Earth Week Event Prep Extravaganza
Apr 17th, 2008 by Jervey
Apologies for the radio silence here. We were recovering from our Amtrak adventure, and dealing with the subsequent deadlines. But now we’re back and ready to run you over with more reblogging than you’ll ever want. It begins today with events, which are aplenty. Will lead with a couple, then you’ll have to click the link to see the rest, since it’ll surely be a massive list.
Thursday, April 17th, 7pm
Free Urban Gardening Class
In this class we will provide details on the construction of various garden components such as outdoor compost bins and seed starters.
Additionally, we will be going over growing container-held potatoes in detail along with a live demonstration! We will also attempt to answer any urban gardening/permaculture questions that you may have.
WHERE: 6th street community center 638 East 6th St, NY, NY, 10009
WHEN: Thursday 4/17, 7pm
WHO: Adam Horwitch (Urban Rooftop Gardener)
Ke Xu (Suburban Backyard Gardener)
COST: Free to attend. Optional donations of up to 5 dollars.
Friday, April 18th, 6:30pm
Screening: City of Water
Location: The MAS Urban Center, 457 Madison Avenue at 50th Street
MWA and the Municipal Art Society of New York are proud to announce 2008 screenings of our new documentary film about the future of New York’s waterfront, City of Water. Two years in the making, City of Water explores the aspirations of public officials, environmentalists, academics, community activists, recreational boaters and everyday New Yorkers for a diverse, vibrant waterfront at a time when the shoreline is changing faster than at any other time in New York’s history. The film features interviews with former Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff, Representative Nydia Velazquez, MacArthur Prize winner Majora Carter, author Phillip Lopate, Sandy Hook Pilots Captain Andrew McGovern and many others, and includes footage from Jamaica Bay, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and many other places on the waterfront.
Friday, April 18, 8:30am - 2:30pm
Oil and Water: Adapting to Scarcity
Waldorf Astoria, 301 Park Ave,
18th Annual Regional Assembly of the Regional Plan Association.
Discuss ideas about how to make the most of our region’s natural capital.
Keynote address: Speaker of the House Nancy PelosiFor more information, go to www.rpa.org
Friday April 18 (12pm-7pm) and Saturday April 19 (11am-5pm)
Earth Day New York’s annual EarthFair Grand Central Terminal
For info about special events go to www.earthdayny.org
or contact Ellen James, 212-922-0048, ELjames5@gmail.com
Saturday April 19th and Sunday April 20th (12 - 8pm)
Habana Outpost Opening and Earth Day Expo 2008
Habana Outpost, 757 Fulton Street, Brooklyn
Sustainable community, ideas, and organizations. GreenHomeNYC will be unveiling its Material Sample Library. Recycle e-waste (10am-4pm), learn about composting (2pm-5pm) or create recycled art (4pm Sunday). www.ecoeatery.com www.greenhomenyc.org/events
Saturday, April 19
Eyebeam: Feedback Closing: Sustainability Action Day: Toxic Tours + Urban Gardening
Date: April 19, 3 - 6PM
FEEDBACK Closing Reception: 6PM
Location: Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St., NYC
Cost: FreeJoin Feedback artists Natalie Jeremijenko, Leah Gauthier, and Brooke Singer for a day of workshops. More info here.
Saturday, April 19th, 11-3pm
Celebrate Earth Day on the Harlem River at UDEC’s Harlem River Ecology Center
Location: Roberto Clemente State Park
Spruce Up! Clean-Up! Beautify! Shore Line Clean, Park Stewardship at the Southern End of Roberto Clemente State Park, and NYC Bridge Park. Refreshment serves at The Harlem River Ecology Center- Located at the southern end of Roberto Clemente State (NYC 1st Urban State Park, dedicated to the first Afro-Latino Baseball Hall of Famer and Humanitarian Hero), NYC Bridge Park & River Park Towers, located just north of the Historic High Bridge ( Harlem River’s 1st and tallest Pedestrian Only Bridge, now in restoration. Metro North( Hudson River Line To Morris Hts).For more info call UDEC at 718-901-3331, or 347-224-5828.
Saturday, April 19th, 12-4pm
Sunday, April 20th, 10am
Earth Awareness Day Street Fair
Meeting Description: Help Sierra Club table at this popular street fair in Greenwich Village. Come by for an hour or more and help us hand out literature and talk to people about NYC and the environment. We will be there from 10am - 5pm. To Volunteer: Call Jim Lane at 212-697-8942
Learn more here: http://sierraclub.meetup.com/22/calendar/7728158/
Monday, April 21st, 7-8:30pm
Green Renter: Preparing NYC for Higher Energy Prices, Peak Oil and Climate Change. With Dan Miner, Sierra Club NYC.
Dan Miner, chair of Sierra Club NYC and author of its new report, “Sustainable Energy Independence for NYC.” Most New Yorkers are aware of climate change, but many don’t want to pay extra to slow it down. On the other hand, the very immediate problem of rapidly rising fuel costs requires attention, can inspire broader buy-in, and can support further progress toward sustainability. More info.
The report can be viewed at www.beyondoilnyc.org
Tuesday, April 22nd, 8pm
It’s Easy Being Green: The Hows and Whys of Eco-friendly Eating
Earth Day Workshop at the New School
When it comes to food, what’s good for the planet is good for the animals, and it’s good for you! Luckily, you live in NYC, which has 46 green markets and 103 vegetarian restaurants. See for yourself how easy it is to be green in the Big Apple.
