Welcome April | NYC Green Events
Here's the curated list of volunteer and social opportunities for NYC environmentalists from April 1-7th.
Hi friend,
Happy 54th Earth Month! I’m going to keep this brief because this week’s newsletter is growing as long as our sun-filled days. I encourage you to ease into the warmer and longer days. May you flirt with productivity the way that March flirted with warm weather. I’ll see you back here ahead of the total solar eclipse!
🌎, Jasmine
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🌾 = My top picks of the week
APR 4 - Horticulture Community Volunteer Days 2024, 9:30 am-12 pm, volunteer. “Help keep Queens Botanical Garden clean, green, and growing! Make new friends and put your green thumb to good use in a variety of seasonal projects, including weeding, watering, pruning, planting, mulching, and more!” RSVP here.
APR 4 - Volunteer at The Sustainable Fashion Community Center - East Harlem, 1-4 pm, volunteer. “Spend 3 hours sorting, hanging, organizing, and if you've got some skillz using those to help out this wonderful community of advocates, activities, and small business owners.” RSVP here.
APR 6 - Stewardship Saturday at Gotham Park, 10 am-12 pm, volunteer. “We'll use fun trash pickers to pick up MOOP (Matter Out Of Place) and tend to our pollinator-friendly gardens.” RSVP here.
APR 6 - Broad Channel American Park Shoreline Cleanup, 10 am-12 pm, volunteer. “Volunteers will remove harmful debris from this important shoreline.” RSVP here.
APR 6 - Rockaway Community & Shoreline Enhancement Project - Community Planting, 10 am-1 pm, volunteer. “Join us and RISE for a community dune planting part of the "Greater Rockaway" Coastal Resilience Plan” RSVP here.
APR 6 - Marine Park Super Steward: Trail Maintainer Training, 10 am-1 pm, volunteer. “During this training you will learn: How to navigate using Citywide Trails Team trail map, how to identify and assess trail conditions, ways to mitigate trail concerns, plant identification and invasive/non-native species management techniques, standard trail corridor dimensions & how to prune native vegetation using basic arboriculture methods.” RSVP here.
APR 6 - Neighborhood Clean Up, 12-4 pm, volunteer. “This event aims to clean up our neighborhood surrounding Pratt, making our community a better place for our neighbors, wildlife, and ourselves!” RSVP here.
APR 7 - Volunteer Landscaping and Cleanup at Ridgewood Reservoir, 10 am-12 pm, volunteer. “The Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park is a 50+ acre natural oasis that straddles the border of Brooklyn and Queens.” RSVP here.
Looking Ahead:
APR 13 - Circular Fashion Playground, 12-5:30 pm, $55+. “A day to explore all aspects of circular fashion through panels, upcycling workshops, swaps, lessons, pop-up markets, mending clubs, repair cafes, and more.” Purchase tickets here.
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APR 1 - Yoga for Eco-Burnout; Session 1, 10-11 am. “This event will explore communal yoga practice to engage with and talk about eco-burnout.” RSVP here.
APR 1 - Climate and Energy Game Night, 6-8 pm. “Join us in playing the cooperative board game Energetic! where together we will learn and collaboratively build a renewable energy grid in NYC by 2035.” RSVP here.
APR 1 - Mendables, 12-3 pm. “This is an event where people can bring their broken clothes and we can either visible or invisible mend them. Jade VandenBrink will be giving lessons on how to mend!” RSVP here.
APR 2 - Nurturing Change: The Importance of Women-Led Movements, 5:30-8 pm. “Keynote Speaker Anne Therese Gennari, founder of The Climate Optimist, and Circular Fashion Faculty at Parsons School of Design Kat Hoelck, founding partner of ANYBAG, will lead a discussion on women-led climate activism and fashion sustainability.” RSVP here.
APR 4 - Climate Poetry Discussion & Writing Workshop, 7-9 pm, $5 suggested donation. “Join us for a reflective afternoon exploring poetry that delves into the climate crisis.” RSVP here.
APR 6 - Impact & Sustainability Summit, 11 am-5 pm, $43.45. “This forum will serve as a platform to gather the innovative power of women, focusing on industry pioneers who will share their success stories in the sustainable industry.” RSVP here.
APR 6 - Climate Zines workshop! 3-5 pm. “Bring your scrap paper and creativity as we make zines to help us cope with the climate crisis together.” RSVP here.
APR 7 - Darn it! Mending Club at Textile Arts Center, 5-8 pm, $12.51. “Coming together at the Textile Arts Center on the first Sunday of each month, we can explore this intervention through the act of mending our precious textiles: forming relationships with our clothes, objects, and with each other. Pamphlets and examples of darning, mending, and sashiko stitching, as well as materials will be provided.” RSVP here.