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Worm Composting Workshop

January 24, 2010 | 11:00am - 1:00pm

Central Park, North Meadow Recreation Center, mid-park at 97th Street, New York, NY 10028

Open for Registration


Red wiggler worms rapidly eat kitchen scraps transforming all of this “waste” into a useful fertil... Learn More

Composting

Worm Composting Workshop for Kids

January 26, 2010 | 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Whole Foods Market Tribeca, upstairs café area, 270 Greenwich Street b/w Warren St and Murray St, New York, NY 10005

Open for Registration


Taking waste reduction to the next generation! By using red wiggler worms, you can compost indoors and... Learn More

Composting

Love-ly Vermicomposting Workshop

February 05, 2010 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

The New School, Room 510, 66 West 12th St, New York, NY 10011

Open for Registration


Join the NYC Compost Project in Manhattan for this pre-Valentine’s Day wor... Learn More

Special Events

VENUE CHANGE: Winter Warmer Happy Hour

February 10, 2010 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Fontana's Bar, 105 Eldridge Street New York, NY 10002


We're celebrating a busy start to 2010 and you're invited! Show your support for the Ecology Center and enjoy a drink or two while you're at it. Yo... Learn More

Environmental Education

EcoBizNYC Workshop: Green Roofs, Alternative Energy, and Your Business

March 09, 2010 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Green Depot, 222 Bowery New York, NY 10012

Open for Registration


The Green Roofs and Alternative Energy workshop will teach you what a Green Roof is and how your business or home can... Learn More

Special Events

Happy Hour at Jimmy's No. 43

March 22, 2010 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Jimmy's No. 43, 43 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003


Before spring really gets into bloom, we would like to invite you to come have a drink with us at Jimmy's No. 43. A suggested donation of $15 gets ... Learn More

Greening

East River Park Stewardship Day

March 27, 2010 | 11:00am - 2:00pm

East 6th Street footbridge and FDR Drive, inside East River Park, New York, NY 10009


Have you been over to East River Park recently? New sections of the waterfront esplanade are open and the bulbs we plant... Learn More

Environmental Education

EcoBizNYC Workshop: The Non-Toxic Office and Home

April 06, 2010 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Green Depot, 222 Bowery New York, NY 10012

Open for Registration


The Non-Toxic Office workshop will teach you how to make changes to your office and home to liv... Learn More

Composting

Setting Up A Community Compost System

April 10, 2010 | 10:00am - 11:00am

La Plaza Cultural Community Garden, East 9th Street and Avenue C, New York, NY 10009

Open for Registration


Does your community garden want to expand its composting program to handle more material? Are you looking to involve more... Learn More

Composting

Worm Composting for Kids!

April 13, 2010 | 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Whole Foods seating area, 808 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY 10025

Open for Registration


Using red wiggler worms, you can compost indoors and help nature to recycle its nutrients, while reducing the amount of waste that you produce. Wor... Learn More

Composting

Welcome the Spring Backyard Composting Workshop

April 17, 2010 | 12:00pm - 2:00pm

East 103rd St Community Garden, East 103rd Street between Park and Lexington, New York, NY 10029

Open for Registration


The spring backyard composting workshop will help you put all those dead plant scraps from last year to good use. Worksho... Learn More

Composting

Vermicomposting Workshop

May 02, 2010 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm

M'Finda Kalunga Community Garden, Rivington St b/w Chrystie St & Forsyth St in Sara D Roosevelt Park, New York, NY 10002

Open for Registration


Red wiggler worms rapidly eat kitchen scraps transforming all of this “waste” into a useful fertilizer, aka NYC Black Gold, that can then be ... Learn More

Environmental Education

EcoBizNYC Workshop: Do-it-yourself Greening

May 04, 2010 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Green Depot, 222 Bowery New York, NY 10012

Open for Registration


The Do-It-Yourself Greening workshop will give you ideas about how to "go green" without breaking the bank.  The workshop will teach you how to ma... Learn More

Greening

It's My Park Day

May 15, 2010 | 10:00am - 2:00pm

The Fire Boat House, Grand Street inside East River Park, New York, NY 10002

Open for Registration


Join the Ecology Center and CHERP (Community Hooked on East River Park) for a day of gardening in East River Park. We'll be pulling weeds, applying... Learn More

Composting

Community Garden Compost Demo Sites Biking Tour

May 22, 2010 | 11:00am - 1:00pm

Union Square, 17th Street and Union Square East, New York, NY 10003

Open for Registration


Join the NYC Compost Project for an easy bike tour of five community garden Compost Demo Sites in the East Village and Lower East Side. Compost De... Learn More