This enlightening workshop is perfect for you if you are:
- a rabid recycler of your processed food boxes
- a vigilant vegan who thinks “biodynamic” is a hot new herbal deodorant
- wonder if “CSA” stands for “Cream & Sugar in your Americano”
- or want to decrease greenhouse gas emissions without increasing your gastrointestinal emissions.After your eating makeover, your friends will be GREEN with envy! Co-facilitated by Marisa Miller Wolfson of Global Green Foundation and Desmond Hosford of Farm Sanctuary. Co-sponsored by New School Students for Animal Rights.
When: Tuesday, April 22, 8 p.m.
Where: The New School, 66 W. 12th St. between 5th & 6th Ave., Room 408 (closest train: F,V to 14th St. Also, N,R,4,5,6 to Union Square)
Cost: Free!
Why: Because you know you wanna do something for Earth Day, and hey, you’ll get free prizes!
What else? Open to the public. Please bring ID to get into the building.
RSVP: animalrights@newschool.edu
Tuesday, April 22nd, 6:30pm
Screening: A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil
Tuesday April 22, 6:30 pm
The First Presbyterian Church
12 West 12th Street, Manhattan
suggested donation $5For the past 40 years the Brazilian city of Curitiba has demonstrated how to convert urban problems into cost-effective solutions. Innovations in transportation, recycling, affordable housing and park design have made Curitiba one of the most livable cities in the world. The film includes interviews with world-renowned mayors Jaime Lerner and Cassio Tanigushi, as well as the other city planners whose imagination and foresight have helped transform Curitiba into a model of urban sustainability. http://www.mariavazphoto.com
/curitiba_pages/curitiba_dvd .html
Tuesday, April 22, 5:45 PM
Celebrate Earth Day - Film: Mountaintop Removal + Organic Wine Reception
Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Organizer: Robyn
Click Here to RSVP for Celebrate Earth Day - Film: Mountaintop Removal + Organic Wine Reception
Wednesday, April 23rd, 6pm
Panel Discussion: A Natural History of NYC’s Parks and Environment April 23rd
”Uncommon Ground” is a series of events presenting the ideas of visionary planners and practitioners on how the park system can grow and flourish, even against economic uncertainty. This panel features Alexander Brash (National Parks Conservation Association), Alexander Felson (landscape architect and ecologist specializing in sustainability), Marcel Van Ooyen (Director of CENYC) and Elizabeth Barlow Rogers (Director of Garden History and Landcsape Studies at Bard Graduate Center).
Wednesday April 23, 6:00 P.M. at the Central Park Arsenal Gallery, 64th & Fifth. Reception to follow. RSVP required: (212) 360-1324 or rsvp@parks.nyc.gov
Thursday April 24
Second Annual Sustainable Fashion Show
hosted by US Green Building Council’s Emerging Green Builders of New York
at Teknion’s ecofriendly showroom in ChelseaFor more info, go to www.projectearthday.com or email projectearthdaypress@gmail.com
Friday, April 25th, 7pm
Screening: A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil
Friday April 25, 7 pm
6th Street Community Center
638 East 6th Street, Manhattan
(between Avenues B and C)
suggested donation $5For the past 40 years the Brazilian city of Curitiba has demonstrated how to convert urban problems into cost-effective solutions. Innovations in transportation, recycling, affordable housing and park design have made Curitiba one of the most livable cities in the world. The film includes interviews with world-renowned mayors Jaime Lerner and Cassio Tanigushi, as well as the other city planners whose imagination and foresight have helped transform Curitiba into a model of urban sustainability. http://www.mariavazphoto.com
/curitiba_pages/curitiba_dvd .html
Saturday, April 26, 1-4pm
Sound the Alarm: Landscapes in Distress
Opening Reception: Saturday April 26, 1-4 pm
Wave Hill, Glyndor Gallery
West 249th St. and Independence Ave., Bronx NY
Sound the Alarm: Landscapes in Distress calls attention to the indelible impact of human activity on the environment from the Arctic to the Equator. The featured artists have traveled widely to examine the fragility of varied landscapes. Artists include Edward Burtynsky, Sasha Bezzubov, Gilles Mingasson, Joan Perlman, Wout Berger, Susannah Sayler/The Canary Project, Travis Roozée, Sergio Vega. For more information please see: www.wavehill.org
Saturday and Sunday, April 26th & 27th
Go Green Expo
New York’s inaugural Go Green Expo, designed to educate, entertain, and enlighten New York City’s residents on the variety of eco-friendly alternatives available today.
www.gogreenexpo.com.
Thursday, May 8th, 6:45pm
Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective
Meeting Description: This is a joint event with the Vegetarian Advocacy & Literary Roundtable Meetup.
Paradigm Shift, New York City’s Feminist Community Presents…Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective
Featuring Marti Kheel, Author of Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist PerspectiveMarti Kheel is a visiting scholar at the Graduate Theological Union. She is a prominent scholar and activist in ecofeminism, environmental ethics, and animal advocacy.
Ecofeminism is the relationship between the oppression of women and the degradation of nature. Come and explore the intersectionality between sexism, the domination of nature, racism and speciesism.
Afterward there will be an open mic and social!
Buy tickets / Open Mic RSVP
$5 in advance - before May 7
$8 at the door
Learn more here:
http://environment.meetup.com/289/calendar/7706889/