Upcoming Electronic Waste Recycling events:

IN BROOKLYN
Saturday December 8, from 10am to 4pm
Sunday December 9, from 10am to 4pm
PS 321
7th Avenue between 1st & 2nd Streets
Park Slope, Brooklyn

We would like to thank PS 321 Parent Teacher Association for sponsoring this event.

IN MANHATTAN
Sunday January 6, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Union Square Park - North Plaza
Broadway & E 17th Street

We would like to thank the Department of Parks & Recreation for hosting this event.

Can't wait for one of the upcoming events?
We have a partnership with Build It Green. Now New York City residents can drop off electronics (no commercial donations please)any time during Build It Green!'s open hours. Please click here for more info.

See our FAQ page to learn more about what to bring...

We would like to thank the New York Community Trust, Con Edison and Councilmember Bill DeBlasio for making our e-waste recycling program possible.

Compost update:

Teacher worm workshop:
nature’s recycling tool
Saturday, January 19, 2 pm to 4 pm
Donnell Public Library
20 West 53rd Street

Looking for a way to introduce your class to ecology and recycling? Try composting with worms! Kids love it! You will walk away from this workshop with great ideas for hands-on activities to teach biology, ecology, and recycling through hands-on and inquiry-based activities. Learn how to set up and maintain a trouble-free worm bin.Teachers will receive a vermicompost kit for the subsidized price of $10 and curriculum ideas on how to incorporate worm composting into classroom teaching using science, math, and language skills.

The workshop is free but registration is required. For more information or to register, please contact the Manhattan Compost Project at 212.477.3155 or e-mail info@lesecologycenter.org

Indoor Worm Composting Workshop: For the love of Composting
Wednesday, February 20, 6:15pm to 8 pm
Jefferson Market Public Library
425 Sixth Avenue (at 10th Street)


In the amorous month of February, share the joys of indoor composting with someone you love. For a late Valentine's Day present, give the gift that keeps on giving—an indoor worm composting bin with a colony of RED wiggler worms. This workshop will cover everything you need to know to maintain a worm bin in your apartment, allowing you to turn your kitchen scraps into NYC Black Gold! Participants will be able to purchase a "worm-condo" for the subsidized price of $10. Registration is required. For more information or to register, please contact the Manhattan Compost Project at 212.477.3155 or e-mail info@lesecologycenter.org

Compost update:

Children Compost Workshops

Children's worm workshop

Saturday January 26, 2 pm to 3 pm
Ottendorfer Public Library
135 Second Avenue between St. Marks & 9th Street

Tuesday February 26, 4pm to 5 pm
Mulberry Street Branch Public Library
10 Jersey Street at Lafayette Street one block south of Houston

We'd like to thank the Department of Parks & Recreation for hosting this event.

Join the Manhattan Compost Project to learn how to turn your old food scraps into NYC Black Gold! By using red wiggler worms you can compost indoors and help nature to recycle its nutrients, while reducing the amount of waste that you produce. Workshop will cover the process of decomposition, as well as how the worms help it along. Each participant will have the chance to make and bring home their own mini worm-bin, made from a re-used plastic takeout container. Registration is required. For more information or to register, please contact the Manhattan Compost Project at 212-477-3155 or e-mail info@lesecologycenter.org

Backyard Compost Workshop

Welcome the spring - outdoor composting workshop

Saturday March 29, 1 pm to 3 pm
LaPlaza Cultural Community Garden
Southwest Corner of 9th Street & Avenue C

Get your garden ready for the coming of spring! After the winter hibernation, it is important to get your compost system back in order for another busy season, so join us for some tips and suggestions. This workshop will cover the basics of backyard composting, including bin set up and maintenance, what goes in (and what doesn't), the science of decomposition, and compost application. Workshop participants will be able to purchase subsidized backyard compost bins at the workshop. For more information or to register, please contact the Manhattan Compost Project at 212.477.3155 or e-mail info@lesecologycenter.org

Education update:

The Water Underground Viewable Online!

In spring of 2006, the Ecology Center partnered with Center for Urban Pedagogy, City-as-School, and RECYouth to explore the Water Underground–the millions of gallons of water that enters the city, gets used in various ways and discharged to local waterways each day. During this semester-long project, students and teachers developed The Water Underground, a video about their investigations.

The Water Underground video is a 25-minute student-led exploration of where water comes from, where it goes and what happens along the way. THE WUG VIDEO IS NOW VIEWABLE ONLINE HERE(opens a new window)

Women's Environmental Leadership Development - Connecting local and global

The Ecology Center's newest programs--the NYC Young Women's Sustainability Program and the  NYC Grassroots Academy --worked in 2007 with the Huairou Commission to connect local and international women in an innovative approach to gender equity and women's leadership. This year's Academy included eight local college aged participants and fifty-one international grassroots women and their supporters.

The Academy trained the local college-aged women in environmental and sustainability issues, including climate, energy, air pollution, leadership support policies, realistic expectations, and political skills. These women then led a two-day preparatory conference preceding United Nations sustainability conferences for international grassroots women delegates and their supporters. The goal of this training was to further develop resources for, facilitate networking between, and support these delegates in vocalizing their programs and expertise at the United Nations.  To leaarn more about the Women's Environmental Leadership Programs, click here. For any questions, or to get involved in Women's Environmental Leadership programs at LESEC, please contact tara@lesecologycenter.org

To schedule a visit for your class or organization, or to learn more about CSO education at LESEC,
click here.

For more information about Climate Change programs and how to get involved please e-mail tara@lesecologycenter.org

Climate Change Initiatives

The Ecology Center has long been running programming and initiatives about the hot (no pun intended) environmental issue of the moment: Climate Change. Although climate change is a complex global issue, efforts to address it need to begin on a local level and start with education to increase awareness and understanding. LESEC current climate related offerings include: the NYC Climate Coalition www.nycclimate.org , public education on climate issue through our Climate Crew and youth Climate Ambassadors , and the NYC Small Business Energy Efficiency Program .  

The Ecology Center's Program Directore, Tara DePorte, was selected in 2006 to be one of Al Gore's representatives for Climate Change Education through The Climate Project. Contact us today to have a free presentation in your school, business or community on Climate Change and Solutions in NYC.