Environmentalism Events in New York

Check out happening environmentalism events all around New York, NY

Earth Day 2026 Festival

 Sun, 19 Apr at 12:00 pm Union Square Free

World Water Day Concert — Britton & The Sting

 Fri, 27 Mar at 08:00 pm Judson Memorial Church Free

Kenneth Frampton Endowed Symposium

 Mon, 13 Apr at 06:30 pm Avery Hall Free

Fight For Air Climb New York City

 Sat, 21 Mar at 09:00 am 1 Penn Plz, New York, NY 10119-0002, United States

Touch the Sky Series: NJ's Highest Peak

 Sun, 15 Mar at 10:00 am The Standard Biergarten

National Black Writers Conference

Sat, 28 Mar at 05:30 pm Medgar Evers College School of Science, Health and Technology

UN CSW70 Parallel Event | Women’s Resilience in the New Era

 Wed, 18 Mar at 04:00 pm Church Center of the United Nations (8th floor) Free

Dreaming Beyond Rikers

 Sat, 06 Jun at 03:00 pm The People's Forum Free

Amitav Ghosh The Nutmeg’s Curse: Non-human Voices, More-than-human Stories

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:30 pm LeFrak Theatre, LL Barnard Hall Free

Sip & Swap: A Curated Clothing Swap at Purple Waves

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:00 pm Purple Waves USD 31 to 36

S.T.E.A.M. DREAM

 Sat, 25 Apr at 10:30 am Rockefeller Park Basketball Court Free

Creative Climate Awards 2026 Opening Celebration

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) Free

Honey & Cheese Pairing

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm Murray's Cheese Shop USD 109

The National Day of Awareness for MMIWGT2S+ : Water Prayer & Vigil

 Tue, 05 May at 06:00 pm Gapstow Bridge Free

Heritage Farm and Compost tour

 Sat, 25 Apr at 11:00 am Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

Spring Break: Heritage Farm Hay Day

 Mon, 06 Apr at 09:00 am Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

Resilience | One World [screening + Q&A]

 Sun, 29 Mar at 06:00 pm Bohemian National Hall USD 0 to 10

This Land Sprouts Resistors: Land Day 2026 | Organized by Kaleem Hawa

 Fri, 20 Mar at 08:00 pm The Poetry Project USD 10

Tompkins Square Park Compost Giveaway!

 Sat, 04 Apr at 10:00 am Tompkins Square Park Free

Tarrytown lakes and Rockefeller state parks Hike

 Sun, 19 Apr at 08:00 am Grand Central Terminal Free

Spring Birding Tour

 Sat, 21 Mar at 01:00 pm Fort Tryon Park's Dongan Lawn Free

Shapes of Change: Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance 25th Anniversary Season

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm Adler Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture USD 0 to 75

Connect with Nature on Earth Day Event

 Wed, 22 Apr at 03:30 pm Pier 57 Free

Digital Colonialism

 Tue, 21 Apr at 06:00 pm CUNY Graduate Center Free

Edible Garden Planting Workshop

Thu, 02 Apr at 01:00 pm Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

Climate Impacts of AI: Alternatives to Techno-Utopianism and Doom

 Tue, 21 Apr at 04:15 pm Heyman Center for the Humanities Free

Signs of Spring Walk

 Thu, 19 Mar at 01:00 pm Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

Farm Workshop: Bed Prep & Soil Health

 Sun, 19 Apr at 01:00 pm Queens Botanical Garden USD 5 to 11

Making NYC a Nature City

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:30 pm Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center Free

Paint Your Pot: Earth Day Workshop

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm Color Me Mine USD 28

Trans Ecologies: Ohan Breiding and Jill Casid in Conversation

 Thu, 26 Mar at 04:00 pm Frederick P. Rose Auditorium Free

Inwood Hill Park Field Trip in NYC

 Sat, 25 Apr at 11:00 am Inwood Hill Park Main Entrance Free

Climate Re-Imaginaries

 Tue, 31 Mar at 04:15 pm Heyman Center for the Humanities Free

Drowned Land - New York Premiere

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm DCTV

Harlem Walk & Talk to Build a Strong Parks System

 Sat, 18 Apr at 11:00 am Hancock Park Free

2026 Time’s UP Earth’s Day event: Earth bike ride garden tour

 Sat, 18 Apr at 02:00 pm La Plaza Community Garden Free

Urban Farming 101 Workshop: Soil & Compost

 Fri, 17 Apr at 03:30 pm The Battery Urban Farm USD 0 to 15

Spring Flowers Walk

 Thu, 07 May at 01:00 pm Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

Cultivating Aquatics Workshop

 Sun, 24 May at 10:00 am Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

To Love Like Venus Book Launch

 Sat, 21 Mar at 03:00 pm 232 Elizabeth St USD 0 to 30

Compost in Context (Master Composter)

 Sun, 29 Mar at 01:00 pm Queens Botanical Garden Free

Spring into Tree Care Volunteer Event

 Sun, 22 Mar at 11:00 am 213 E 7th St Free

Dismantling

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:30 pm CultureHub NYC USD 18

NYWEA World Water Day Seminar

 Thu, 26 Mar at 05:30 pm Arcadis New York USD 0 to 23

Compost Advocacy & Community-Building (Master Composter Course)

