NYC LL19 created Solid Waste Advisory Boards (SWAB) to promote community input on #waste mgmt. Join us to advance sustainability in materials mgmt! #ZeroWaste
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24 Apr 2024
Join BkSWAB at the 13th annual #RiverkeeperSweep on Saturday 5/4 9:30am - noon. We'll be cleaning up Erie Basin Park and Red Hook Farms in Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn SWAB retweeted
28 Jun 2024
Community composting is being restored—all because you stood up for it. Read my statement with @SaveNYCCompost here:
ALT New Yorkers spoke—and the City Council listened. With everything at stake, our city’s vibrant composting community stopped at nothing to fight back against the proposed mayoral budget cuts. They showed up in droves at rallies and press conferences. They testified at every committee hearing. They called their district offices. They signed petitions, wrote letters, and approached their council members in the street to demand restorations. It all mattered. Today, we are incredibly proud to announce that the Council will be restoring $6.245 million to community composting program and creating a new, more sustainable path forward for our community composting coalition.
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2 May 2024
Show love for Hudson River. Join us and @riverkeeper
for a waterfront cleanup in Red Hook as part of the annual #RiverkeeperSweep!
Registration via Eventbrite closes this Friday: eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-er…
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The future of our city’s sustainability is at stake. Mayor Adams’ proposed funding cuts for community composting pose a serious threat to the crucial work carried out by community compost organizations. This jeopardizes over 100 jobs and the critical work our community compost organizations do for a greener future.
Join us on Wednesday, December 6 at 12 PM, for a press conference and rally at City Hall Park. This is not just a gathering; it’s a rallying cry to preserve the foundations of our environmental initiatives.
Your support is crucial! We need YOUR presence to make a powerful stand, demand support, and protect our environment.
Can’t make it? Take action online. Sign our petition to save community composting! grownyc.org/petition
#SaveOurCompost
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4 Dec 2023
Join BkSWAB today 12/4 at 6:30 pm for our monthly meeting to hear from Willis Elkins, Executive Director of @NewtownCreek about their work to revitalize Newtown Creek.
Sign up to attend in person or on Zoom via calendar link below:
brooklynswab.org/
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30 Nov 2023
#saveourcompost rally at City Hall, to save community composting funding and the 115 green jobs that will be lost as a result of @NYCMayor budget cuts.
@GrowNYC @lesecologyctr @BigReuse @earthmatterNY @CMSandyNurse @CMRestler @NYCSanitation @NYCzerowaste @SaveNYCCompost
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🚨SAVE COMMUNITY COMPOST!🚨
Mayor Adams announced budget cuts that will end community composting programs across the city, including GrowNYC’s and we need your support!
Please sign our petition asking Mayor Adams to restore this funding and urge your New York City Council to advocate for this important programming. Sign here: grownyc.org/petition
No composting effort in NYC can succeed without a strong community composting network. We need your help more than ever.
Sign our petition by visiting grownyc.org/petition
Once you’ve signed, please share among your network to help spread the word!
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10 Oct 2023
Join BkSWAB's virtual panel discussion with @CMiflin @BigReuse @jacquelynottman @32BJTraining to learn how to successfully set up Curbside Composting in your multi-unit building.
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10 Oct 2023
Panelists will offer tips and resources for site set-up, signage and collection procedures, education and outreach to residents, and building waste mgmt systems.
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2 Oct 2023
Join BkSWAB today at 6:30 pm to hear from Kate Sundberg of Big Reuse about the why and how for the Brooklyn Curbside Composting program.
Sign up to attend via calendar link below:
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Brooklyn SWAB retweeted
11 Sep 2023
In person / Hybrid Manhattan SWAB monthly meeting With guest Ryan Torres - @bpca_ny Vice President
manhattanswab.org/events
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Brooklyn SWAB retweeted
12 Jul 2023
As fires continue to burn out of control, a senior Canadian official argued for weakening environmental targets because...we need oil for bike chains.
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Brooklyn SWAB retweeted
6 Jul 2023
On July 12 at 7pm ET, our friends at @PlasticsBeyond are hosting a virtual convo about #plastics and the future of our #planet with environmental leader and author, Bill McKibben and Pullitzer prize-winning journalist, Elizabeth Kolbert. @enckj
RSVP: buff.ly/3XGIOlF
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10 Jul 2023
Join BkSWAB today at 6:30 pm to hear from Matt Malina, Founder and Executive Director of @nyc_h2o about their work to clean up NYC’s waterfronts.
Sign up to attend via calendar link below:
brooklynswab.org
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Brooklyn SWAB retweeted
8 Jun 2023
Today, as hazardous wildfire smoke covers the region, @CMShahanaHanif, @KeithPowersNYC and I passed the Zero Waste Act. This is a major environmental justice victory for NYC and beyond! As a longtime compost activist, I was proud to lead the charge on this package!
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Brooklyn SWAB retweeted
JOIN US (6/20): We & @ClimateMuseum are hosting a conversation featuring leaders from across the country who are building & advancing #EnergyDemocracy in their communities.
RSVP for Energy Democracy: A Conversation from the Frontlines 👉 bit.ly/EnergyDemocracyPanel
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5 Jun 2023
Join BkSWAB today, Mon 6/5 to hear from @RayaSalter, founder of the Energy Justice Law and Policy Center, and a member of the NYS Climate Action Council. #energyjustice
Sign up to attend via calendar link below:
brooklynswab.org
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