It's been wonderful having events this year! In addition to live events, our monthly Open Hour continues on first Wednesdays at 11 (except in August), as noted on our Events page.
Starting with the Earth Day Week crew in Saugerties, above, workshops have helped bring forth great ideas about local resources, places and people who are making positive change in their community.
Several interested people joined our 2025 Jane's Walk in May, which offered a planner's view of the Avenue C Cultural Corridor with anthropologist Lyn Pentecost and designer Wendy Brawer, who is also Green Map's Director. Special thanks to all the locations we visited, including Campos Garden, our starting point!
In May, an Italian economics student began his internship with us. Simone Reckhaus took part in conferences, events, zooms and meetings, starting with the NYC Department of Education’s Climate Action Days for middle and high school students. While here, he updated a segment of the Energy Map of NYC, and added 50 Passive House Buildings - explore the map at bit.ly/PHBldg-NYC. We’re gearing up to update more segments - watch for news soon.
Also in May, the annual Earth Celebration involves practically everyone in the East Village. Our Director was dubbed an East River Steward and was invited to say a few words about this tidal estuary and its role in our lives by procession director, Felicia Young.
In June we took part in the National Grow Together, also known as the American Community Gardener Association conference, providing workshops and tours. The photo below is by Anthony Reuter of Green Thumb, NYC Parks community garden branch, taken at the verdant La Plaza Cultural del Armando Perez. It's been a wet spring and summer so far, which is great for the fireflies as well as our green spaces.
We wanted to add a special shout out to our long time partner in Taiwan, Society of Wilderness, which celebrated 30 years! This all-volunteer NGO has spread to every corner of their country.
As Mika Shen wrote, “The Taiwan Green Map project has now been going strong for 27 years. During the event, we shared the story of our connection with you on stage. Dr. Wei-Wen Lee, who first met you in the U.S., presented a small Taiwan Green Map flag and a SOW scarf embroidered with your name.”
Excitingly, our Board member, Josh Yu, happened to be in Taipei at the right moment and joined the Wild at Heart celebration. Thank you SOW, for all your great work - check it out at impacts.greenmap.org!
Our planet needs all of us! Our best to all as the season continues.
