Category News & Events

March 2025: NY Renews’ Call to Legislature to Fund Climate

Climate Check’s host, Eva, welcomes Rachel Coyle, a Coalition Organizing Fellow at NY Renews. Based in NYC, Rachel is a dedicated climate advocate and activist. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University and, before joining NY Renews, worked as a sustainability consultant, helping businesses with carbon accounting and decarbonization. She also served as a […]

Film Screening: Microplastic Madness

🌊🎬 Join us together with Cageteria Culture, Beyond Plastics Brooklyn, and Go Green Brooklyn for a powerful film screening! 🎬🌊 Plastic pollution is everywhere—but so is youth-led action! 🙌 Don’t miss a special screening of Microplastic Madness, a documentary following Brooklyn kids tackling the plastic crisis. 📅 Thursday, March 27, 2025 🕕 6-8 PM ET […]

03/19 Mobilization for NY HEAT

Climate Check Podcast: February 2025 Episode – Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

🎙️ New Episode Alert! Join our host, Eva, as she chats with Michael Burger, Executive Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Senior Research Scholar at Columbia Law School. They’re diving into the latest in climate law and policy—how legal frameworks drive real environmental progress and what’s shaping the future of sustainability. […]

02/25 – Align your money with your values

Fund Climate Mobilization in Albany | Jan 22 Recap

On January 22, the 350 Brooklyn team proudly joined the Fund Climate mobilization in Albany! With 400 RSVPs and 350 groups represented, we stood alongside passionate advocates to demand urgent climate action. Together, we tackled pressing issues—from fossil-fueled extreme weather and pollution to unaffordable housing, threats to democracy, and the highest income inequality in the […]

02/06 – NYC Climate Mayoral Forum

01/12 – Teach-In for Climate Justice

01/13 – Plastics planning meeting

Monday, Jan. 13 7.30pm Join the Plastic Free Committee for a virtual planning meeting as it makes plans for upcoming actions, including café crawls, legislative actions, and a discussion of building the circular economy.    For more info or for the link, email Susan Boyle at

02/04 – NY HEAT Albany Bus

Wednesday, Jan. 22: all day.  Get on the bus for Albany and push our legislators to invest in climate solutions! Join activists from all over the state.  Free bus from Barclay Center and back.  Register here: Register HERE now!

January 22nd Fund Climate Mass Mobilization

It’s not news to anyone that New Yorkers have multiple crises on their hands: fossil-fueled extreme weather and pollution, unaffordable and substandard housing, an endangered democracy, and income inequality higher than any other state. NY Renews has a plan to address these crises head-on: our Fund Climate Campaign. We’re launching it with a massive day […]

Ask Biden to Stop Fossil Fuel Projects While He Can

The election is over, and now we must do all we can to protect vulnerable communities from the impacts of a Trump presidency. Right now, President Biden has just over 2 months before Trump takes the White House—which means he has 2 months to deny the export authorizations for six super-polluting gas projects.

Governor Hochul: sign the climate bills sitting on your desk! 

Call Gov. Hochul and ask her to sign the Climate Superfund Act NOW!

🚨 Gov. Hochul, Sign the Climate Change Superfund Act: Dec 17

🚨 Gov. Hochul, Sign the Climate Change Superfund Act! 🚨 Join us for a rally outside her new NYC office to demand bold climate action! 🌍 The Climate Change Superfund Act ensures polluters pay their fair share for the damage they’ve caused. 📍 919 Third Avenue 🗓️ Tuesday, December 17 ⏰ 12 PM Together, we […]

2024 Recap Video

12/15 – Climate Caroling!

  Come sing seasonal climate songs with 350Brooklyn! December 15, 2pm We’ll have songsheets with new lyrics to old favorites. Bring a friend and meet us at at the Garfield Street entrance to the park (Garfield Street and Prospect Park West)    

December 7 – Plasticulture tour

Saturday, 12/7 – Join artist Ellen Driscoll at an exhibit encouraging a more sustainable society Join 350Brooklyn’s Arts Ideas Events group for a gallery tour of “Plasticulture: The Rise of Sustainable Practice with Polymers” led by 350Brooklyn member and artist extraordinaire Ellen Driscoll. Ellen is one of 15 artists whose work is featured in the show. We’ll meet […]

12/12 – Join our End of Year Celebration!

Register now to attend our next monthly meeting!

New York trees need you!

While 350Bk focuses on the kinds of structural changes that will slow down and then halt global warming, nevertheless we also need to respond to the immediate impacts of a changing climate as they develop. In October 0.01 inches of rain fell in New York City, the lowest recorded monthly rainfall ever. Drought is now […]

Tell NYPA to build public renewable energy now – Wed, November 20 from 10 am – 12 pm and 6 – 8 pm

Tell the NY Power Authority (NYPA) to do its job and build public renewable energy! NYPA’s draft strategic plan for the next two years is out now, and it comes nowhere near meeting the state’s climate goals. NYPA’s plan also falls far short of its obligations under the hard-won 2023 Build Public Renewables Act. It’s […]

Climate Check Podcast: FABSCRAP – A Call For Fashion Industry Reduction

The newest Climate Check episode is out! Tune in to the conversation about fashion reduction! Jessica Schreiber of FABSCRAP joins Audrey Stanton. Jessica explains how her established nonprofit collects and recycles the unending stream of fabric waste generated by the fashion design industry. Textiles experience the typical issues of any kind of waste, but have […]

Next General Meeting: November 21st

Register now to attend our next monthly meeting!

Albany 101: Intro to NY State Climate Legislation – Wed, November 13 at 6:30 pm

Trump guarantees the rollback, if not slaughter of, federal climate legislation. While we will have to fight back about that federal legislation (and go to DC more often), our state-wide work is more important than ever. Join this meeting to get up to speed on the basics of how Albany works, Brooklyn leaders and laggards, […]

New workgroup! Renewable Brooklyn College.

City University of New York faculty and students are organizing to decarbonize CUNY’s many campuses, and 350Brooklyn is joining the effort at Brooklyn College. Join the new workgroup dedicated to this effort!

Solarpunk: Thursday, October 17, 7:30-10 pm

Join us for a Solar Punk-themed fundraiser on the Brooklyn SolarWorks rooftop! Music, refreshments, fun, silent auction, and more! Get your tickets now!