About this Event
The Recycle Challenge - Fours Day - 8 locations
Admission Levels:
COMMUNITY /ONLINE PASS: $10.00
MATERIAL INSTITUTE(Sliding Scale):$5.00 - $10.00
VIP PASS : $30.00 One Day, 1 dining experience
SUSTAINABLE PASS: $50.00 - All events , 2 dining experiences, plus cooking workshops
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Free Admission with Registration: Bring Recycling to drop off points
Baldwin's & Co. Saturday - Glass Half Full (Saturday 11AM-1PM)
WELCOME HOME FARM - REALCYCLE (Saturday 3PM)
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Don't miss out on the fundraiser for Literacy Project International! Join us for a day of fun and eco-friendly activities focused on recycling, upcycling, and waste reduction at eight locations in the St. Roch neighborhood and 9th Ward. Get ready to showcase your DIY talents with various hands-on opportunities across these 8 spots. Bring along your friends and family to enjoy DIY workshops, plant dyeing classes, and so much more!
Also, it's a great opportunity to get rid of your unwanted recycled materials with Glass Half Full and REALCYCLE!
Look at the below schedule for where our recycle stations will be set up.
KICK OFF OFFERING ONE: FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2024 EDUCATION AWARENESS
LOCATION: Gentilly The Net Charter School
6601 Franklin Avenue
TIME: 6PM-9PM
Student chefs prepare meals. Photography, discussions, and storytelling.
. DINNER SERVED:7PM
OFFERING TWO: SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024
COMMUNE WITH COMMUNITIES WALKING PARADE
STARTING LOCATION: Material Institute
2120 Port Street
ENDING ROUTE:
Baldwin & Co. coffee+bookstore
ARRIVAL TIME: 8:30AM-9:45AM PARADE BEGINS:10:00AM-11:30AM
PARADE START TIME: 10AM-11:30AM
OFFERING THREE: SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024
GLOBAL HEALTH & NUTRITION COMMUNITY CARE KICKBACK
LOCATION: Baldwin & Co. coffee+books
1030 Elysian Fields Avenue
TIME: 11AM-1PM
Workshops, health screening, vendors & presentations.
Recycle station from Glass Half Full - Bring your glass bottles and more to be recycled!
OFFERING FOUR: SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024
COMMUNE WITH NATURE WELCOME HOME FARM
EXPERIENCE
LOCATION: Welcome Home Farm 2308 Tennessee Street
TIME: 3PM-8PM
Farm experience with animal, DIY workshops, sculpture herb art, special
plant & eco dyeing workshops with designers from Material Institute.
TIME: 7PM- 9PM
POETRY REFUELED & REPURPOSED
Host: High Heal Doula
Special Guest: BRUCE GEORGE & Linda C. Shaw
A full recycle station provided by REALCYCLE - bring your glass, cardboard, aluminum cans and food!
OFFERING FIVE: SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2024
COMMUNE WITH COMMUNITY
LOCATION:Material Institute 2120 Port Street
TIME:1PM-3PM Community gardening
Cooking demo by Chef Jas
2:30PM-3:30PM Sacred Worker Bee/ Mommy Circle
3:30PM Group Meal with youth chefs from Gentilly The Net
4PM Chief Montana history discussion
1:30 Pm-3PM Medicine Making, Crafting Station, DIY workshops, plant & eco dying.
​Special rate for all Material Institute community $2-$5 (sliding scale)
OFFERING SIX: SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2024
COMMUNE WITH COMMUNITY
LOCATION: KOLAJ INSTITUTE 2374 St. Claude Ave
TIME: 12:45PM - 1PM Tamojunto - Afro percussion band serenade to KOLAJ Institute
(Corner of St. Roch and St. Claude Ave) The Healing Center side of street
1PM-6PM EXHIBITION Collage the Planet: Environmentalism in Art
1PM-2PM Curator & Artist Talk
Join on Zoom with
2PM-4PM Crafting Costumes With Recyclables
OFFERING SEVEN: SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2024
COMMUNE WITH COMMUNITY
LOCATION: ALLWAYS LOUNGE 2240 St. Claude Ave.
Front Door Series are free corner concerts
TIME: 1PM-1:30PM Tamojunto - Afro percussion band
2PM-2:30PM Taylor Mroski
OFFERING EIGHT: SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2024
COMMUNE WITH COMMUNITY
LOCATION: HI-HO LOUNGE 2239 St. Claude Ave.
TIME: 1PM - 4PM
Workshop Creating Hang Bags from Tee-shirts
Creating lamps from objects
Front Door Series are free corner concerts
TIME: 2:30PM-3:30PM Davis Rogan
OFFERING NINE: MONDAY 22, 2024
COMMUNE WITH COMMUNITY
Community Trash Pick-Up
LOCATION: Pontchartrain Park Neighborhood
Children's playground
Storytelling introducing Ponchatrain Park and the story of trash.
TIME: 11AM-1PM
OFFERING TEN: MONDAY 22, 2024
ONLINE GLOBAL AWARENESS
DISCUSSION TOPIC: VALUE ADDITION IN UPCYCLING FOR DURABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
LOCATION: ON ZOOM
TIME:8AM-9AM
OFFERING ELEVEN: MONDAY 22, 2024
ONLINE GLOBAL AWARENESS
The Hat Competition with the Milliner's Association of Nigeria. The three winner's will be announced on Zoom
LOCATION: ON ZOOM
TIME: 2PM-3PM
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The NET: Gentilly, 6601 Franklin Avenue, New Orleans, United States
USD 5.00 to USD 50.00