May 2022
Looking for more info?: ask@freegan.info
Ask yourself: am I media or not?
Help make freeganism happen in NYC! At our organizational meetings we discuss and decide on future activities and group direction. Participants are encouraged to step up and introduce new freegan projects with the support of the group, or take roles such as facilitating meetings. We welcome both those with experience taking part in non-hierarchical, consensus-based groups and those participating for the first time.
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Meeting ID: 292 245 9062
Password: nEUA82
One tap mobile: +19294362866,,2922459062#,,,,*990524# US (New York)
Our annual Dorm Dive is back! Join us to salvage a fraction of the usable and valuable items that are thrown out by NYU students at the end of the school year. This is the one event in the year where we’ll work with huge, high dumpsters. If you’re able-and-inclined, be prepared to climb in-and-out of dumpsters and possibly to lift and move heavy, awkward stuff (there’s plenty of work to do outside the dumpsters so don’t worry if climbing around in dumpsters is not your thing). Unlike other dives, this will not be a tour, as we tend to stay at the same dumpster during the afternoon.
What to wear: sturdy shoes, clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Consider bringing a pair of work or garden gloves.
What to bring: bags, wheeled carts, and other containers to tote your newfound stuff; packing tape, bungee cords; info on other dorm move out dates/locations to share.
Media are welcome by appointment.
When and Where: Meet at 12:00 pm at the northeast corner of 3rd Avenue and 14th Street.
If you have trouble finding us, call or text Janet at (347) 724-6954. Tuesday, May 18th, 7:30 pm ET • In-Person Freegan Meeting & (No-Media) Freeganism 101 and Trash Tour
Help make freeganism happen in NYC! At our organizational meetings we discuss and decide on future activities and group direction. Participants are encouraged to step up and introduce new freegan projects with the support of the group, or take roles such as facilitating meetings. We welcome both those with experience taking part in non-hierarchical, consensus-based groups and those participating for the first time.
Please bring a mask for the meeting in case it would make others more comfortable.
At 9pm ET, we will have a brief, newcomer-friendly discussion about freeganism before exploring the area’s wasted food and other goods. We give advice on how to salvage these goods and comment on the reasons for such waste.
Where: For the meeting and/or the Freeganism 101 and beginning of the Trash Tour, meet at the High Line, Manhattan. Enter the park at 14th St and 10th Ave and look for us south of there.
If you have trouble finding us, call or text Janet at (347) 724-6954.
Ongoing Sustainable and Mutual Aid Events (updated Feb 2022)
Weekly Bike Repair Workshops by Times Up
(Times Up seems to still be doing workshops, but you may want to contact them to be sure…)
99 South 6th Street, off Bedford Avenue under the Williamsburg Bridge
Indoor Bike Repair
Sundays & Wednesdays: 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Open shop — you use our tools and stands to work on your bike.
Experienced mechanics will be present to answer questions, but you do the work. Bike workshops are free, but we strongly encourage you to make a donation or become a Time’s Up member to help support our efforts. If you have a big project in mind, please be considerate of the time and plan ahead.
INFO: times-up.org
Food Not Bombs
Long Island Food Not Bombs currently shares free groceries and hot meals every Saturday at 3:00 pm just outside Von King/Tompkins Park (NW corner of Lafayette Ave. & Marcy Ave.) as part of its Bed-Stuy Food Share.
INFO: communitysolidarity.org
EMAIL: info@communitysolidarity.org or LongIslandFoodNotBombs@gmail.com
Food Not Bombs in Manhattan offers a vegetarian meal share (using donated food that would otherwise be wasted) Sundays at 4:30pm in Tompkins Square Park.
Help cook at Catholic Worker, 36 East First Street, between First and Second Avenues, at 1pm.
INFO: abcnorio.org/affiliated/fnb.html or (212) 254-3697 ext. 27
EMAIL: fnb@abcnorio.org
Wild Food Tours
Tours are on hiatus until spring!
