Learn How to Lengthen Your Gardening Season
Come to this workshop to learn about ways to lengthen your gardening season.
P.S. 41 develops a new green roof curriculum
P.S. 41 and partners are seeking support for the development of a green roof curriculum for school kids.
Grow to Learn Grant Writing & Garden Planning Workshop
Attend a grant-writing and garden design workshop!
Book review: The New York Nobody Knows
William B. Helmreich spent four years exploring New York City block by block, visiting virtually every neighborhood in every borough the best way you can — on foot.
Lecture: The New Aesthetic of Data Narrative
How can data-driven visualizations tell multiple interplaying stories and achieve a viable result in an abstract visual composition? How can we provide multi-levels of investigation…
Lecture: Aphrodisias : A Land of Beauty, a Land of Harmony
The ancient city of Aphrodisias, located near the modern village of Geyre in Turkey, is one of the most important archaeological sites of the Greek…
Philosophy of the City
Philosophy began in the city (Plato, Aristotle), and the city is a recurrent topic for major writers in the history of philosophy (Aquinas, Machiavelli); today, as the majority of the world’s people live in cities, practitioners are taking the field in new directions — examining the question, “how shall we live?”
Talking affordable housing with CUP
At Talking Transitions, workshop toolkit designers from The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) educate New Yorkers on the complexities and variations of affordable housing in New York City.
TEDxLongIslandCity: Brooklyn Grange and City Growers
In the first of our videos, Anastasia Cole Plakias of Brooklyn Grange and Cara Chard of educational partner City Growers talk about building and running a rooftop farm.
The President visits P-TECH
Amidst the continued turbulence of his second term, President Obama will arrive in Brooklyn today to visit P-TECH, the innovative high school that counts IBM, CUNY and the city as partners. P-TECH was profiled in City Atlas, soon after opening.
Atop Brooklyn Grange, City Growers plow into action
For an NYC school kid the chance to visit a rooftop farm is exciting, and City Growers trains the older ones to teach the younger ones how a farm works.
“Chasing Ice” tracks climate change in pictures
Balog’s stunning pictures present the physical evidence of climate change.
Coffee bar on the ground floor, farm on the roof
COFFEED makes sure to serve not only its customers, but the surrounding community in Queens.
Where climate change meets NYC classrooms
It’s good to know that NYC is already taking the right steps towards environmental awareness inside the classroom.
Basics of Community Organizing– Citizen’s Committee of New York City
Bring neighbors together to work on issues that matter to you! Workshops are for volunteer-led groups and individuals interested in working on community improvement projects.…
Breukelen Farmers Summer Camp (AUG 19 – 23)
The Wyckoff Farm is offering young farmers and gardeners the opportunity to experience and explore past and present farming practices! Campers will learn about the…
Ecofest’s 25th Anniversary!
Celebrate EcoFest’s 25th Anniversary with a free, fun-filled day in Times Square!
Essential visit: 5Pointz, the “graffiti mecca” of the world
Make sure to support and visit 5Pointz while you still can!