Go Green Brooklyn

Intro to Birdwatching Walks (Prospect Park)
2024-02-10 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-02-03 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-01-27 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Prospect Park Audubon Center, Prospect Park Boathouse, 101 East Drive, Brooklyn, NY, 11225, United States
These outings will start at The Audubon Center at the Boathouse.
Leader: A member of the Brooklyn Bird Club
Whether you’re just starting out or have already joined the birding ranks, this introductory bird outing is for you. Join a member of the Brooklyn Bird Club to learn the basics of birding and search for the dozens of species that visit Prospect Park through all seasons.
All levels and ages are welcome. No registration necessary. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Please bring binoculars if you have them. A limited number of binoculars will be available to loan.
Route Description: This outing is at a leisurely pace with lots of stops to observe birds. A different route through the park may be taken each week. There may be steps, slight inclines, and grass and dirt paths with exposed roots. We will cover approximately 1.5-2 miles.

McGolrick Bird Club
2024-02-10 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-02-03 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-01-27 09:00 - 10:00 | McGolrick Park, Nassau Avenue & Russell Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
Join the McGolrick Bird Club every Saturday at 9 AM at the corner of Russell St. and Driggs Ave.

Cub Scouts Lucky Pack 7 Weekly Meeting
2024-02-09 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-02-02 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-01-26 18:00 - 19:00 | St. John’s Lutheran Church, 155 Milton St, Brooklyn, NY, 11222-2501
Do your grade schoolers (K-5) want to camp, fish, hike, ride horses, shoot arrows, ski and more? Learn fun skills and make great friends? Check out the fun with coed Cub Scouts Lucky Pack 7!
They meet every Friday at 6 PM at St. John’s Lutheran Church (155 Milton Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn).
More info: https://forms.gle/QGfySGTgRvDe2URr7 | https://www.facebook.com/BKPack7 | https://www.instagram.com/pack7bk/
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Fun Stuff ~ Baseball games, Bowling, Camping trips, Cookies with Santa, Fishing, Football games, Halloween Party, Horseback riding, Ice skating, Indoor climbing, Movie nights, Palisades trail hikes, NYC urban hikes, Pinewood derbies, Spring egg hunts, and more!
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Have older tweens & teenagers? Check out Boys Troop 26 (Grades 6-12)
They meet outside on Thursdays, 5:30-7 PM, McCarren Park BBQ Area, Driggs Ave bw Manhattan Ave & Lorimer St., Brooklyn
Troop 26 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/troop26bk_nyc/

Science Baby (Bushwick Library)
2024-02-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Bushwick Library, 340 Bushwick Library, Brooklyn, NY, 11206, United States
Join us at the library for this special series for babies and toddlers exploring STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math!
Science Baby is a creative science program for 0-3 year olds led by teaching artist Emma Gordon. The heart of Science Baby is exploring the wonder of science through story, repetition and play. We explore gravity, motion, magnets, chemical reactions, light, water, bubbles, sound and more!
Each child requires a ticket for entry. Tickets for this program are distributed on the day of the program on a first come, first served basis. Ticket distribution begins when the branch opens at 10AM and continues until all tickets are distributed. Child must be present to receive a ticket.

Science Baby is a program created by teaching artist Emma Gordon, and is part of BPL’s First Five Years initiative which is supported by generous funding from the NY City Council as part of City’s First Readers.

Scouts BSA Troop 26 Weekly Meeting
2024-02-08 17:30 - 19:00, 2024-02-01 17:30 - 19:00, 2024-01-25 17:30 - 19:00 | McCarren Park BBQ Area, Driggs Ave and Manhattan Ave, Driggs Avenue and Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
Do your tweens and teenagers want to camp, fish, hike, ride horses, shoot arrows, ski and more? What about learning to cook, swim and applying first aid? How about giving back to our community, becoming a solid citizen and leader, and making great friends? Check out the fun with Troop 26 (boys)!
They meet outside every Thursday at 5:30 PM in McCarren Park, Brooklyn (BBQ area along Driggs Ave bw Manhattan Ave and Lorimer St.). If the weather is poor, they’ll meet indoors at Middle School 126 (424 Leonard Street).
https://www.instagram.com/troop26bk_nyc/ | https://www.instagram.com/pack7bk/
For more info: https://forms.gle/QGfySGTgRvDe2URr7
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Weekend Overnight Trips ~ Biking, Cooking, Maritime, Shooting Sports, Skiing, USS NJ overnight, Whitewater rafting, and more!
Service Projects ~ Greencycle Swaps, Greenpoint Children’s Halloween Parade and Party, Cookies with Santa, Spring Egg Hunt, and more!
Other fun stuff ~ Baseball games, Bowling, Football games, Horseback riding, Ice skating, Indoor climbing, Klondike competitions, Movie nights, Palisades trail hikes, NYC urban hikes, and more!

