Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance | Your waterfront. Your voice.

GO GREEN EXPO

Friday, March 19, 2010 - 12:30pm - Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 4:00pm

GO GREEN EXPO RETURNS TO NEW YORK WITH
CELEBRITY ACTIVISTS MARIEL HEMINGWAY, MATTHEW
MODINE, ED BEGLEY JR., AND MORE THAN 200
EXHIBITORS
CBS
Television Network and Gotham Magazine Join Forces with the
Third Annual GO GREEN EXPO on March 1921
WHERE AND WHEN:
Pier 92 - 12 Ave & West 55th St. On the Hudson River

Business to Business Expo: Friday March 19, 2010. 10AM-7PM

Open to Public:
Saturday March 20, 2010. 10AM-6PM
Sunday March 21, 2010 10AM-5PM

Saw Mill River Coalition: Free A Tree Day

Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 9:30am

Website: http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001-uqe82qIMgm_oUox_-ayT5g8...

9:30am-12:30pm

Want to help out but don't have enough time to volunteer? Consider making a donation. Every amount, large or small, helps a lot.
Contact Us!

Email or call Emily Eder, Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator at (914) 375-2151.
The weather has taken a turn for the better since last weekend and it looks like it will actually be warm this Saturday!

The Future of Mannhatta

Monday, March 22, 2010 - 6:30pm

Website: http://www.mcny.org/public-programs/all/The-Future-of-Mannahatta%20.html

MONDAY | MARCH 22 | 6:30 PM

The Future of Mannahatta

Free Seminar: The Archaeology of Environmental Change in the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 10:30am

Website: http://www.hudsonriver.org/download/TuesSemSpring10.pdf

Hudson River Foundation free Seminar:
'The Archaeology of Environmental Change in the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary.'

A seminar series on scientific issues related to the environmental quality & resource management of the Harbor Estuary

Rocking the Boat Ribbon Cutting Celebration

Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Website: http://www.rockingtheboat.org/ribboncutting/

Thursday, March 25, 5 - 7 p.m.
Refreshments, boatbuilding demonstrations, remarks.

Join them as they officially open their new 2,200 sq. ft. boatbuilding shop, environmental science classroom and kitchen, and see how far they have come on the lobby, student lounge, and library mezzanine.

Location: 812 Edgewater Road
Bronx, NY 10474
Tel: 718-466-5799

DIRECTIONS

Take #6 Train to Hunts Point Avenue.
Walk on Hunts Point Avenue and cross under Bruckner Expressway
Make third left on Lafayette Avenue

Paddlesport 2010

Friday, March 26, 2010 - 10:00am - Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 4:30pm

Website: http://jerseypaddler.com/ps-welcome/126.html

The New Jersey Paddlers Paddlesport Show.
The largest canoe & kayak show on the East Coast.
Show features manufacturers of kayaks, canoes, accessories, sportswear, padding clubs, professional instruction & expeditions, as well as lectures & video and slide shows of paddling trips, expeditions and paddling techniques.
Hosting over 100 vendors.

Location:
Garden State Exhibit Center
Somerset, New Jersey

Admission: $10.00 & free for children under 14.

Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization Description

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 5:30pm

Website:http://www.cceia.org/calendar/data/0184.html

Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization
Description:
How is freshwater scarcity recasting the world order and the societies in which we live?

Presenter: Steven Solomon
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 05:30 PM to 07:00 PM Attend Event

Spring Panel Series: April 1, “The Open Space Index: How Green Is Your Neighborhood?”

Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Website: http://www.ny4p.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=722&Itemid...

Please join New Yorkers for Parks and a distinguished panel on Thursday, April 1 for a discussion of community-driven greening efforts in New York City. This is the second of three events in our Spring Panel Series.

Panelists for the event include:

Luis Garden Acosta, founder and president of El Puente, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Len Meniace, the Green Agenda for Jackson Heights, Queens

4 FREE public interactive panel sessions on New York City's Waterfront & Harbor: #3 'Seizing Opportunities: Waterfront Works in Progress'

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 5:30pm

Website: http://www.cunysustainablecities.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=a...

ALTHOUGH EVENT IS FREE, SPACE IS LIMITED! WE STRONGLY URGE THAT YOU REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE THRU THE WEBSITE

Session 3 Wed. April 7, 2010:

'TURNING THE TIDE'
"Seizing Opportunities: Waterfront Works in Progress"
Moderator: Dr. Melissa Checker, Queens College, CUNY
Speaker/Panelists:
-Robert Pirani, Regional Plan Association and Governors Island AllianceGovernors Island
-Kate Van Tassel, NYCEDC and Miquela Craytor, Sustainable South BronxSouth Bronx Greenway
-William J. vanden Heuvel, Four Freedoms Park
-Nancy Webster, Acting Executive-Director, Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy
-Joshua Laird, Asst. Commissioner, NYC Parks and Recreation

Location:
For Session 3
The Roosevelt House for Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
47-49 E. 65th Street, Manhattan, NY

From 5:30PM-7:30PM

Contact: Brigid Ripley
212-396-6264
bripley@hunter.cuny.edu

City Planning: Citywide public meeting: City's Comprehensive Waterfront plan

Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Website: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/cwp/index.shtml
Send comments to: www.nyc.gov/waterfront

Location:
Murry Bergtraum High School
411 Pearl Street/ Manhattan