Eco Challenge
Launch of Green Ossining Repair Cafe!
Launch Info What: Community access to free repair get-togethers and skill sharing. Repair Cafes offer the opportunity for community-sourced repair of broken items reducing contributions to the waste stream and building a sense of community through skill sharing. The Green Ossining Repair Cafe currently expects to have coaches on-hand to provide free assistance with repairing/advising on: …
Take the Earth Month Challenge! Join us to Talk About Your Access to Community Solar, and Con Ed’s Grid Rewards Where All Con Ed Customers Will Get A Check Back !- (Online, Registration Required)from
Ossining, NY, United StatesJoin Green Ossining and Briarcliff Sustainability and take two easy energy actions to lower your energy bill and earn cash with Sustainable Westchester! RSVP for webinar link: https://community.sustainablewestchester.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=140 For anyone who may have trouble setting up Grid Rewards, there are online open office hours to help you troubleshoot. For your GridRewards Community Campaign, Sustainable Westchester and Logical…
Ossining Public Library : Teen Room Selfie Scavenger Hunt. Grades 7-12. (In-Person or Online)
Ossining Public Library 53 Croton Avenue, Ossining, NY, United StatesThe Teen Room is hosting a fun Selfie Scavenger Hunt for Earth Day! Celebrate Earth Day, perfect your selfie skills, and be entered to win a great prize. It's a win/win/win! The scavenger hunt runs from April 17 through the 25; download yours here or stop by the Teen Room to pick one up. Suitable for grades…
Ossining Public Library’s – Children’s Room Story Walk at Wishnie Park.For families of all ages. (In-Person)
Richard Wishnie Park Ossining, NY, United StatesEnjoy the Children Room's special Earth Day Story Walk! Beginning April 17, spend some time outside enjoying The Earth Book, by Todd Parr, which we'll be displaying in Wishnie Park! For families of all ages.
Ossining Public Library: Earth Day Kits for Kids. For children up to 6th grade. (In-Person.)
Ossining, NY, United StatesCome to the library and pick up a fantastic Earth Day craft! Available while supplies last. For children up to 6th grade
Seining and Water Sampling on the Hudson with the Ossining High School Environmental Club (In-Person)
Louis Engel Waterfront Park Ossining, NY, United StatesMembers of the club will be seining for fish and using a classification key to identify them and show the amazing biodiversity found in the mighty Hudson River. They will also be running a variety of tests to determine the river's ecological health: including tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, nitrates, turbidity, and temperature. We…
Melita’s Home Furnishing’s: Inspired by Nature Pop-Up! (In-Person)
melitas home furnishing 125 Main Street, Ossining, NY, United StatesStop into Ossining's most recognized home furnishing and gift locale where Melita celebrates Earth Day with some lovely offers: Lets really ditch Plastic! :New totes will be available for sale during the event Johil Ross brings us her passion and preserving art of her hand woven pillows.Woven on wooden floor looms using natural…
Making Recycled Paper – the Ossining High School Environmental Club (In-Person)
Louis Engel Waterfront Park Ossining, NY, United StatesMembers of the club will demonstrate how to take old papers and show how to recycle it and create new paper. They will take the finished product to make Artwork and vases. This will be in-person and they will be videoing their event and posting it on their website: …
Solar Panels at OHS – A proposal by the Ossining High School Environmental Club (In-Person)
Louis Engel Waterfront Park Ossining, NY, United StatesMembers of the club will demonstrate and propose the installation of Solar Panels at Ossining High School, based on research they have done. This is in-person, and they will be video-taping their event and posting it on their website: https://sites.google.com/students.ossiningufsd.org/ohsenvironmentalclub/home …
Crawbuckie Food Foraging Tour with the Rewilding School (In-Person, Pre-Registration Required)
Crawbuckie Park and Nature Preserve 98 Beach Rd, Ossining, NY, United StatesJoin naturalist and forager Eric Stone on a short hike to learn about the edible plants growing in Crawbuckie preserve. We will taste as we go. Important: Please make sure to wear good walking shoes, long pants, and bug repellant. Bring a notebook and pencil. And wear a comfortable well fitting mask. Pre-Registration Required:…
Stash-The-Trash Ossining! Town-Wide Clean-Up at 10 locations! (In-Person, Registration Required)
Ossining, NY, United StatesJoin us on Sunday, April 18th from 10a-Noon, for our largest community-wide clean-up of the year! We've got 10 locations that will accomodate 20 people at each. We will be enforcing social distancing guidelines so please come prepared with masks. Please dress appropriately for the weather and lets GREEN OSSINING! The 10 locations include: Market…