Interactive Environmental STEM Workshops, 8-12 Years Old (Greenpoint Library)
2024-02-06 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-01-30 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-01-23 15:30 - 16:30 | Greenpoint Library, 107 Norman Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
Join Greenpoint Library and Solar One for our winter Interactive Environmental STEM Workshops series.
These 60-minute workshops aim to increase interest in STEM, self-efficacy in regard to STEM skills, expand knowledge on electricity generation, energy efficiency, renewable energies, and issues around climate emergency.
Each week of this 10 week series, educators will cover a new topic:
Jan. 9 The Incredible Carbon Cycle
Jan. 16 Library Energy Audit
Jan. 23 Climate Advocacy Campaign
Jan. 30 Fun with Circuits
Feb. 6 Wind Turbine Design
Feb. 13 Hydroelectric Challenge
Feb. 20 Solar Field Study
Feb. 27 Solar Ovens
Mar. 5 Energy Storage
Mar. 12 Solar Cars (Parents and caregivers must be present to help with this workshop)
This series is for children ages 8-12 and registration is required for each session.
Parents and caregivers must remain in the library during the workshops.

Outdoor Skills: Colonial Cooking (Fort Greene Park)
2024-02-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Fort Greene Park Visitor Center, Fort Greene Park Willoughby Ave. &, Washington Park, Brooklyn, NY, 11205
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a demonstration of the practices of cooking back in colonial times. Not quite “soup to nuts”, but learn how to cook everything from apples to johnnycakes just like you’re an old New Yorker.

Location: Fort Greene Park Visitor Center in Fort Greene Park Brooklyn. Directions to this location

Cost: Free

Event Organizer: NYC Parks Urban Park Rangers

Contact Number: (646) 398-1479

First Sunday Bird Outings (Prospect Park)
2024-02-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Prospect Park Audubon Center, Prospect Park Boathouse, 101 East Drive, Brooklyn, NY, 11225, United States
These outings will start at The Audubon Center at the Boathouse.
Leader: Paul Keim, Brooklyn Bird Club
Join naturalist and birder Paul Keim in search of dozens of species that visit the park through all seasons. Learn about the different habitats in Prospect Park and why they are important for all types of birds.
All are welcome. No registration necessary.
Please bring binoculars.
Route Description: This outing is at an easy pace with stops to observe birds. A different route through the park may be taken each week. There may be steps, slight inclines, and grass and dirt paths with exposed roots. We will cover approximately 1.5-2 miles.

Lunar New Year at Albee Square
2024-02-03 13:00 - 16:30 | Albee Square, Albee Square, Brooklyn, NY
DTBK PRESENTS: LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
Ring in the Year of the Dragon at Albee Square with us and City Point BKLYN! Enjoy live performances on Albee Square, including traditional lion dances by the Choy Lay Fut Dance Team and music spun live by DJ Boogie! We’ll be giving away lucky red envelopes with coins and some with gift certificates for the neighborhood’s Asian-owned businesses. Plus, take selfies at our selfie station! Take home a free beanie when you show a recent receipt from a purchase at an Asian-owned business!
Inside at City Point, enjoy a Balloontopia pop-up featuring life-sized dragons, fish, fu and a balloon hut; family activities including a kids’ drums and dragon crafts portrait studio; more lion dances by the Choy Lay Fut Dance Team, and traditional red envelopes with gifts at DeKalb Market Hall.
LION DANCE PERFORMANCES:

City Point | 1:00pm, 1:30pm
Albee Square | 2:10pm, 2:40pm, 3:20pm
DeKalb Market Hall | 3:40pm, 4:10pm

