Sunday, April 21st: Free Sustainable Cooking Class
Earth Day in the Kitchen Williams-Sonoma Home (10 Columbus Circle, Ground Fl., Manhattan) 11am Free, reserve a spot by calling 212.823.9750 Celebrate Earth Day by learning how to make your kitchen and meals “greener” and easier. We’ll demonstrate pressure cooking and steam roasting – both excellent ways to save energy and time. We’ll also discuss [...]
Sunday, April 21st: ‘Do the Math’ Screening with Bill McKibben
Do the Math Tishman Auditorium at The New School (66 W. 12th St., Manhattan) 7-9pm Free, registration required JOIN US FOR THE PREMIERE OF DO THE MATH on EARTH NIGHT! Do The Math chronicles Bill McKibben and the rising global movement to change the terrifying math of the climate crisis and fight the fossil fuel [...]
Saturday, April 20th: Earth Fest @ The Battery
Earth Fest @ The Battery State St. & Pearl St., Manhattan 11am-3pm Free Join Battery Urban Farmers and friends for this free, family-friendly event. EARTH FEST will offer arts and crafts, workshops, site tours, educational games, a “Roof to Table” photography exhibit, a “Meet the Farmers” table, and a community Clothing & Kitchen Swap — [...]
Monday, April 15th: ‘The Island President’
The Island President DCTV (87 Lafayette, Manhattan) 7:30pm, no admission after 8pm Free with RSVP IDA’s Pare Lorentz Award recipient The Island President, directed by Jon Shenk, is the story of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, a man confronting a problem greater than any other world leader has ever faced-the literal survival of his [...]
Friday, February 22nd: Using Fungi to Replace Plastics
Using Fungi to Replace Plastics The Cooper Union (7 E. 7th St., Rm. 215, Manhattan) 6pm Free Ecovative has spent five years developing an alternative to plastics that are grown using fungi and agricultural waste. Sam Harrington and Sue Van Hook of Ecovative will talk about the inspiration and thinking behind these materials from two [...]
Tuesday, February 5th: How To Make It: Implementing Green Practices in Your Designs – Design Panel & Happy Hour
How To Make It: Implementing Green Practices in Your Designs powerHouse Arena DUMBO (37 Main St., Brooklyn) 6:30-9:30pm Free Are you considering turning your designs and business practices a deeper shade of green? Could branding yourself as “eco-friendly” mean a leg-up on the competition? Join UncommonGoods for How To Make It, a design panel and [...]
Tuesday, January 29th: Passive House 101
Passive House 101 Old Stone House (5th Ave. & 3rd St., Brooklyn) 6:30-8pm $7 at the door With Jeremy Shannon, Prospect Architecture Learn about the passive house building standard, a low energy building system. This presentation will focus on four local town house renovations and is geared toward those new to the idea of passive [...]
Sunday, January 27th: Occupy The Climate: Hurricane Sandy, Eco-Activism & The Vegan Option
Occupy The Climate: Hurricane Sandy, Eco-Activism & The Vegan Option Jivamukti Yoga School NYC (841 Broadway, 2nd Fl., Manhattan) 3-5pm Free A gathering/teach-in for everyone and anyone (of course) but with a special focus on activists who are not yet vegan and vegans who are not activists. If that’s you – or anyone you know [...]
Saturday, January 12th & Sunday, January 13th: Recycle Your Christmas Tree During MulchFest 2013
MulchFest 2013 Locations in all 5 boroughs (see map) 10am-2pm Free Bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city! Join the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, the New York City Department of Sanitation , and GreeNYC to recycle your [...]
Wednesday, January 2nd: Raising Ocean Conservation Awareness – Science & Art
Raising Ocean Conservation Awareness American Museum of Natural History, Wallach Orientation Center, Manhattan 6:30pm doors, 7pm start Free National Geographic explorer Tierney Thys will talk about the crucial partnership of science with art—from film to dance—to raise awareness and action on vital ocean conservation issues. Drawing from her research on the giant ocean sunfish and [...]
Tuesday, December 11th: Clean Energy Connections: New Applications for Collaboration & Resource Optimization
Share and Share Alike: New Applications for Collaboration & Resource Optimization The Greene Space (44 Charlton St., Manhattan) 7-9pm $10 for students in advance Many of our 2012 Clean Energy Connections panels have focused on using new, cleaner energy sources like wind and solar, or ways that we can reduce consumption through energy efficiency measures [...]
Win a $25 Gift Certificate to skinnyskinny
Win a $25 gift certificate to skinnyskinny‘s Williamsburg store filled with wonderful organic beauty products & sustainable gifts. To enter the giveaway, just enter your name & e-mail into the widget below or log in using Facebook. You must be a current subscriber to Nifty NYC’s e-newsletter at the time of the drawing to win. [...]