 Sun, 29 Mar at 10:00 am Queens Botanical Garden Free

Print & Preserve: Screenprinting Workshop for NYU Students

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:00 pm 20 Cooper Sq room 101 Free

ECOLOGICAL CITY - Art & Climate Solutions Workshop (PUPPET)

 Sat, 28 Feb at 12:00 pm Earth Celebrations - Sixth Street Community Center Free

Sense and Cents: How Sustainability Drives Consumer Choice and Revenue

 Tue, 14 Apr at 06:00 pm Serendipity Labs - Grand Central NYC Free

Earth Celebrations and the Ecological City - Memory Mural Workshop

 Sat, 11 Apr at 12:00 pm East River Park Fire Boat House Free

Martín Cobas: A Stone Fallen From the Moon … or Elsewhere

 Thu, 16 Apr at 05:30 am The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Free

Patternmaking for Upcycling Workshop

 Wed, 27 May D4D Studios USD 125 to 249

Earth Day Volunteer Event: Katharine Hepburn Garden

 Sat, 18 Apr at 01:00 pm Katharine Hepburn Garden Free

Miriam Horn on George Schaller, with Jennifer Homans

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:30 pm The Skylight Room: 9100 Free

FILM SCREENING: Earth's Greatest Enemy • Earth Day Screening

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm The People's Forum USD 0 to 18

Prakash Kumar - The History and the Present of the Green Revolution

 Tue, 24 Mar at 04:30 pm Knox Hall (Room 207) Free

MƒA Thursday Think: Bats and the Biodiversity Crisis

 Thu, 14 May at 05:00 pm Math for America Free

Empire Clean Cities 17th Annual Stakeholder Meeting

 Thu, 21 May at 07:30 am Flushing Meadows Corona Park Free

Big Spring Cutback

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:00 am SeaGlass Carousel (Enter across from 17 State Street) Free

IIDA NY Sustainability Forum | Shifting Design Toward Impact

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:15 pm Humanscale showroom USD 0 to 535

Disability Justice and Environmental/Climate Justice

 Tue, 07 Apr at 09:00 am Faculty Seminar Room Combined, 105 East 17th Street Free

MICRO- AND NANO-PLASTICS. Impact on Environment, Human Health and Climate.

 Fri, 27 Mar at 06:00 pm Civic Hall Free

Torrey Botanical Society Annual Banquet and Lecture

 Sat, 28 Mar at 02:30 pm Marshak Science Building USD 0 to 40

The Permanent and the Insatiable: Botanical City (MAXforum Salon Series)

 Mon, 20 Apr at 06:00 pm Onassis ONX Free

Mapping AI: Power

 Wed, 22 Apr at 05:00 pm Fayerweather Hall, Room 513 Free

CCNY Earth Week Volunteering with Historic Harlem Parks

 Fri, 24 Apr at 10:00 am St. Nicholas Park Free

Play Fair Coalition Rally to Fund NYC Parks!

 Mon, 23 Mar at 10:30 am New York City Hall Free

DONA Tea & Talk

 Fri, 27 Mar at 12:00 pm Counter Culture Coffee Free

Composting Volunteer Day

 Sat, 11 Apr at 12:00 pm Frank White Memorial Garden Free

PlacePartner Opportunity: Tree Club

 Wed, 06 May at 01:30 pm West 143rd Street & Riverside Drive Free

River: A Hudson Memoir

 Sat, 16 May at 02:00 pm 102nd Street Field House Free

Spring Migration Birding on Roosevelt Island

 Sun, 03 May at 09:00 am 400 Main St Free

Sustainability Graduate Programs Final Capstone Briefings: Spring 2026

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:10 pm Columbia University, Kraft Center, Rennert Hall Free

Materials Only- Environmental Risk and PFAS Litigation Conference

 Wed, 17 Jun at 08:00 am New York City Bar Association

Street Tree Care w/ 95th Street Block Association

 Sat, 18 Apr at 10:00 am 129 W 95th St Free

Team RIVER Volunteers

 Wed, 18 Mar at 09:30 am Icahn Stadium Free

Riverside Park Super Steward: Pathkeeper Training

 Sat, 11 Apr at 10:00 am Riverside Drive & 120th st Free

PlacePartner Opportunity: Camel Gardens

 Wed, 15 Apr at 08:30 am Riverbank Playground Free

PlacePartner Opportunity: Tunnel Gardens at W 148th St

 Thu, 09 Apr at 08:30 am Ten Mile River Playground Free

STC w/ Lex & 3rd Block Association

 Sun, 28 Jun at 11:00 am 177 E 100th St Free

Street Tree Care w/ Global Learning Collaborative

 Tue, 12 May at 03:30 pm 145 W 84th St Free

W9BA Spring Planting Day

 Sat, 09 May at 10:00 am 35 W 9th St, New York, NY 10011-0044, United States

Sat. Swap Shop - EAST HARLEM

 Sat, 20 Jul at 12:00 pm 163 E 111th St Free

Gardening at Ralph Ellison Memorial

 Sat, 24 Aug at 09:00 am Ralph Ellison Plaza Free

Mon. Swap Shop Pass - EAST HARLEM

 Mon, 06 Nov at 12:00 pm Sustainable Fashion Community Center - East Harlem Free