Outdoor Skills: Winter Wilderness Survival (Marine Park)
2024-02-03 13:00 - 14:00 | Salt Marsh Nature Center, East 33rd Street and Avenue U, Brooklyn, 11234
Our Urban Park Rangers are well versed in outdoor lore. Learn tips and tricks that will enhance your knowledge of the natural world, and might just save your life. Whether you are preparing for an extended journey through the woods or just want to be more prepared for any situation, an wilderness outdoor skills program is perfect for you. Learn all about how to prepare and survive outdoors during the colder winter temperatures.
Location: Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park 3301 Avenue U, Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: Free
Contact: (718) 421-2021

Winter Tree Care and Pruning (Berry Street Garden)
2024-02-03 11:00 - 13:00 | Berry Street Garden, 303 Berry Street, Brooklyn, NY
Join a FREE workshop at the Berry Street Garden to learn about winter tree care and pruning with Certified Arborist Will Thomson.

Stargazing! Astronomy Night (Park Slope Library)
2024-01-30 16:00 - 19:00 | Park Slope Library, 431 6th Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11215
** Please note that program will be cancelled in case of forecasted clouds, rain, snow or poor visibility. Check back on the evening of the event. **
Stargazing! @ Park Slope Library!
Would you like to learn more about the stars and planets? Want to see what we can see in the night sky? Join us for this intro session to see what we can see!
Join the Park Slope Library for an evening of astronomy and stargazing from our garden. We’ll learn how to find objects and identify them in the night sky.
Science in the House! Meet an Astrophysicist
We will begin our evening with a discussion about space the universe and the stars and planets we may see with astrophysicist Nathan Whitehorn.
“I study the universe at its very earliest and most energetic/catastrophic using a pair of instruments at the South Pole (the South Pole Telescope and the IceCube
Neutrino Observatory) “
This is a virtual meeting from 4:00PM to 5:00 PM. Please register if you’d like to particiapte in this part of the program.
Afterwards, we will head out to the garden for an evening of stargazing, until 7:30 PM. Drop in anytime to take a look through our telescope to see what we can see!

Nature's Workshop: Introduction to Woodworking (Ft Greene Park)
2024-01-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Fort Greene Park Visitor Center, Fort Greene Park Willoughby Ave. &, Washington Park, Brooklyn, NY, 11205
Learn techniques of traditional wood crafting with the Urban Park Rangers. Participants must be 12 yr+ to engage in this advanced tool activity. Registration required. Registration opens Wednesday, April 12.

Location: Fort Greene Park Visitor Center in Fort Greene Park , Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: Free
Contact Number: (646) 398-1479

My Bushwick Inlet Story: Accordion Book
2024-01-27 13:30 - 16:00 | Bushwick Inlet Park Community Building, 86 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11211, United States
Please join us for an afternoon of book making utilizing collage, writing and drawing.

About this Event

Hear a short history of Bushwick Inlet, once Bushwick Creek, now part of Bushwick Inlet Park, along the East River on the border of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
We’ll start with a 20 minute slideshow exploring aspects of its past, including its connection to McCarren Park, environmental changes, its role in the Civil War, and modern-day design and environmental challenges ahead for our vulnerable waterfront.
Then enjoy a guided art session on making a mini 8-page accordion book with an antique paper collage cover and filling it with your own story. Antique books to use for collage, colored pencils and watercolors to decorate and fill your book will be provided. Ideas on how to fill your book could include journaling, poetry, a short story, illustration, drawing, collage or anything else you might imagine or want to incorporate into your design.
Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park will provide art supplies, but feel free to bring your own (if you have!) for this guided art project for beginners and artists of all levels. Other materials provided will include paper, cardboard book covers, antique books for collages, watercolors, colored pencils, glue, and other art materials.
If you’d like to bring your own, we recommend:

Piece of drawing, multimedia, or watercolor paper (at least 16″ long)
Piece of cardboard to cut two book covers from
Delivery box, food box, anything stiff. At least 2″ x 4″ or larger
Decorative paper for the covers
Old book pages, magazine pages, wrapping paper
Ruler
Scissors, exacto, or cutter – any tool that will cut your cardboard
Pencil
Paper glue, glue stick, or white crafting glue
Paints, colored pencils, markers, or pens

No experience necessary.
Taught by Monica Schroeder, scientific illustrator & kayaker
monbertkayak@gmail.com—
Monica SchroederArt Instruction
Private or Group Lessons Available

Medical & Scientific Illustration
Illustration Portfolio

Gather Around the Campfire (Lincoln Terrance/Arthur S. Somers Park)
2024-01-27 13:00 - 14:30 | Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park, Rochester Avenue and President Street, Brooklyn
Join the Urban Park Rangers for an afternoon of campfire activities such as stories, songs, and s’mores!

