Groups of activists, teachers and psychologists are tackling one of the planet’s most daunting problems with laughter, dancing, hugs and joy.
Want to help mulch or clean up green spaces? Find more Earth Day activities taking place in Brooklyn’s parks and waterways.
As part of GROW, or Green Readiness Opportunities for the Workforce, an 18-member team will maintain rain gardens in East New York.
THE BROOKLYN HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION is holding its annual “Spring into Service” event on Saturday from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
BROOKLYN’S CIVIL COURT, located at 141 Livingston St., will make a special celebration of Earth Day for the second year in a row.
YOUTH LEADERS FROM several faith traditions will celebrate Earth Day on Thursday at the Prospect Park Picnic House.
Earth Day activities will be taking place across Brooklyn this week, with numerous opportunities to have fun and go green.
M.S. 407 students will create a pollinator garden at John J. Carty Park in Bay Ridge as an Earth Day project funded by a $5,000 grant.
ON SUNDAY, APRIL 19, from noon to 5 p.m., the Brooklyn Museum is hosting “Forces of Nature: Create, Move, and Renew.”
THE 16TH ANNUAL Flower Bed Stuy takes place on Saturday, May 2, with neighborhood events to rejuvenate public space.
Throughout April, BPL will coordinate a series of events across its boroughwide branches.
On Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., select streets will go car-free to host activism and education surrounding environmentalism.
“The Journey” depicts a flock of neon-pink kinetic birds suspended 15 feet in the air, wings catching and releasing with the wind.
The largest-ever Open Streets: Car-Free Earth Day event took place the afternoon of Saturday, April 26, in honor of Earth Day.
BOROUGHWIDE — Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso celebrated Earth Month with two days of programming at Brooklyn Borough Hall to help build a more resilient, prepared and climate-friendly borough. “Earth
Earth Day, the annual event focusing on promoting action to protect the environment, has a significant impact in the courthouse as well.
In observance of Earth Day 2024, Attorney General Letitia James highlighted the efforts of her office to bolster environmental and public health protections in New York. Over her tenure, the
Brooklynites enjoyed the great outdoors on Earth Day weekend with car-free streets, open gardens and celebrations popping up like spring flowers. On Hoyt Street between State Street and Atlantic Avenue,
Attorney General Letitia James and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced a $100,000 grant for educational environmental programs at the Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center in
CONEY ISLAND — National Grid whose history in Brooklyn goes back more than a century as the original Brooklyn Union Gas Company, pulled together some impressive environmental cleanup on Earth
Lovely weather (4 degrees above normal) brought out thousands to celebrate Earth Day at events across Brooklyn on Saturday — from neighborhood cleanups and birdwatching to performances and solar demonstrations.
Brooklynites are going wild for Earth Day this year, with parks all over the borough and green-minded locals setting up a massive variety of events, from neighborhood cleanups to solar
Tree planting in U.S. cities is nothing new. The first trees were planted in 1858 in what became New York City’s beloved Central Park. Today there are more than 20,000
Brooklynites of all ages enjoyed Earth Day activities, music and performances, workshops and classes on Saturday at Albee Square in Downtown Brooklyn. The event, sponsored by Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, took
The Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club started in 1999 with a goal of building a constituency to push for cleanup of the Gowanus Canal. The group celebrated Earth Day this year
Today, on Earth Day, a 50-ton sailing vessel carrying organic, biodynamic French wine and bars of chocolate will be speeding along in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, heading for
This Earth Day, April 22, marks 51 years since 20 million people headed into the streets across the United States in 1970 to advocate for cleaner air and water, and
TO THE EDITOR: Let us celebrate Earth Day April 22nd all year long. Besides recycling newspapers, magazines, glass, plastics, old medicines, paints and cleaning materials, there are other actions you
Earth Day 2020 marks yet another day of uncertainty and hardship for humanity amidst COVID-19. While cities and nations around the world scrounge for healthcare resources, pass urgent legislation to
Bleak days for NYC subway system The New York subway system as entered some of its worst days, according to The New York Times. It’s hard to say what it
One Bay Ridge block celebrated Earth Day in style on April 28. On 73rd Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, a group of four families banded together for the first-ever
Parent Child Relationship, the Asian-American volunteer group heralded by city officials for its work in cleaning up Leif Ericson Park in Dyker Heights and returning it to its former glory
In New York City, where garbage cans overflow with water bottles and coffee cups, and plastic bags that once carried takeout get stuck in tree branches, recycling practices have a
Sunset Park celebrated Earth Day in a very special way – by cutting the ribbon on its newly renovated athletic field. Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey, Councilmember Sara Gonzalez, and members