Saturday Sculpture Workshops are organized for kids ages 5- 13 and their families. Workshops are free and offered in the park’s education area on a drop-in basis. Participants work with a different artist each week, exploring innovative art mediums and a variety of subject matter.
Join the Freshkills Park Team and Kayak Staten Island for a kayaking experience like no other! Kayak along the Fresh Kill and see the site from a different perspective. This three hour excursion will take you into the William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge and up close to some of the varied wildlife that calls Freshkills Park home.
Joseph Alexiou's forthcoming book, Gowanus: Brooklyn's Curious Canal, narrates more than three hundred years in the history of our borough's most compelling former industrial waterway. From idyllic oyster beds to dumping grounds for toxic waste, Gowanus is intrinsically linked to Brooklyn's industrial and agricultural past. In celebration of his book’s release, Alexiou will discuss the parallels in today's Gowanus real estate rush with that of the 1860s, which coincided with Brooklyn's rapid industrial transformation.
You are invited to join NYIT President Edward Guiliano, Ph.D., and special guests U.S. Congressman Steve Israel and writer and activist Seth M. Siegel at Innovation & Technology: Solutions to the Global Water Crisis.
Come and discuss how flooding impacts neighborhoods, learn about sewer overflow and stormwater runoff, and much more.
Join the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities and NYC H2O as we celebrate Alligators in the Sewer Day with a special presentation.
As founder of the New York/New Jersey Baykeeper, Andrew Willner has been an unrelenting advocate to protect, preserve and restore the environment of the most…
This class session will consider the use of advocacy, science, the law, and sustainable infrastructure design in safeguarding or restoring watersheds and estuaries.
What is the role of community development and the community design professions in addressing climate change?
“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…
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.
Thirty Million is a film made to explore the issue of sea level rise in Bangladesh and lift the wider concerns of rising seas into the public domain. After all, Bangladesh isn't the only country with a coastline.