Earth Week with EEL (Emerging Environmental Leaders) Online Event- Quiz 1 of 3 (Online)
Ossining, NY, United StatesConnect with your community and local ecosystem with EEL! The Emerging Environmental Leaders (EEL) program will be posting quizzes about Ossining's natural features throughout Earth Week. Those who complete all 3 quizzes will receive a native pollinator plant seedling and an opportunity to learn more about Ossining's environmental wonders. On April 24th from 1:00pm -…
Gently Used Instrument Drive (In-Person)
Mike Risko Music School 144 Croton Ave, Ossining, NY, United StatesIf you have a gently used instrument that you no longer play, send it our way so we can bring it back to life and get it into the hands of someone who will make it sing again! Location: Mike Risko Music 144-146 Croton Ave Ossining NY 10562 914-762-8757
For Future Generations Children’s Art Display – Submissions Get a Free Smoothie (In-Person)
Good Choice Kitchen 147 Main Street, Ossining, NY, United StatesChildren's art display in the window of Good Choice Kitchen: an opportunity for children to draw and bring in their concerns about the planet, ways to help the planet, drawings of the planet and its creatures. For every drawing, they get a free smoothie!! Come see our Future Generations Children's Art Display at this location.…
Max’s Arcade (Online)
Ossining, NY, United StatesMax (age 12) creates an arcade out of recycled materials. Now he teaches virtual workshops to help other kids learn how to do the same. He will run workshops on Zoom... and asks participants to bring tape, recycled materials (cardboard, bottle caps, rubber bands, popsicle sticks, etc.). Join on Zoom: https://ryecountryday-org.zoom.us/j/93892690918?pwd=dDc2QzJoa1FkODRpWlJNVmNuaWV0UT09 Meeting ID: 938 9269…
Earth Week with EEL (Emerging Environmental Leaders) Online Event- Quiz 2 of 3 (Online)
Ossining, NY, United StatesConnect with your community and local ecosystem with EEL! The Emerging Environmental Leaders (EEL) program will be posting quizzes about Ossining's natural features throughout Earth Week. Those who complete all 3 quizzes will receive a native pollinator plant seedling and an opportunity to learn more about Ossining's environmental wonders. On April 24th from 1:00pm -…
Community Solar and Grid Rewards Program: How Renters and Owners can Both Participate in Saving Money While Helping Save the Planet. (Online. Registration Required).
Ossining, NY, United StatesTake the Earth Month Challenge! Join Green Ossining and Briarcliff Sustainability and take two easy energy actions to lower your energy bill and earn cash with Sustainable Westchester! RSVP for webinar link: https://community.sustainablewestchester.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=140 1) Community Solar: allows anyone to get in on the game of moving off of fossil fuels by just signing up to get your electricity…
Ossining Public Library’s Trivia Tuesday: Earth Day Edition: Grades 3-6 (Online, Regstration Required)
Ossining, NY, United StatesShow off your trivia skills in Kevin's rapid fire virtual competition, this time with an Earth Day theme. For Grades 3-6. Register: https://ossininglibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=12009&lib=0&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2021/04/07
Max’s Arcade (Online)
Ossining, NY, United StatesMax (age 12) creates an arcade out of recycled materials. Now he teaches virtual workshops to help other kids learn how to do the same. He will run workshops on Zoom... and asks participants to bring tape, recycled materials (cardboard, bottle caps, rubber bands, popsicle sticks, etc.). Join on Zoom: https://ryecountryday-org.zoom.us/j/93892690918?pwd=dDc2QzJoa1FkODRpWlJNVmNuaWV0UT09 Meeting ID: 938 9269…
What You Can Do About Climate Change: A Community Approach (Online)
Ossining, NY, United StatesAre you worried about climate change? Join this Green Ossining webinar to discuss the current concerns about climate and what is happening in Ossining to reduce emissions 100 percent by 2040. We’re celebrating EARTH WEEK with a special Open House that will get you all the information you need in under an hour! We’ll quickly walk…
Go Seining and Explore Hudson River Fish with Clearwater! (In-Person, Registration Required)
Louis Engel Waterfront Park Ossining, NY, United StatesTwo by two, put on a pair of waders and go fishing on the banks of the Hudson River with Clearwater staff at Louis Engel Waterfront Park. Gently pull in live fish and learn how to identify them with Clearwater's Hudson River Fish Dichotomous Key. Perfect for the whole family! Masks required. Equipment provided. Register Here: http://bit.ly/EarthDaySeining…
