Find out what's going on for Earth Day 2011 in Brookyn: educate the kids, plant a tree, go for a hike in the city!
Here are just a few examples of Earth Day celebrations, for kids and adults.
Meanwhile, find out about reycling electronics in Brooklyn, year-round.
1. Visit the NY Aquarium to See the New EcoSystem Displays
The New York Aquarium Conservation Hall, renovated and opened in 2011, has wonderful exhibits of ecosystems from the Great Lakes of Africa, the Flooded Forest of the Amazon and the Caribbean Coral Reef. It's beautiful and also educational.
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2. Go to a Brooklyn Plant Sale or Nursery
If you're looking to buy some seeds, or a whole tree, you can find it in a Brooklyn nursery or garden store.
Here's where to find some great plants, shrubs, vegetables and flowers to grow. Brooklyn's gardening resources.
When is the Brooklyn Botanical Garden annual sale?
3. Earth Day at the Brooklyn Children's Museum
For kids on school holiday, the Brooklyn Children's Museum offers a week long series of great, hands-on, educational Earth Day events. Children will learn about plants, animals, and people — and discover that even small peope can help preserve our planet.
4. Earth Day Weekend: Prospect Park Lectures, Clean Ups & Fun
Brooklyn's largest park has a lot to celebrate, and protect. For Earth Day this year, volunteers can help clean up the park, children can attend educational programs at Lefferts House, and anyone can plant a tree, as part of the Plant a Million Trees initiative.5. Community Garden, Magnolia Tree Earth Center(Free)
Come visit this great Brooklyn institution, and create a garden plan which can help you grow food and people throughout the spring. /p>
For directions and more information: Magnolia Tree Earth Center
6. Marine Park Earth Day Fun (Free)
Spend the day with Mother Nature at Marine Park. Crafts activities for kids; visitors can enjoy a guided walk around the newly renovated trail.
- Where: Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park)
- East 33rd Street and Avenue U
- For information: (718) 421-2021
7. School Break:Kids "Spring Sprouts" at Lefferts House, Prospect Park
Lefferts Historic House where children can participate in the annual Spring Sprouts program. They will see how the Park's kitchen garden is coming along, and make a pot of herbs to take home using newspaper, soil, and seeds. It is run during school break.
8. School Break: Kids at Audobon, Prospect Park
Enjoy free programs for kids on school vacation. The children can learn how to watch nature unfold, and keep a journal of what they see and do. The program is called Not sure what to do with that old printer or computer? Take it to an electronics recyling event in Cobble Hill. It's one of the Ecology Center's spring electronic waste ("e-waste") recycling events around the five boroughs to responsibly recycle unwanted or broken electronics from New York City residents. See what you can reycle, and what you can't Find out more about recycling electronic waste in Brooklyn. See nature in bloom with a visit to the wonderful Brooklyn Botanic Garden.9. Recycle Old Electronics with the Ecology Center (Cobble Hill)
10. Visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