Friday, December 7th & Saturday, December 8th: Crafted at the Canal Craft Fair & Holiday Party at BIG!NYC + Free Beer
Crafted at the Canal BIG!NYC Gowanus (69 9th St., Brooklyn) Friday: 6-10pm holiday party & craft fair Saturday: 10am-5pm Free Help BIG!NYC recover after Sandy and support local reuse artisans. Click here for more information & a list of vendors. Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Friday, November 30th & Saturday, December 1st: GIVE GOOD Market with Goods from Sustainable & Women-Owned Businesses
GIVE GOOD Market Starrett Lehigh Building (601 W. 26th St., Manhattan) 11am-8pm both days Free admission, pre-register for faster entry & free raffle entry The goal of our market is to provide a highly-curated event that promotes successful women-owned businesses that produce supremely crafted sustainable fashion and goods this holiday season. GIVE GOOD will feature [...]
Thursday, November 29th: Carbon, Climate Change & Natural Disasters: What Should We Learn From Sandy?
Carbon, Climate Change & Natural Disasters: What Should We Learn From Sandy? D’Agostino Hall at New York University (108 W. 3rd St., Manhattan) 7-8:30pm Free, RSVP here A Panel Discussion With: Dale Jamieson Director of the Environmental Studies Program, New York University Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, New York University Kizzy Charles Guzman Environmental [...]
Thursday, November 29th: ‘Solar Mamas’
Solar Mamas DCTV (87 Lafayette, Manhattan) 7:30pm Free, RSVP required Part of Women and Girls Lead and Why Poverty?, Solar Mamas follows Rafea, a beautiful, strong-willed 32-year-old Jordanian mother of four, traveling outside of her village for the first time ever to attend Barefoot College’s solar engineering program. India’s Barefoot College, where rural, poor and [...]
Tuesday, November 27th: Social Good Startup Stories in Sustainable Fashion
Social Good Startup Stories in Sustainable Fashion Meetup HQ (166 Crosby St., Manhattan) 6:30pm doors, 7pm start $10, registration required, drinks & snacks included Join Be Social Change and SocialChange.is for our next Social Good Startup Stories featuring in-depth conversations with two social entrepreneurs in the sustainable fashion sector sharing their experiences, insights, and lessons [...]
Friday, November 23rd-Sunday, November 25th: Up to 50% Off at skinnyskinny
skinnyskinny (268 Grand St., Brooklyn) will be giving out lip balms with purchase on Black Friday and all weekend during a storewide sale. Most things will be 10-50% off! We are the store front for the organic body care brand skinnyskinny but also sell great organic and green life style plants and gifts, including some [...]
Wednesday, October 10th: New Green City 2012
New Green City 2012 Union Square Park, Manhattan 10am-5pm Free For the past 6 years, GrowNYC has presented NEW GREEN CITY, New York City’s largest annual green event, and we’ll be back in Union Square for New Green City 2012. New Green City is a hands-on, free event full day of action and dialogue, alongside [...]
Sunday, October 7th: EcoFest 2012
EcoFest 2012 Solar One (East River just south of 23rd St. under FDR Drive, Manhattan) 11am-6pm Free FUN FOR THE KIDS WITH ECO ACTIVITIES, THE RECYCLING OLYMPICS AND MUCH MORE! EXPLORE DELICIOUS FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDING AN ECO FASHION SHOW ON A SOLAR STAGE! SEE GREAT GREEN PRODUCTS INCLUDING ELECTRIC VEHICLES BY TOYOTA AND FUTURISTIC [...]
Saturday, October 6th: History Roundtable: ‘Silent Spring’
History Roundtable: Silent Spring Greater Astoria Historical Society (35-20 Broadway, 4th Fl., Queens) 1pm $5 “Man’s attitude toward nature is today critically important simply because we have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” [...]
Thursday, September 20th: Brooklyn Foodways: Way Sustainable From Waaaaaay Back
Brooklyn Foodways: Way Sustainable From Waaaaaay Back Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn) 7pm $10 in advance Brooklyn’s land, air and waters have provided rich raw materials for foodways of Brooklynites, past and present. Annie Hauck-Lawson, co-editor of Gastropolis: Food and New York City will talk about some local food practices of the Lenape, [...]
Through Saturday, September 22nd: Free Solar-Powered Film Series
The Solar-Powered Film Series presents free, high-quality films in a relaxing urban setting. From classics to the latest Academy-Award nominated documentary, the Film Series gives New Yorkers an opportunity to learn about the latest environmental issues and initiatives, enjoy some of their favorite films in a lovely riverside setting. The entire event is solar-powered, right [...]
