Category Archives: Education

Flux Factory presents…Newtown Creek: Past, Present, Future

Flux Factory is pleased to present the third workshop in a yearlong initiative, The Future of Your Neighborhood: Who Decides? This ongoing monthly series invites New Yorkers to effectively envision and enact their advocacy skills through open dialogue, and to unpack the assumptions that frame how we address neighborhood concerns. Newtown Creek: Past, Present, Future July 26th, […]

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FREE Boat Tour of Newtown Creek for City of Water Day

Newtown Creek Alliance is hosting a boat tour for Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance’s City of Water Day on July 14, 2012! Tour Time: 12:15 pm to 1:45 pm Round-trip from the National Park Service Pier on Governor’s Island GET TICKETS HERE  Join us for City of Water Day’s tour of Newtown Creek, onboard a New York Water […]

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CSO monitoring results!

This just in from our friends over at the Interstate Environmental Commission…results from their second phase of water quality monitoring at sites throughout the Newtown Creek at locations that are impacted by Combined Sewer Overflow. Read on for a message from Caitlyn Nichols: On behalf of the Interstate Environmental Commission, I’m pleased to share the […]

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April NCA meeting hosts Dr. Eric Sanderson

Mark your calendar: April 26, 2012 at 6pm Ridgewood Democratic Club 6070 Putnam Avenue Ridgewood, NY 11385 In addition to important updates from our members – in particular the Bioremedition and Green Infrastructure Workgroups have been very busy! – we will be hosting a special presentation on the “Historical Ecology of Newtown Creek” by Dr. Eric Sanderson, senior conservation ecologist at […]

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