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SUMMARY:Clothing Repair with Black Girls Sew
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a hands-on clothing repair and mending workshop in partnership with Black Girls Sew. In this beginner-friendly session\, participants will learn practical skills to help extend the life of their clothing and reduce textile waste. \nYou’ll learn basic repair techniques such as mending small holes\, sewing on a button\, and simple hand-sewing methods that can be used for everyday clothing fixes. Whether you’re brand new to sewing or just want to build confidence with basic repairs\, this workshop will provide the tools and guidance to get started. \nAll participants will receive a small take-home repair kit so you can continue mending and caring for your clothes at home. The workshop is open to all and all materials will be provided. \nThis workshop is part of our Reuse and Re-Imagine Series – A new series of workshops designed to empower our community with new skills while keeping waste out of landfills. \nFunding provided by the Environmental Protection Fund as administered by NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. \nSign Up →
URL:https://www.lesecologycenter.org/calendar/clothing-repair-with-black-girls-sew/
LOCATION:Center for Well Being and Happiness\, 101 Avenue D\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Public Program,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Green Between Exhibition Opening Party
DESCRIPTION:The Lower East Side Ecology Center and Make Meadows present Green Between\, an outdoor exhibition that reimagines a community garden as a living gallery where art and ecology come together. The exhibition celebrates the diversity of urban nature and invites New Yorkers to take a closer look at native plants that support a healthy\, thriving garden. Often overlooked or removed\, these plants play an important role in feeding pollinators\, improving soil\, and creating habitat for urban wildlife. \nOpening Celebration: 4-6 pm August 15\, 2026 \nOn view at the Clyde Romero Memorial Garden: Aug 15- Nov 1\, 2026 \nFeaturing: Abby Kamagate\, Ana Ratner\, Anahit Pogosian\, Kalen Kaminski\, Kathleen McCarthy\, Kevin Woon\, Qian Liao\, True Bend Studio\, and V Walton. \nThis project is made possible in part with funds from a regrant program supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. \nThe exhibition is presented through NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks program and in partnership with NYC Parks GreenThumb.
URL:https://www.lesecologycenter.org/calendar/green-between-exhibition-opening-party/
LOCATION:Clyde Romero Memorial Garden\, 213 East 7th Street\, New York\, 10009\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw: Painting Mushrooms
DESCRIPTION:Where art meets ecology. Join the Lower East Side Ecology Center\, Tractor Beverage Co.\, and Smallhold for an evening of guided painting inspired by fungi. \nWatercolor & sketching session led by artist Jodi Niss \nReal mushroom specimens from Smallhold to observe & paint \nA crash course in mushroom ecology and why fungi matter for our soils\, food systems\, and city green spaces \nComplimentary Tractor Beverage drinks (alcoholic & non-alcoholic) \nAll supplies provided\, no experience necessary. \nSign up →
URL:https://www.lesecologycenter.org/calendar/drink-draw-painting-mushrooms/
LOCATION:Clyde Romero Memorial Garden\, 213 East 7th Street\, New York\, 10009\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Slow Circuits: Wire Weaving
DESCRIPTION:Are you fatigued by your phone? Are you wary of technology’s impact on our ecosystems? \nOn July 25th\, Slow Circuits is hosting a weaving circle where we will discuss our conflicted relationship with technology as we weave with discarded ethernet cables. Think technology anonymous meets weaving circle. Each participant will create and take home their own woven art piece. \nBy weaving with the discarded remnants of our digital lives\, this tactile engagement follows a discussion around our current circuits: where our technology comes from\, its lifecycles\, and its afterlives. By slowing down and contemplating these relationships\, we will make visible the material and ecological costs inherent in our technologies in order to discuss the circuits we desire. We’ll ask: how can we build alternative models to planned obsolescence? How can technology reconnect us to what we care about? How can we turn waste into a medium of connection and care? \nGet your tickets now. Learn more about Slow Circuits on Instagram: @slow.circuits \nThis workshop is part of our Reuse and Re-Imagine Series – A new series of workshops designed to empower our community with new skills while keeping waste out of landfills.\nFunding provided by the Environmental Protection Fund as administered by NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. \nSign Up → \n 
URL:https://www.lesecologycenter.org/calendar/slow-circuits-wire-weaving/
LOCATION:Center for Well Being and Happiness\, 101 Avenue D\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States
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SUMMARY:City of Water Day: Coastal Connections at Pier 42
DESCRIPTION:The focus of this year’s activities\, aligned with the theme of Living with Water\, is to recognize our shared responsibility to steward the environmental systems that sustain us. Pier 42\, like all urban green spaces\, requires ongoing care and maintenance to remain both an enjoyable public park and a fully functioning climate resiliency system. We believe that the more people understand these ecosystems—and the plants and wildlife that inhabit them—the more motivated they will be to protect them. For this year’s City of Water Day\, our team will lead a walking tour of Pier 42\, highlighting its green infrastructure and coastal resilience features\, while also introducing participants to the native plants that can be observed throughout the park. The walk will be followed by stewarding the bioswale. \nSign up →
URL:https://www.lesecologycenter.org/calendar/city-of-water-day-coastal-connections-at-pier-42/
LOCATION:East River at Pier 42\, Pier 42\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Public Program,Special Events,Stewardship
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SUMMARY:Trees & Self-Care Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The 90-minute workshop will be hands-on experience with natural products. The objective is to enable participants to explore the connection between nature and skincare — and by referring to our natural environment in the Lower East Side. \nLed by Kadidja Kabore Lamport\, a local small business owner\, participants will learn and discuss the benefits of all-natural\, tree-derived ingredients like shea butter\, baobab oil\, and kukui oil\, as well as beeswax. I will also present the local trees that have been sources of oils — like linden\, the eastern red cedar\, the black walnut\, sweet birch and white pine; some are right here in our neighborhood\, particularly linden. \nParticipants will then learn the traditional techniques of melting\, blending\, and infusing the raw materials in the workshop (shea butter\, beeswax and baobab oil) with essential oils to create high-quality\, clean beauty products. We will discuss why “simple and effective” is the best approach for both our bodies and the environment. \nWhat Participants Will Take Home:\nEach participant will leave with one handcrafted\, all-natural product — a lip balm — and a sample of a soothing herbal footbath. \n\nCustomized Lip Balm: Formulated with natural oils and essential oils for long-lasting moisture\, and beeswax.\nSoothing Footbath: Formulated with herbs and salts.\nA Natural Beauty Recipe Card: To empower participants to recreate these natural remedies at home.\n\nSign up → \n 
URL:https://www.lesecologycenter.org/calendar/trees-self-care-workshop/
LOCATION:Sixth Street Community Center\, 638 E. 6th St #4\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Environmental Education,Public Program,Special Events
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