's Newtown Creek wastewater plant are designed to process as much as 1.5 million gallons of waste every day.

Join the Urban Green Council at this exciting event to learn more about the eggs, results from the plant's recently completed food waste pilot program, and the three-year full-scale demonstration project that will be launching there soon.

$10 – $15

Freshkills Park Series: Planning and Designing the Park

Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States

The ongoing development of Freshkills Park is one of the most ambitious public works projects in the history of New York City, using state of the art ecological restoration techniques in an extraordinary setting for recreation, public art, and environmental investigation.

Learn about the planning process and conceptual design that NYC Parks is making a reality in this talk by Freshkills Park Manager for Programs, Arts and Grants, Mariel Villere.

$8

Recycle-To-Art

Poe Park Visitor Center 2640 Grand Concourse, Bronx

Have fun turning discarded materials into usable works of art in this free, family-friendly event.

Free

Film Screening Fundraiser: Racing to Zero

The Durst Organization 114 W. 47th St. , New York, NY, United States

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

Long Island City Bike Parade

Socrates Sculpture Park 32-01 Vernon Boulevard at Broadway, Long Island City , NY, United States

Participants can decorate and recycle their bikes at the Socrates Sculpture Park before enjoying a bike parade along Vernon Boulevard.

Free

From Paris to New York: A People’s Agenda for Preventing Climate Change

Cathedral of St. John the Divine 1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th St, New York, NY, United States

Join us for a discussion about plans to stop our reliance on fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy in New York. We’ll receive updates on what’s happening in Paris. And we’ll learn from community leaders about plans to divest from fossil fuels, stop fracking infrastructure, and create a just transition to clean energy.

Free

MulchFest

Bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city!

Free

BSC Event: Future of Sustainable Fashion

Interface NYC Showroom 330 Fifth Avenue (the corner of 5th Ave and 33rd Street) 12th Floor, New York, NY, United States

Join Be Social Change on March, March 22nd for a panel discussion and pop-up shop to discover and explore the Future of Sustainable Fashion - How Socially-Conscious Companies & Consumers Are Creating Impact.

$16.82 – $22.09

Double VELA: Tour of Recycling Plant

Pratt Industries Paper Mills 4435 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, United States

Embrace your inner kid and join us on a trip to Pratt Industry's recycling plant on Victory Boulevard. Ogle at immense machinery, marvel at the automation, and get a peek at a massive recycling operation, right in our own backyard.

Free

BF+DA Sustainability+Technology Book Fair

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

Come and meet 12+ authors who have published books focused on ethical design, sustainability, technology, design and fashion !

Free

Broadway’s Spring Textile Recycling Drive

Minskoff Breezeway 200 West 45 St. (breezeway -- enter from 44th street just west of Broadway) , New York, United States

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