Category News & Events

10 Sep

No September Meeting – Vote Climate on 9/13!

ALERT: Because of the primaries, we WILL NOT be holding our September monthly meeting on Thursday the 13th. Everyone go out on primary day and Vote Climate!

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6 Sep

23 NY State Candidates Sign Onto Climate Leadership Pledge

BE A CLIMATE VOTER! For the past several months, 350BK has been asking all candidates to sign the “Climate Leadership Pledge” and show their voters that if elected they will be climate leaders. By signing the pledge, candidates and representatives are telling their voters that they will: 1) work towards a just and swift transition […]

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4 Sep

Thursday, September 6: Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice!

RISE and march for Climate, Jobs and Justice on September 6th (in place of monthly meeting).  Starting in Battery Park at 5:30pm, look for 350BK banners and flags and join us for this important march, part of a week of action related to the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco starting 9/8. Email if […]

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24 Jul

Next Meeting – August 9

Thursday August 9th, 7:30 pm Die StammKneipe, at  710 Fulton Street This August’s monthly meeting will be in a beer garden!  Taking a break from our regular meeting style, let’s get together to hang out, lift a glass and have a bite at this great Ft. Greene indoor/outdoor beer garden. Die StammKneipe, at 710 Fulton Street, […]

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6 Jun

Next Meeting – June 14

Thursday June 14th, 7:30 pm Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue How does solar energy work and how can we expand it in our state? Do you know that you can “go solar” even as a renter? And what the heck is “net metering” anyway? Come learn about the state of solar in New York (with […]

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16 Apr

Public Forum at BRIC 5/17

Climate Change: Whose Story? A Provocative Public Forum at BRIC ARTS THURSDAY MAY 17, 2018, 7:30 – 9:00 PM EDT BRIC, 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY Stories shape how we understand the world, our place in it, and our ability to change it. While it is broadly understood the crisis of climate change threatens human […]

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2 Apr

Next Meeting April 12 – Climate Activist Training with 350Brooklyn

Thursday April 12th, 7:30 pm Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue Climate Activist Training with 350Brooklyn  350 Brooklyn is committed to growing a grassroots movement that acts locally to stop climate change. Towards this goal, we’re devoting the next meeting to hands-on training (developed by 350.org) that will help us work together more powerfully as a group. […]

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19 Mar

Community Forum on Williams Pipeline 3/26

Monday, March 26: Community Forum on the Williams Pipeline The Williams energy company of Oklahoma has proposed burying a 23-mile long fracked gas pipeline off our coast.  Come to a Community Forum at 7 pm at the New York Aquarium, 602 Surf Avenue, Coney Island, to learn more about this proposal.  If built, this pipeline […]

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17 Feb

Next Meeting; March 8

Thursday, March 8, 7:30 pm. Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue Our speaker this month will be from Align, a longstanding alliance of labor and community organizations united for a just and sustainable New York. ALIGN works at the intersection of economy, environment, and equity to make change and build movement.  We will hear about one […]

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2 Feb

Next Meeting February 8th

350 Brooklyn Monthly Meeting: February 8, 7:30 Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue – Map This month 350Brooklyn welcomes two experts in urban agriculture, Ray Figueroa and Ian Marvey.  Agriculture has a critical role to play in calming the climate crisis but it’s not just rural farms that matter.  Come hear what’s going right here in […]

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10 Jan

NYC Divests!

NYC leaders show they can take bold steps together, and have the moral vision to address climate change now! nydailynews.com/opinion/applaud-mayor-de-blasio-nyc-climate-leadership-article-1.3748536

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7 Jan

350BK’S Response To Cuomo’s State Of The State

350BK’S RESPONSE TO GOVERNOR CUOMO’S STATE OF THE STATE In his 2018 State of the State, Gov. Cuomo announced significant climate initiatives, including his “Clean Energy Jobs and Climate Agenda” and his support for halting new fossil fuel investments in New York State’s retirement fund. For the first time, the Governor’s agenda includes a section […]

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27 Dec

Next Meeting January 11

Did you know that in New York City buildings are responsible for 71% of the city’s carbon footprint?  Ensuring that new construction is energy-efficient is fine, but most of the work to reduce building energy use will need to address existing buildings.  The 2030 District project is an effort to accelerate progress towards sustainable cities […]