Backyard Composting is EZ! (Online)
Ossining, NY, United StatesJoin Elisa Zazerra (via zoom) at her back yard compost set up. She'll show you how she manages her food and other organic waste to create useful enriched soil. Local Food Scraps programs for organic waste will be discussed. The mic will then be opened to attendees to ask questions and/or share their methods in…
Biophilic Project: kids design (create & draw) a biophilic garden space with ArtinaBoxCo (Online, Registration Required)
Ossining, NY, United StatesWhat would your garden/green space look like if you could design green space in our neighborhoods? Using black & white photos of our Ossining community, participants can design and re-imagine their neighborhoods, in color. Registration details: Please email ArtinaBoxCo. at outrecycledbox@yahoo.com for registration using Subject: Earth Day Art Logo/picture Point of contact: Tamarah Bridgewater, outrecycledbox@yahoo.com
Anne M Dorner Middle School Celebrates Earth Day! (In-Person School Event/Open Only to Those at AMD)
Anne M. Dorner Middle School Ossining, NY, United StatesOssining middle schoolers will choose from a variety of learning experiences to celebrate Earth Day and the Environmental Leaders and Protectors club will plant a tree in honor of the day. This event is open only to students at Anne M Dorner Middle School. Contact: Dorian Burden: dburden@ossiningufsd.org
Earth Week with EEL (Emerging Environmental Leaders) Online Event- Quiz 3 of 3 (Online)
Ossining, NY, United StatesConnect with your community and local ecosystem with EEL! The Emerging Environmental Leaders (EEL) program will be posting quizzes about Ossining's natural features throughout Earth Week. Those who complete all 3 quizzes will receive a native pollinator plant seedling and an opportunity to learn more about Ossining's environmental wonders. On April 24th from 1:00pm -…
Renters And Owners/Lunch& Learn: Lower Your Electricity Bills & Energy Usage, Get Paid by Con Ed! Hostd by Green Osining, Briarcliff Sustainability and Sustainable Westchester (Online, Registration Required).
Ossining, NY, United StatesGo Green, Save Green$ with Sustainable Westchester! Find out how renters and homeowners can participate in Sustainable Westchester's Community Solar to save 10% on their monthly utility bills. Sign up with GridRewards to get cash back from Con Ed this summer. Plus, get the scoop on heat pumps, clean heating and cooling and energy efficiency.…
Max’s Arcade (Online)
Ossining, NY, United StatesMax (age 12) creates an arcade out of recycled materials. Now he teaches virtual workshops to help other kids learn how to do the same. He will run workshops on Zoom... and asks participants to bring tape, recycled materials (cardboard, bottle caps, rubber bands, popsicle sticks, etc.). Join on Zoom: https://ryecountryday-org.zoom.us/j/93892690918?pwd=dDc2QzJoa1FkODRpWlJNVmNuaWV0UT09 Meeting ID: 938 9269…
How-To Make Your Own Summer Salve with Hudson Valley Vertival Farm (Online, Registration Required)
Ossining, NY, United StatesJoin Green Ossining friend, Kathy Puffer, owner of Hudson Valley Vertical Farm (hvvf.net) where she shows you how to make a summer salve using home grown calendula, bee's wax, and essential oils. You can register for the class (include your email address to receive a link for the class) and find farm products that she…
Live Music with the Mike Risko Band Acoustic (Online, Registration Required)
Ossining, NY, United StatesThe Mike Risko Band will play a virtual acoustic set and then we will open up the floor for a virtual open mic. All music will be earth-day themed. To register to listen to the band or to play at the virtual open mic, please email us at mail@riskomusic.com and we will send you the zoom link.…
Environmental Art & Storytelling (Online)
Ossining, NY, United StatesThrough storytelling, film, photos, art, and music, James Dean Conklin and Jim Metzger will share their environmental adventures in far off places and here at home as they seek solutions to climate challenges and celebrate the innovators that have created them. Join live: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82121367135
Recycled Instrument Making Party (In-Person, Registration Required)
Mike Risko Music School 144 Croton Ave, Ossining, NY, United StatesIn honor of Earth Day, come create rhythm instruments out of recycled materials that we provide to use on Make Music Day which is on 6/21. Stop by anytime between 3-6pm on Fri 4/23 to make your instrument. This is free, everyone must register by emailing mail@riskomusic.com Masks and social distancing a must. Activity…
Join Ossining’s Pollinator Pathway! (In-Person)
