Our new Environmental Education Center is finally open, and we are ready to start making moves on our new food forest education garden! Join Stuy Cove Park staff for a morning of stewardship as we talk, think, build, and welcome some new edible species into the space. We'll get our hands in the soil and […]
The Solar One Gala: Learning & Growing Together, on Thursday, October 16th, 2025, will be an evening soirée by the East River, celebrating the supporters, partners, and visionaries who helped turn the decades-long dream of the Environmental Education Center into reality. The Center is a thriving hub for climate education, community action, and green space […]
The NYC Public Schools Office of Energy and Sustainability and Solar One's Green Design Lab (GDL) team have been partnering for more than 9 years to provide energy and solar professional learning opportunities, called Climate and Energy Education Intensives (CEEI) for NYCPS teachers. This program is FREE for interested teachers; all costs are covered through […]
Join us for the Fall 2025 Community Ecology Reading Group, in partnership with NYC Parks GreenThumb! This media meetup is a non-traditional book club with an open-ended, collaborative twist. Here’s how it works: Bring a book, article, podcast, film, or any media related to this season’s theme—Death—along with a brief quote or snippet you’d like […]
oin us for a morning of connecting to land and one another at Stuyvesant Cove, a waterside native plant park just a few blocks down the street from the Manhattan VA. This event is for Women Veterans and their families-- regardless of discharge status. As the growing season winds down we'll come together to learn […]
Join us this Thursday, November 20th, in Astoria to experience the solar-powered carts built by and for students! In partnership with Variety Boys & Girls Club Queens and New York Climate Exchange , we're proud to co-host this showcase of renewable energy education that our young students were able to learn, master, build, and then pass on to […]
The plants are going to dormant for winter, so now we can make our moves – literally! Help Stuy Cove staff as we thin out and relocate certain species across the park, making and filling space in preparation for a healthy and verdant 2026. We'll plant our next batch of spring ephemerals, that with any […]
Learn how to grow oyster mushrooms at home! Join us as at the Solar One Environmental Education Center as we host the NYC Mushroom Network for a DIY cultivation workshop. Bring a big, clean reclaimed plastic/glass bottle with a lid (2 liter soda, gallon milk, anything food grade), and we'll provide everything else you need […]
Spring Chop & Drop Time to cut back all that grass! Sign up HERE. Help us get Stuy Cove Park ready for the growing season! Join fellow volunteers for Spring Chop & Drop as we cut back tall grasses and spent plant material to make way for fresh spring growth. This essential seasonal work helps return nutrients […]
Save the date! Solar One will join NYC's Earth Day 2026 celebrations at Union Square again! Solar One, Earth Day Initiative, and various organizations are coming together to go green and call for climate action. Join the climate conversation at a pivotal time. We’ll hold our annual in-person festival featuring: Exhibits by dozens of environmental […]
Join us in our celebration of Earth Day through the City Nature Challenge in NYC! For those who are already part of or would like to join the iNaturalist community, join our Citizen Science Project: collect data on Stuy Cove Park flora and fauna. Upload what you've discovered on iNaturalist so we can identify various […]
Help us kick off the growing season at Stuy Cove Park by joining our Spring Herb Planter Roll Out and celebrating Earth Month with us! Volunteers will help transplant herb seedlings that have been carefully grown indoors at the Solar One Environmental Education Center into our raised garden beds. These herbs come from culinary traditions around […]
