Lower East Side Stop 'N' Swap

Sunday, March 21, 11am-3pm
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center
107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY 10002

Come one, come all to the first official event dedicated to kicking off the spring cleaning season.  Clean out your closets and bring your wearable, useable, valuable items that you don't need anymore and feel free to take anything you think you could provide a home for.  For more info, click here. 

This event is being organized in partnership with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's Go Green Lower East Side initiative.

Real New Yorkers Recycle to Premiere on the Big Screen

Tuesday, March 23, 6:30pm
Walter Reade Theater
165 West 65th Street b/t Broadway & Amsterdam, upper level

See real New Yorkers like you talk about the importance and ease of recycling every day at this big screen event hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center.  OROE's short video will be followed by the feature film Plastic Planet, a panel discussion and reception.  Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

Electronics Recycling Collections

Sunday, March 21, 10am-3pm
District Office of Councilmember Gale Brewer
563 Columbus Ave at 87th Street

Bring your unwanted or broken electronics (no TVs) to Council Member Gale Brewer's day of E-Recycling with Per Scholas, a nonprofit organization dedicated to community empowerment through technology and education.  A $5 donation (or whatever you wish) is requested to Per Scholas to fund their recycling and training programs.   

Electronics Recycling Days from the Lower East Side Ecology Center
The Ecology Center is holding 7 electronic waste ("e-waste") collections to responsibly recycle unwanted or broken electronics from New York City residents (no business waste). All you have to do is bring your e-waste to the collection event. No home appliances such as microwaves or refrigerators.  A list of acceptable materials can be found here. 

Roosevelt Island
Saturday, April 03, 10am-4pm
Good Shepherd Plaza, 543 Main St

Midtown Manhattan
Saturday, April 10, 10am-4pm
Tekserve, 119 W 23rd St b/t 6th and 7th Aves

Jackson Heights, Queens
Sunday, April 11, 10am-4pm
Travers Park, 78th St b/t Northern Blvd & 34th Ave

Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Saturday, April 17, 10am-4pm
Habana Outpost, South Portland Ave and Fulton St

West Harlem
Sunday, April 18, 10am-4pm
Morningside Park, Morningside Ave b/t 113th St and 114th St

Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
Sunday, April 25, 10am-4pm
PS 29 School Yard, Baltic St B/t Henry St and Clinton St

Green from the Inside Out Workshops in Staten Island and Harlem

Saturday, March 27, 12pm-3pm
Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, Building P
1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island

Wednesday, March 31, 6pm-8:30pm
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building
163 West 125th St (Please note, you must bring Photo ID to enter the building)

Green from the Inside Out provides property owners, managers and residents the knowledge and resources they need to make their homes more environmentally friendly by saving energy (and money!), reducing waste, and recycling correctly. Come test your recycling knowledge, find out about composting, learn what incentives are available for your home improvements, find out if solar power and green roofs are right for you and talk to vendors of green products and services. Featuring presentations by Solar One, the Office of Recycling and Outreach Education, and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Energy $mart Communities.  Learn more about the workshops at Solar1.org.  Please RSVP to Celia Salgado at 212-505-6050 or celia@solar1.org. 

Compost Workshops

Learn to recycle your foodscraps and yard waste into a beneficial fertilizer and soil amendment for your garden, yard, house plants or street tree pit.  Visit www.nyccompost.org to view the full calendar of events around the five boroughs.

Compost Grows in Washington Heights and Inwood
Saturday, March 13 AND March 27, 10a-1p
Inwood Greenmarket , Isham St. b/t Seaman & Cooper

A number of residents and community organizations are working together to increase compost activity in this northernmost area of Manhattan.  Stop by the compost information table at the Inwood Greenmarket this month to learn how to compost, find out more about new neighborhood compost initiatives and to sign up to get involved.

Welcome the Spring Backyard Composting Workshop
Sunday, March 28, 12pm-2pm
103rd Street Community Garden, E. 103rd St b/t Park and Lexington

This spring backyard composting workshop will help you put all those dead plant scraps from last year to good use. Workshop will cover the science behind composting and how to set up and maintain a compost bin in your backyard or community garden. Different bin setup options will be illustrated including a two bin system, compost tumbler, and metal can bin. Discounted backyard compost bins will be available for purchase. Registration is required. Workshop fee $5 per person, cash only.  Conducted by the Lower East Side Ecology Center.

Inwood Hill Nature Center Compost Club
Meets the third Sunday of every month from 10am-12pm
Nature Center in Inwood Hill Park, enter at W218th and Indian Road

Get involved with composting in Inwood by joining the Compost Club! Learn about the process of decomposition, bring compostable materialsto recycle and take home fresh compost (while supplies last).  Contact Katy at 212-304-2365 for more info.

Earth Day 2010 Events

We Can Green Brooklyn Eco-Fair
Saturday, April 17, 11am-5pm
Holy Cross Auditorium and Yard
2530 Church Ave (btw. Rogers and Bedford)

There will be lots of info for greening your life and your neighborhood including: innovative green products; recycling education; textile collection; plant pavilion; live entertainment; and information about green careers. See BrooklynEcoFair.org or email  rsale@grownyc.org for more info.  Sponsored by Neighborhood Housing Services of East Flatbush 

Clothing & Textile Recycling

Greenmarkets with textile collections: 

Manhattan - 97th Street, Union Square (Sat and Mon ONLY), Inwood, Tompkins Sq

Brooklyn - Grand Army Plaza, Fort Greene Park, McCarren Park 

Queens -Jackson Heights (Jun-Nov ONLY)

UFT Green Schools Committee Monthly Meetings

This committee is working to make NYC schools more sustainable. Get involved by attending a monthly meeting or event on issues ranging from compost to green roofs. Each meeting features a presentation on school recycling by the NYC Department of Sanitation. Find out more at http://www.uft.org/member/committees/green/

Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 16, 4:30pm-6:30pm
UFT, 52 Broadway at Exchange Place in Lower Manhattan
Please RSVP: uftgreenschools@uft.org

Remaining Meetings for 2010: 3/16, 4/22, 5/18, 6/15