This annual festival aims to bring awareness to Greenpoint’s, and the surrounding communities’, long-standing environmental burden and its transition to a cleaner, healthier future as well as the global climate crisis and the potential for local, community-based solutions.
Programming will include:
- Native plant sale and harvested seed giveaway
- Creekside marine ecology activities led by Riverkeeper and Guardians of Flushing Bay
- Guided green rooftop tours with Alive Structures and Newtown Creek Alliance
- Family-friendly and educational activities
- Tabling by numerous community-based organizations
- Food and drinks served by local vendors
- Performances & visual arts during the Festival presented by NOoSPHERE Arts with dance curation by CreateART