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Next Meeting – November 14

Next Meeting: Thursday, November 14, 7:30 PM Brooklyn Commons 588 Atlantic Avenue (Boerum Hill) Come join 350Brooklyn’s monthly meeting as we discuss “Publicly Owned Utilities: What’s the Future for New York State?” Renewable energy is critical to solving the climate crisis.  Are private companies like Con Ed and National Grid up to the challenge? Come […]

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350Brooklyn’s Holiday Hootenanny for the Planet

Join us for a Holiday Hootenanny for the Planet on Tuesday, December 10th at the legendary Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook. We’ll celebrate the gains made this year and raise money to support future initiatives. The event will feature live music from luminaries of New York City’s folk and old-time music scenes, including M Shanghai […]

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Green New Deal Town Hall Nov. 7th

Tuesday, November 7th at 6:30 pm Restoration Plaza, 1360 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, 5th Floor Come hear about how the Green New Deal will address issues of health, jobs, and housing.  Congressman Hakeem Jeffries—the only Brooklyn Congressional Representative who has yet to sign on—has been invited to hear how the Green New Deal will be a […]

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Climate Smart Energy

Climate Smart Energy: Heating, Cooling and Turning the Lights On Brooklyn Public Library, October 16, 2019 ACTIONS AND RESOURCES Meeting New York State’s Climate Goals New York State’s climate goals require a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2030 and an 85 percent reduction by 2050. To meet these goals, […]

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Climate Wednesdays Fall 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Eva Welchman PHONE: 646-258-2373 EMAIL: 350BROOKLYN AND BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNOUNCE CLIMATE WEDNESDAYS MONTHLY EDUCATIONAL SERIES TO ENGAGE CITIZENS IN ACCESSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS   Brooklyn, New York, August 19, 2019 — 350Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch at Grand Army Plaza will host Climate Wednesdays: […]

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The Big Green Picture: Local Strategies for a Livable World 

Actions and Resources   Federal Legislation: The Green New Deal Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Senator Ed Markey’s Green New Deal (GND) bill (House Resolution 109 and Senate Resolution 59) calls for a 10-year mobilization to address climate change in all economic sectors. The entire Brooklyn congressional delegation has endorsed the GND, except for Rep. […]

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Climate Wednesdays Starting September 18th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Eva Welchman PHONE: 646-258-2373 EMAIL:   350BROOKLYN AND BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNOUNCE CLIMATE WEDNESDAYS MONTHLY EDUCATIONAL SERIES TO ENGAGE CITIZENS IN ACCESSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS    Brooklyn, New York, August 19, 2019 — 350Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch at Grand Army Plaza will host Climate […]

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Next Meeting – September 12

September Monthly Meeting: Special Guest Speaker, NY City Council Environmental Attorney Samara Swanston Thursday, September 12 at 7:30pm Brooklyn Commons 588 Atlantic Avenue (Boerum Hill) Samara Swanston has been engaged in environmental law for more than twenty-five years, and is the Legislative Attorney for the Environmental Committee of the City Council that passed outstanding, landmark legislation […]

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Annual August Gathering 8/8

Thursday August 8th, 7:30pm 350Brooklyn Annual August Gathering Der Stammkneipe, 710 Fulton Street, Ft. Greene Brooklyn – Map Come Join Us for a Drink and Some Conversation! In August, 350Brooklyn’s monthly meeting goes on hiatus. But that doesn’t mean that your second-Thursday-of-the-month needs to be empty! Come by Der Stammkneipe, a beer garden in Fort […]

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Next Meeting – July 11th

Next Meeting: Thursday, July 11th, 7:30 pm Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue

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Next Meeting – June 13th

Next Meeting: Thursday, June 13th, 7:30 pm Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue This is something you don’t want to miss. Margaret Klein Salamon, founder the director of The Climate Mobilization, will discuss the paradigm shift that is taking place in the climate movement—out with “gradualism,” in with “emergency mode”—and how the Green New Deal, school […]

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Next Meeting – March 14th

Next Meeting: Thursday, March 14th, 7:30 pm Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue Join us for the March 350BK monthly meeting for updates on our several ongoing campaigns and to learn about Congestion Pricing — a strategy that cities are using worldwide to fund the improvement of mass transportation and cut vehicle traffic and emissions, but […]

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Next Meeting – February 7th

Next Meeting: Thursday, February 7th, 7:30 pm Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue 2019 Climate Action: Sign Up! What are the keys to a successful campaign? (with ALIGN Organizer Brett Thomason)

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Next Meeting – January 10

Next Meeting: Thursday, January 10th, 7:30 pm Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue

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Next Meeting – November 8

Next Meeting: Thursday, November 8, 7:30 pm Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue Join us for our November monthly meeting featuring an exciting election recap with the forces behind so many progressive candidates, speakers from Working Families Party and Democratic Socialists of America.

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Next Meeting – October 11

Next Meeting: Thursday, October 11, 7:30 pm Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue Save the date for our next general meeting.  We’ll talk about what’s going on with 350Brooklyn and hear from Patrick Robbins from the Energy Democracy Alliance. Details to follow about the program.  Come early to get a beverage and a nosh and mingle […]

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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