Composting

Coleman Park Composting Site Open House

May 22, 2010 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Pike Street and Cherry Street, New York, NY 10002


Join the Ecology Center for an open house of our compost processing site in Coleman Park. Come take a tour and learn how our in-vessel system turns... Learn More

Composting

Co-op and Apartment Building Composting Programs

May 26, 2010 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

The Thomson Reuters Building, 3 Times Square (corner of West 42nd Street and 7th Avenue), 22nd floor, New York, NY 10036

Open for Registration


The workshop will cover how to plan out and implement a co-op size cooperative compost program. This workshop is for experienced home composters ... Learn More

Special Events

Celebration by the East River

June 05, 2010 | 5:00pm - 8:00pm

East River Park Amphitheater, East River Park, New York, NY 10002


Celebration by... Learn More

Greening

East River Park Stewardship Day

June 12, 2010 | 10:00am - 2:00pm

East River Park (exact location TBD)

Open for Registration


Join the Ecology Center and CHERP (Community Hooked on East River Park) for a day of gardening in East River Park. We'll be pulling weeds, applying co... Learn More

Environmental Education

Fishing Clinic

June 18, 2010 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm

East 10th Street and the East River, East River Park, 10009

Open for Registration


Join us for our catch-and-release fishing clinics. Bait and tackle will be provided (or bring your own), plus basic fishi... Learn More

Environmental Education

Alternative Fuels in NYC: DIY Biodiesel

June 24, 2010 | 7:30pm - 9:30pm

AlphaOne Labs, 148 Frost Street, Brooklyn, NY

Open for Registration


In an effort to show New Yorkers the many innovative ways to reduce our... Learn More

Environmental Education

Fishing Clinic

June 25, 2010 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm

East 10th Street and the East River, East River Park, 10009

Open for Registration


Join us for our catch-and-release fishing clinics. Bait and tackle will be provided (or bring your own), plus basic fishi... Learn More

Greening

East River Park Stewardship Day

June 27, 2010 | 10:00am - 2:00pm

East River Park (exact location TBD)

Open for Registration


Join the Ecology Center and CHERP (Community Hooked on East River Park) for a day of gardening in East River Park. We'll be pulling weeds, applying co... Learn More

Composting

Worm Composting for Kids!

July 01, 2010 | 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Whole Foods Bowery, upstairs culinary center, 95 East Houston Street, New York, NY 10002

Open for Registration


Taking waste reduction to the next generation! By using red wiggler worms, you can compost indoors and help nature to recycle its nutrients, while red... Learn More

Composting

Backyard Composting Workshop

July 10, 2010 | 11:00am - 1:00pm

Unity Park, 53-55 W 128th Street between Fifth Avenue and Lenox Avenue, New York, NY 10027

Open for Registration


This backyard composting workshop will get you all ready to start converting your yard/garden waste and kitchen scraps into a rich organic fertiliz... Learn More

Environmental Education

Street Tree Care 101

July 15, 2010 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Sustainable NYC, 139 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009

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The Lower East Side Ecology Center, in collaboration with A Million Tre... Learn More

Environmental Education

Fishing Clinic

July 16, 2010 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm

East 10th Street and the East River, East River Park, 10009

Open for Registration


Join us for our catch-and-release fishing clinics. Bait and tackle will be provided (or bring your own), plus basic fishi... Learn More

E-Waste

E-Waste Recycling Day at Stuyvesant Town

July 18, 2010 | 10:00am - 4:00pm

Stuyvesant Town-14th Street Loop, please enter from 14th St & Ave A, event is on the right hand side, New York, NY 10009


The Ecology Center is recycle electronic waste ("e-waste") from New Yor... Learn More

Composting

Compost Open House

July 20, 2010 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

6th and B Community Garden, East 6th Street and Avenue B on the southwest corner


Come to this well-know... Learn More

Composting

Backyard Basics Composting Workshop

August 05, 2010 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Clinton Community Garden, West 48th Street between 9th and 10th Aveues, New York, NY 10019

Open for Registration


Backyard composting workshop will get you all ready to start converting... Learn More

Environmental Education

Urban Activism in the LES Opening Reception

August 05, 2010 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Abrons Art Center (Henry Street Settlement) 466 Grand Street at Pitt Street


AMPLIFY! is a project by the New School, partnered with the Lower East Side Ecology Center and funded by the Rockefeller Foundati... Learn More

Environmental Education

Fishing Clinic

August 06, 2010 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm

East 10th Street and the East River, East River Park, 10009

Open for Registration


Join us for our catch-and-release fishing clinics. Bait and tackle will be provided (or bring your own), plus basic fishi... Learn More