Location: Rochester Avenue and President Street in Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park, Brooklyn. Directions to this location

Cost: Free

Event Organizer: NYC Parks Urban Park Rangers

Contact Number: (646) 398-1479

Stargazing! Astronomy Night (Park Slope Library)
2024-01-25 16:00 - 19:30 | Park Slope Library, 431 6th Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11215
** Please note that program will be cancelled in case of forecasted clouds, rain, snow or poor visibility. Check back on the evening of the event. **
Stargazing! @ Park Slope Library!
Would you like to learn more about the stars and planets? Want to see what we can see in the night sky? Join us to see what we can see!
Join the Park Slope Library for an evening of astronomy and stargazing from our garden.

Nature Storytime at Brooklyn Bridge Park
2024-01-25 15:00 - 15:30 | Brooklyn Bridge Park, Environmental Education Center, 99 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
Join for Nature Storytime at the Environmental Education Center! Held at 3:00 PM on the third Thursday of every month (during Open Hours).
Librarians from Brooklyn Public Library Adams Street location lead for an exciting and engaging storytime session, along with singing and rhymes. Each month they select a book to pair with the Education Center’s monthly nature theme. Stick around after to check out all the animals and activities in the room during Open Hours! Storytime is typically about a half hour long.
Walk-ups only; we do our utmost to accommodate as many walk-ups as space allows.
The Environmental Education Center is still encouraging all visitors to wear a mask to help protect others.

Compost Teach In
2024-01-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Are you concerned about the budget cuts to community composting in NYC? Want to know more?
Join us for a broad overview and detailed discussion of the different nonprofits that make up the NYC Compost Project. Learn what each nonprofit does and how they work together to bring many benefits to communities.
We will discuss funding issues, intersections with environmental justice, and why community composting is critical for a green and resilient future. We will also discuss DSNY’s curbside organics brown bins and orange Smart Bins as they relate to composting in general.
This is a Save Our Compost coalition teach-in with 4 opportunities to attend a session in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and/or on Zoom (which will have representatives from Staten Island and Bronx). All events will be live-streamed on the Save Our Compost instagram. The Queens Public Library event will also have a public zoom, you can join here.
To register and opt for receiving a zoom link, go to tinyurl.com/saveourcompost.
You can also donate here to support community composting at Big Reuse, Earth Matters and the Lower East Side Ecology Center!
NOTE: REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL EVENTS.
These teach-ins will be happening:

In Brooklyn on Wednesday January 17 2024, 6:30pm – 8:00pm at the Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library. Information here, register here!
In Queens on Thursday January 18, 2024, 2pm – 4pm at the Queens Public Library, Central Library. Information here, register here! Zoom link here.
On Zoom on Tuesday January 23, 2024, 7pm-8:30pm. Register here!
In Manhattan on Saturday, January 27, 2024, 11am – 12:30pm at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), Room 304. Information and registration here! (NOTE: the details were originally listed incorrectly on social media for the Manhattan event, the correct time is 11am-12:30pm, the correct location is 455 5th Avenue)

Birding: Winter Waterfowl Super Hike (American Veterans Memorial Pier)
2024-01-21 10:00 - 11:30 | American Veterans Memorial Pier, Bay Ridge Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11209
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a long walk along the Bay Ridge waterfront to find the unique winter visitors to the Upper New York Bay. Rangers will provide binoculars for anyone who does not bring their own.
Location: American Veterans Memorial Pier, Brooklyn. Directions to this location
Cost: Free
Event Organizer: NYC Parks Urban Park Rangers

Prospect Park After Dark Hike
2024-01-20 16:00 - 17:30 | Prospect Park, Parkside Avenue and South Lake Drive, Parkside Avenue and South Lake Drive, Brooklyn, NY
Join the Urban Park Rangers on a hike after sundown around Prospect Park Lake. You’ll explore and experience the sights and sounds of Prospect Park at night.
Location: Parkside Avenue and South Lake Drive in Prospect Park. Brooklyn. Directions to this location

Cost: Free

Event Organizer: NYC Parks Urban Park Rangers
