DATE CHANGED: EARTH DAY FESTIVAL IN KENSINGTON OFFERS ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES

The festival date has been moved to Sunday, April 26th, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., due to the expectation of rain, but the community cleanup will still take place on Saturday, April 25th, from 10:00 a.m. to noon, rain or shine.

 

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Kensington Earth Day Festival

Saturday, April 25th

11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

From New York City Councilmember Shahana Hanif, District 39:

Join us on April 25 for a day of Earth Day activities across the district! 

 

10 AM – 12 PM: Community Clean Up

Join the Sanitation Foundation, D39 Clean Up Crew, and Council Member Shahana Hanif to help keep our neighborhood clean. Sign up to volunteer for the community cleanup! 

 

11 AM – 2 PM: Community & Arts in Kensington Plaza

Join the D39 Youth Leadership Council, Council Member Shahana Hanif, Street Lab, NOCD-NY, Materials for the Arts, and Big Reuse for creative, hands-on activities that bring neighbors together and celebrate a greener, more equitable future. 

 

Activities include: creating a community quilt reflecting migration stories, writing a collective poem about climate change, collaging and crafting paper flowers, and more

 

Free giveaways:

Mini compost bags, food scrap containers, vegetable and herb seeds, doggie bags, retractable leashes, and portable water bowls.

 

Electronics donation drive:

Bring old electronics to be repurposed into youth art projects. Accepted items include printers, fax machines, DVD/VCR/CD players, electronic toys, and gear-based devices (e.g., record players, slide projectors, typewriters). Please note: No AC units, refrigerators,computers, laptops, TVs, or monitors.

 

1 PM – 4 PM: Earth Day in Albemarle Playground

Join Flutura Effect, the PS 230 Green Team, and Singing Winds for hands-on gardening, environmental science and engineering activities for children and families. Learn about urban heat islands, build a model wind turbine, and plant seeds to take home!

Kensington Plaza is a pedestrian plaza in front of 114 Beverley Road, between E. 2nd Street and McDonald Avenue (map).

 

Albemarle Playground is on McDonald Avenue, between Albemarle Road and Caton Avenue (map). 

STREET TREE CARE: TAKING CARE OF KENSINGTON'S STREET TREES (FREE)

 

Street Tree Care

Saturday, March 21st

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

 

Trees are vital to human existence. They give off the oxygen that we inhale. They store the carbon dioxide that we exhale, which helps slow the buildup of that gas in our atmosphere. They remove particulate matter from the air--that kind of air pollution is the most dangerous for our lungs.

 

Also, they provide shade. And they're beautiful. So, let's help the trees help us and the world that we live in.

 

To help clean, weed, and care for street trees in our neighborhood, meet up with Friends of Albemarle Playground from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 21st.

 

Sponsoring this event are The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, Big Reuse, Flutura Effect, The Singing Winds, the New York City Council District 39 Tree Care Team, and Shahana Hanif, the New York City Councilmember for District 39.

 

Location

Albemarle Playground

McDonald Avenue

between Albemarle Road and Caton Avenue

Kensington, Brooklyn 

YOUTH-LED CLEANUP AT KENSINGTON PLAZA

Kensington Plaza Cleanup

Sunday, March 16th

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

Join Flutura Effect, Kensington's youth-led climate action team, for its next cleanup at Kensington Plaza on Sunday, March 16th, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

Supplies and snacks will be provided.

 

If you have any questions, send an e-mail to fluturaeffect@gmail.com. 

Flutura Effect meets on Tuesdays (except on holidays and when public schools are closed) from 5:45 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in P.S. 179 at 202 Avenue C, between E. 2nd and E. 3rd streets.

 

"Flutura" means “butterfly” in Albanian. 

 

Location

Kensington Plaza

114 Beverley Road

between E. 2nd Street and McDonald Avenue

Kensington, Brooklyn

(map)

STUDENT-LED CLEANUP OF KENSINGTON PLAZA

Kensington Plaza Cleanup

Sunday, December 8th

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

 

Flutura Effect is Kensington's student-led climate action team. "Flutura" means “Butterfly” in Albanian.

 

From Flutura Effect:

Climate Activists! We are forming a new team in Kensington, Brooklyn to develop campaigns, activations and collaborative events both locally and globally.

Join Flutura Effect’s first event: a neighborhood cleanup at Kensington Plaza on Sunday, December 8th from 1 - 3 pm!

We’ll provide all supplies needed + snacks, so just bring yourself

Community Service hours will be given to all students. If you have any questions you can email us at fluturaeffect@gmail.com.

 

Location

Kensington Plaza

114 Beverley Road

between E. 2nd Street and McDonald Avenue

Kensington, Brooklyn