Environmental Education

Fishing Clinic

August 14, 2010 | 10:00am - 12:00pm

East 10th Street and the East River, East River Park, 10009

Open for Registration


Join us for a catch-and-release fishing clinic as part of “Get Ready…Get Set…Get Active!” Day in East River Park.... Learn More

Greening

East River Park Stewardship Day

August 14, 2010 | 10:00am - 2:00pm

East River Park, North entrance to the track at East 6th street, New York, NY 10009

Open for Registration


Join the Ecology Center and CHERP (Community Hooked on East River Park) for a day of gardening in East River Park. We'll be pulling weeds, applying co... Learn More

Environmental Education

Fishing Clinic

August 28, 2010 | 10:00am - 12:00pm

East 10th Street and the East River, East River Park, 10009

Open for Registration


Join us for our catch-and-release fishing clinics. Bait and tackle will be provided (or bring your own), plus basic fishi... Learn More

Environmental Education

Green Roofs and Alternative Energy in NYC

September 08, 2010 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Green Depot, 222 Bowery btw Prince St and Spring St, New York, NY 10012

Open for Registration


The Green Roofs and Alternative Energy workshop will teach you what a Green Roof is and how your business or home can benefit from it. Green Roof e... Learn More

Greening

East River Park Stewardship Day

September 11, 2010 | 10:00am - 2:00pm

East River Park (exact location TBD)

Open for Registration


Join the Ecology Center and CHERP (Community Hooked on East River Park) for a day of gardening in East River Park. We'll be pulling weeds, applying co... Learn More

Composting

Worm Composting 101

September 12, 2010 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm

La Perla Community Garden, West 105th Street between Columbus and Manhattan Aves, New York, NY 10025

Open for Registration


Got a smelly trash can? Hate taking out the garbage every week? Or want to reduce the amount of trash you produce? Then indoor composting may be ... Learn More

E-Waste

E-Waste Recycling Day at the Staten Island Mall

September 18, 2010 | 10:00am - 4:00pm

Staten Island Mall, Parking Lot F near main entrance, 2655 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island 10314


The Ecology Center is holding an electronic waste ("e-waste") recycling event at the Staten Island Mall to responsibly recycle unwanted or broken e... Learn More

E-Waste

E-Waste Recycling at Morningside Park

September 19, 2010 | 10:00am - 4:00pm

Morningside Park, Morningside Avenue between 113th Street and 114th Street, New York, NY 10026


The Ecology Center is holding an electronic waste ("e-waste") recycling event at Morningside Park to responsibly recycle unwanted or broken electro... Learn More

E-Waste

E-Waste Recycling at Travers Park

September 25, 2010 | 10:00am - 4:00pm

Travers Park, 78th Street between Northern Blvd & 34th Avenue Jackson Heights, Queens 11372


The Ecology Center is holding an electronic waste ("e-waste") recycling event at Travers Park to responsibly recycle unwanted or broken electronics... Learn More

E-Waste

E-Waste Recycling Day in Carroll Gardens

October 02, 2010 | 10:00am - 4:00pm

The New New York, Bond Street between 3rd and 4th Street Brooklyn, NY 11231


The Ecology Center is holding an electronic waste ("e-waste") recycling event on Bond Street in Carroll Gardens to responsibly recycle unwanted or ... Learn More

E-Waste

E-Waste Recycling Day at Brooklyn Bridge Park

October 02, 2010 | 10:00am - 4:00pm

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1, Furman Street between Old Fulton and Doughty St, Brooklyn, NY 11201


The Ecology Center is holding an electronic waste ("e-waste") recycling event at Brooklyn Bridge Park to responsibly recycle unwanted or broken ele... Learn More

E-Waste

E-Waste Recycling Day on the LES

October 03, 2010 | 10:00am - 4:00pm

Delancey Street between Chrystie and Forsyth Street, New York, NY 10002


The Ecology Center is holding an electronic waste ("e-waste") recycling event on the Lower East Side to responsibly recycle unwanted or broken elec... Learn More

E-Waste

E-Waste Recycling Day at Tekserve

October 09, 2010 | 10:00am - 4:00pm

Tekserve, 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011


The Ecology Center and Tekserve are partnering to recycle electronic waste ("e-waste") from New York City residents. Bring your unwanted or broken ... Learn More

Greening

East River Park Stewardship Day

October 31, 2010 | 10:00am - 2:00pm

East River Park (exact location TBD)

Open for Registration


Join the Ecology Center and CHERP (Community Hooked on East River Park) for a day of Halloween gardening in East River Park. We'll be pulling weeds, a... Learn More