Foraging the Future

Stuy Cove Park 24-20 FDR Drive Service Road East, New York, NY, United States

Solar One x Holes In The Wall Collective Join us for a Ferry tour with plant stewards and urban ecologists Journei Bimwala, Candace Thompson, and Liz Paredes in conversation with environmental journalist Yessenia Funes. We'll start at Stuy Cove park for a pollinator count workshop and little tour. From there, we'll jump on the ferry […]

More Than a Job: Strategies to Grow the Clean Energy Workforce

Solar One HQ and Workforce Development Center 9-03 44th Road Queens, NY 11101, Long Island City, NY, United States

Join us for an in-depth discussion on training, recruitment, and advancement within the clean energy sector, featuring new qualitative data from the National Solar Jobs Census, followed by a panel with leaders in the solar workforce sector. We will focus on how employers and communities can build a robust clean energy workforce while supporting workers […]

Meeting the Moment: Making the Most of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

NYU Stern 44 West 4th St., NY

We are pleased to announce that the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, the New York Community Trust, the Community Foundation Climate Collaborative, and Amalgamated Bank will be hosting a workshop on gaps, barriers and opportunities related to the GGRF during Climate Week. This event will include panel discussions featuring senior representatives from GGRF intermediaries […]

Climate Action Summit | Workforce Pathways to Just Climate Action

Join us during Climate Week NYC to connect with fellow educators, youth, community leaders, and decision-makers, deepen your understanding of critical issues in climate change education, and leave with actionable strategies to take home to your learning environment.  The Wild Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Smithsonian Institution, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, the Climate Mental Health […]

Rooftop & Community Solar for New York’s Clean Energy Transition

Solar One HQ and Workforce Development Center 9-03 44th Road Queens, NY 11101, Long Island City, NY, United States

As New York determines how to drive progress toward its ambitious clean energy mandates, rooftop and community solar can play a major role. Join us at our Solar One HQ and workforce training center in Long Island City, Queens, for an exciting event focused on scaling up rooftop and community solar deployment in New York. […]

Growing the Green Collar Workforce

309 Clayton Rd 309 Clayton Rd, Governor's Island

This Climate Week program, organized by NYCETC and The New York Climate Exchange, will spotlight issues, opportunities, and solutions central to the green-collar workforce development conversation taking place locally and internationally. The program includes panels and discussions in person and live-stream to learn more about training models, investments, and policies to strengthen efforts in the […]

Gardening with Vets

Stuy Cove Park 24-20 FDR Drive Service Road East, New York, NY, United States

Join us in September as we continue fostering connections with land and community with veterans and their families.

Free

Let’s Go Fishing at Stuy Cove Park!

Stuy Cove Park 24-20 FDR Drive Service Road East, New York, NY, United States

Join us for a Thursday evening fishing clinic on the East River Estuary, held in collaboration with our friends from LES Ecology Center. We'll try our hand at catch and release, discuss and attempt to identify the various fish species we see, and watch as the shorebirds outfish us all :) All abilities, and skill […]

Energized 2024

Tribeca Rooftop 10 Desbrosses St\, New York, NY, United States

Join us on October 15, 2024 for ENERGIZED 2024 at Tribeca Rooftop.  This year is a momentous occasion for Solar One, as we proudly commemorate two decades of service in New York City! We invite you to join us on October 15th for our second Energized event, honoring our 20-year journey of environmental education, green workforce training, […]

City of (Food) Forest Day: an edible street tree tour

Stuy Cove Park 24-20 FDR Drive Service Road East, New York, NY, United States

Our street trees do so much: cool our homes, clean the air, mitigate storm water, provide habitat for wildlife...but did you know they can, at times, provide food and medicine for us as well? During this urban canopy foraging walk we'll learn the history and culinary uses of some of our most common street trees. […]

Community Ecology Reading Group

Collect Pond Park 130 Leonard Street, New York, NY, United States

Walk, talk, snack and discuss! The fall edition of the Community Ecology Reading Group will begin at Collect Pond Park, and the theme is people. Join us!

Free

Fall Transplant

Stuy Cove Park 24-20 FDR Drive Service Road East, New York, NY, United States

It's time to put the park to bed for the winter, and you can help!

Free