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28 Nov

Dec. 14 Monthly Meeting in front of Cipriani Wall Street

It’s Governor Cuomo’s birthday and he’s celebrating with a giant fund-raiser at Cipriani, 55 Wall Street. And 350Brooklyn and many of our climate allies will be out on the sidewalk to greet him! We’re coming with birthday wishes for the end to all new fossil fuel infrastructure in New York State and a just transition […]

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31 Oct

[10.6.17] Next Meeting October 12; You Can Help Stop the Williams Pipeline

Next General Meeting October 12 7:30 pm, Brooklyn Commons Café, 388 Atlantic Ave From Standing Rock to the Rockaways, the fossil fuel industry is trying to lock us into the fuels of the past with new and unnecessary infrastructure. Local action, like our campaign to stop the Williams Pipeline, is more important than ever. Our […]

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30 Oct

Next Meeting November 9

Thursday, November 9, 7:30 Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue.  It’s been one year since Donald Trump’s election.  Amidst the bombast and the distractions, what difference has Trump’s election actually made to US progress on climate change?  Come hear Michael Burger, Executive Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University as he lays […]

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8 Oct

Next Meeting October 12

Thursday, October 12, at 7:30. Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue.  Local action is more important than ever. Our next general meeting will feature Kim Fraczek of Sane Energy, who will give a presentation on the buildup of fossil fuel infrastructure in New York and neighboring states. We’ll discuss the problems, solutions, the movement against this […]

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21 Sep

Climate Solutions Town Hall October 24th

 Tickets now available for 350 Brooklyn’s Climate Solutions Town Hall on October 24th at Brooklyn College! Tickets are *free* but advance registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-solutions-town-hall-the-path-forward-tickets-38049249329 Our panel includes representatives from New York Renews, the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, Turn the Tide, and Sean Sweeney, Director of the CUNY International Program for Labor, Climate […]

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29 Aug

[8.29.17] Unnatural Disaster: Join a vigil for Harvey’s victims Wednesday and take a stand against climate denial

On Wednesday, join 350Brooklyn and your fellow New Yorkers as we gather at the Exxon Building in Midtown Manhattan to mourn the lives, homes, and livelihoods lost to Hurricane Harvey. We will reckon with the reckless greed and corruption responsible for this crisis, and gather up donations and collective courage for the road ahead. Here […]

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28 Aug

Next Meeting September 14

Thursday, September 14, at 7:30. Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue.  This month’s our guest speaker will be Alphonso David, council to Governor Andrew Cuomo! Hear what he has to say about the Governor’s agenda and bring your questions.

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2 Aug

Aug. 6: Resist the Williams Pipeline!

Aug. 6:  Resist the Williams Pipeline!  1:30 pm Coney Island Boardwalk at West 20th Street Come join our allies NYC Surfriders in handing out flyers and getting signatures on petitions in opposition to a planned Williams pipeline.  This pipeline would stretch 23 miles across NY Bay, close to Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Queens.  Williams will […]

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21 Jul

Next Meeting August 10th – Picnic Dinner!

Please join us at our AUGUST MONTHLY MEETING – PICNIC DINNER! Thursday, August 10th, 6:30pm Prospect Park, End of Long Meadow nearest Grand Army Plaza Our August general meeting will be held outdoors in Prospect Park at the end of Long Meadow nearest to Grand Army Plaza. Note the start time will be 6:30 rather […]

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6 Jul

Next Meeting July 13th

Please join us at our JULY MONTHLY MEETING! Thursday, July 13th, 7:30pm Commons Café, 388 Atlantic Ave ECONOMIST & POLICY ANALYST CHARLES KOMANOFF will speak about what carbon taxes are, how they work, the challenges of implementing them, and the critical role they play in arresting runaway climate change. We’ll also discuss how you can […]

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28 Jun

Rally June 29th!

Join us on June 29 to tell Senator Hamilton and the IDC that New York can’t wait for climate justice. While Donald Trump and his fossil fuel cronies have been dismantling the EPA and abandoning the Paris Climate agreement, our state legislature took no action on climate change. Despite devastating threats to our air, water, […]

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20 Jun

Urgent: Help Bring Bill S. 6617 To A Vote!

BREAKING: The New York State Assembly passed the Climate and Community Protection Act last night!!! Click here for a detailed article BUT this year’s legislative session ends tomorrow, and we need the SENATE to bring the bill to a vote! **PLEASE CALL SENATOR TONY AVELLA TODAY AT (518-455-2210)** and urge him to bring the bill […]

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