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30 Jun

Join the Plastic Free July Challenge

Sign up to the Plastic Free July Challenge to get a weekly email in July to support your plastic-free endeavors!

20 Jun

June 2025: Planting Hope in Coney Island

  🎧 Dive Into Resilience: Listen to Abby Jordan on Climate Education, Coastal Justice & Healing After Sandy Our host Eva is joined by Abby Jordan, Climate Education Program Manager at the National Wildlife Federation. Abby Jordan is a Brooklyn native, the daughter of immigrants from El Salvador who settled in Brighton Beach. She was an Environmental Fellow at […]

7 Jun

06/21 – Make a splash at the Mermaid Parade!

5 Jun

06/07 – Community Art Build for Mermaid Parade

  Join us to make our human-powered “float” for the 2025 Mermaid Parade. Our theme is “Water Is Rising. So Are We.” We’ll create city buildings, rising waves, and threatening storm clouds to carry and costumes to wear in the parade on Saturday June 21. Come to the library to paint and glue and drape […]

29 May

05/30 – Rally for NY HEAT Act now!

Rally with us on the Upper West Side to call for passage of the NY HEAT Act now! May 30th at 1 pm at 96th Street subway station (Broadway & West 96th Street) With the state budget finally done, Albany lawmakers must prioritize passing the NY HEAT Act in the waning weeks of the legislative […]

29 May

05/30 – Breathe Easy: Cleaner Air & Lower Bills

🌀 Breathe Easy: Cleaner Air & Lower Bills with Assemblymember Brian Cunningham 📍 Family-friendly event | 🎨 Kids activities | 🍕 Pizza on the roof! Come on May 30th at 5:30 PM at BKLYN Commons location on495 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225 Join us for a FREE community gathering focused on making your home healthier, […]

21 May

May 2025: Talking Trash with the Sanitation Foundation

The latest guest on the Climate Check podcast is Julie Raskin, Executive Director of the Sanitation Foundation, the official nonprofit partner of New York City’s Department of Sanitation. Julie explains how our waste is actually full of valuable resources that can save energy and money if properly sorted and processed. Educating everyone from toddlers to […]

14 May

Testify for Cap & Invest!

  Tell NYS you want real investments in climate action. Testify in person at the NYC hearing on June 12 or virtually at hearings on June 12. Here’s more information on testifying and crafting your testimony.

1 May

Climate Check Episode April 2025: Winning the Fight for Sustainable Transportation

Audrey is joined by Jaqi Cohen, Director of Climate and equity Policy at the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. TSTC advocates for increased mobility in the greater NYC region. Its priorities are expanding public transit, creating safer streets, transitioning away from fossil fuels, and fighting for equitable funding of transportation projects. Their approach is talking to communities […]

27 Apr

5/14 – Climate and Your Closet

27 Apr

Hochul: Build public renewables now!

Sign the petition to urge Governor Hochul to build publicly owned renewable energy! We've fought long and hard for the 2023 Build Public Renewables Act and the landmark 2019 CLCPA law but Hochul is not enforcing them. That has to change!

19 Mar

Podcast: 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 […]

6 Mar

Join the Power Hour every Monday!

Got just an hour or two a week to fight climate breakdown? Join our weekly Power Hours, where we get the attention of people in power and demand change!

4 Mar

Gov Hochul: Fight Trump’s Climate Arson With Public Renewables!

Tell Governor Hochul to fight Trump’s disastrous climate policy’s using New York’s Build Public Renewables law. We’ve got a letter you can send here.

1 Mar

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. […]

5 Feb

BYO Cup

27 Jan

02/06 – NYC Climate Mayoral Forum

11 Jan

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!

18 Dec

Tell the EPA to Release Promised Environmental Justice Funds Now

Long story short, the EPA has funds that are meant to invest in environmental justice communities that it hasn’t released yet; now that the Dec. 6th deadline has passed and we’ve met all requirements on time, we need your help to release the funds before inauguration on  January 20th.

13 Dec

2024 Recap Video

10 Dec

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)    

22 Nov

Submit a comment to the NYPA

In 2023 New York State passed the Build Public Renewables Act that authorized our only public utility, the New York Power Authority, to build renewable energy source where the private sector is falling short. NYPA has now published a draft of its plan, but it, too, falls far short of what we need. NYPA will take comments from the public until December 13. All you need to write a comment is in this comment prep. The sheer number of comments pushing them to do better is critical. Your comment doesn't need to be long or complex--every comment counts. So click Take Action and comment today! 

22 Nov

12/12 – Join our End of Year Celebration!

Register now to attend our next monthly meeting!

22 Nov

Take action on behalf of the Tonawanda Seneca

The Tonawanda Seneca Nation live on their sovereign territory, which is located between Rochester and Buffalo in western New York. Allies of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation are joining with the Nation to defend their unceded homelands from a massive industrial development project sited on the boundary of their reservation territory. The project is already underway despite lacking several critical permits. ​Click to learn more about the Nation, their homelands, the development, & our solidarity campaign.

13 Nov

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 […]