Ossining Farmers Market Ossining, NY, United StatesStop by our booth at the Farmers Market to learn more about how to support the pollinators that give us food and flowers! It's easy, fun, and beautiful to create a pollinator haven in your own yard. WEBSITE: https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/ossining IG: https://www.instagram.com/ossiningpollinatorpathway/
Earth Week with EEL (Emerging Environmental Leaders) Partially In-Person, Partially Online
Washington School 81 Croton Ave, Ossining, NY, United StatesConnect with your community and local ecosystem with EEL! The Emerging Environmental Leaders (EEL) program will be posting quizzes about Ossining's natural features throughout Earth Week. Those who complete all 3 quizzes will receive a native pollinator plant seedling and an opportunity to learn more about Ossining's environmental wonders. On April 24th from 1:00pm -…
Max’s Arcade (Online)
Ossining, NY, United StatesMax (age 12) creates an arcade out of recycled materials. Now he teaches virtual workshops to help other kids learn how to do the same. He will run workshops on Zoom… and asks participants to bring tape, recycled materials (cardboard, bottle caps, rubber bands, popsicle sticks, etc.). Join on Zoom: https://ryecountryday-org.zoom.us/j/93892690918?pwd=dDc2QzJoa1FkODRpWlJNVmNuaWV0UT09 Meeting ID: 938 9269 0918 Passcode: %b0cb&…
Max’s Arcade (Online)
Ossining, NY, United StatesMax (age 12) creates an arcade out of recycled materials. Now he teaches virtual workshops to help other kids learn how to do the same. He will run workshops on Zoom… and asks participants to bring tape, recycled materials (cardboard, bottle caps, rubber bands, popsicle sticks, etc.). Join on Zoom: https://ryecountryday-org.zoom.us/j/93892690918?pwd=dDc2QzJoa1FkODRpWlJNVmNuaWV0UT09 Meeting ID: 938 9269 0918 Passcode: %b0cb&…
Ossining Public Library’s Wildlife in the Hudson Valley: A Presentation With Scott Craven. For adults. (Online, Registration Required)
Ossining, NY, United StatesMan has coexisted with wildlife in the Hudson River Valley for over 7000 years. This relationship is a fascinating and dynamic one and is as complex and relevant today as it has ever been. Let's get together and celebrate Earth Day by talking about some of the mammals, fish and birds that we interact with…
The 10th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep in 5 locations in Ossining! (In-Person, Registration Required)
Ossining, NY, United StatesIn 2020 the #RiverkeeperSweep removed more than 16.6 tons of trash from local waterways, and over the past decade of Ossining-based clean-ups we have personally cleaned out over 4 tons of trash. Help us make an even bigger impact this year on May 1st and register for one of our local clean up sites or…
Raven’s Knee by Thomas Eberharter Artfully Reimagined Furnishings – Open House & Sale (In-Person)
78 Brook Street, Croton-On-Hudson 78 Brook Street, Croton on Hudson, NY, United StatesEarth Day 2021 Open Studio and Sale! Come see the latest "Up-Cycled” furniture and recycled paper crafts in the showroom and tour the studio. Many items available for purchase.
Green Ossining Repair Cafe
Joseph G. Caputo Community Center 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY, United States
11th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep
Ossining, NY, United StatesBig weekend of recommended enviro-HAPPENINGS here in Ossining that we'd like to make sure you know are happening: The Annual Riverkeeper Sweep is SATURDAY, May 7th. Green Ossining is hosting three sites in Ossining at varying times. But there are more and many places you can volunteer! Sign up here for the 11th Annual Day…
Green Ossining Repair Cafe
Joseph G. Caputo Community Center 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY, United StatesGreen Ossining Repair Cafe
Joseph G. Caputo Community Center 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY, United StatesGreen Ossining Repair Cafe
Joseph G. Caputo Community Center 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY, United States
Green Ossining Repair Cafe
Joseph G. Caputo Community Center 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY, United StatesJoin us on Saturday, May 20th at the Joseph Caputo Community Center in Ossining for our FINAL repair cafe of the spring/summer 2023 season! New this year we also have a bike repair and maintenance station! Julio Bicycles will be there assisting, and any needed supplies can be purchased on-site. Want to freshen up your…
Green Ossining Repair Cafe – March 2024
Joseph G. Caputo Community Center 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY, United StatesWE CAN HELP WITH: Fabric Repair including seams, cuffs, hems, patches, buttons, pockets, etc. Wood Repair including chairs and small tables Electrical Appliances (excluding audio-visual and printers) Tech Support for Computer & Mobile Devices Ceramic Repair Costume Jewelry Bike repair (including tires) Toy repair Watch batteries (replaced at cost) WE WILL ALSO HAVE COMPUTER RECYCLING…