Keep an eye on: wildmanstevebrill.com
Community Swaps by GrowNYC
GrowNYC has ongoing Stop’N’Swap community events; keep an eye on their page (info below) for updates or in case of cencellations.
SATURDAY, MARCH 5 – CAMBA Sheepshead Bay Cornerstone at Sheepshead Bay Houses, 3679 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, 12 pm-3 pm
SATURDAY, MARCH 5 – St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
521 West 126th Street, West Harlem, Manhattan, 12 pm-3 pm
Events are subject to cancellation or postponement, check www.grownyc.org/swap for updates or call 212.788.7900 ext. 277
Composting
Lower East Side Ecology Center has many compost collection sites open, with the list growing:
INFO: lesecologycenter.org/programs/compost/compost-drop-off-locations
MANHATTAN
Union Square Park greenmarket: M, W, F, Sa, 8 am-5 pm
Tompkins Square greenmarket: Sundays 8 am-5 pm
1st Ave and 1st St: Mondays 9 am-2 pm
23rd St and 8th Ave: Wednesdays 9 am-2 pm
Clinton and Grand: Mondays 9 am-2 pm
East Broadway and Rutgers: Fridays 9 am-2 pm
Hudson Square, Spring St and 6th Ave: Wednesdays 9 am-2 pm
Christopher Park, 7th Ave & West 4th St: Wednesdays 9 am-2 pm
Corlears Hook Park, 397 FDR Drive (SE corner of Cherry & Jackson): Thursdays 9 am-2 pm
BROOKLYN
Rappaport Playground, NW corner of Fort Hamilton Pkwy and 53rd St: Tuesdays 10 am-2 pm
Bay Parkway at 86th Street, near NW corner: Tuesdays 10 am-2 pm
Avenue X at West Street, SW corner, Brooklyn: Wednesdays 10 am-2 pm
Albermarle Road and McDonald Ave, SW corner: Tuesdays 10 am-2 pm
18th Ave at 64th Street: Tuesdays 10 am-2 pm
Bay Parkway at 66th Street: Tuesdays 10 am-2 pm
Kings Highway and East 16th Street, NE corner: Wednesdays 10 am-2 pm
Avenue U and East 16th Street, SE corner: Wednesdays 10 am-2 pm
Brighton Beach Ave and Ocean Parkway (SE corner): Wednesdays 10 am-2pm
Brighton Beach Ave at Coney Island Ave: Wednesdays 10 am-2 pm
Canarsie Compost Yard, 1149 Rockaway Avenue, near Ave D: Wednesdays 10 am-2 pm
Grow NYC is also restarting some of their compost collection sites.
See their up-to-date list here: www.grownyc.org/compost
City-wide list of composting resources
There is a great resource here: bit.ly/NYCdropofftracker
to find places city-wide to bring your food scraps.
East New York Compost Project
Has suspended composting for the winter, but check them out in the spring!
INFO: ucceny.org/enyf-old/compost
Textile Recycling
Green Tree Textiles has opened up textile recycling collection at a few Greenmarkets, but most are closed for the winter.
You can find them on Sundays at the Riverdale Y market, 9 am-2 pm, 4545 Independence Avenue in the Bronx.
They also have drop boxes listed on their site here: www.greentreetextiles.org
Wearable Collections
While we are still disappointed they do not accept fabric scraps and rags, for re-usable clothing they have opened a number of Greenmarket collection sites:
McCarren Park Greenmarket, Brooklyn, Saturday 8 am-1:30 pm
Ft Greene Greenmarket, Brooklyn, Saturday 9 am – 1 pm
Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, Saturday 9 am – 12:30 pm
Carroll Gardens Greenmarket, Brooklyn, Sunday 8 am -12 pm
Tompkins Sq Park, Manhattan, Sunday 8:30 am-1 pm
Columbia University Greenmarket, Manhattan, Sunday 9 am-12 pm
77th/79th Street Greenmarket, Manhattan, Sunday 9 am-12:30 pm
Sunnyside Greenmarket, Queens, Saturday 8 am-2 pm
www.wearablecollections.com
Electronics Recycling
Lower East Side Ecology Center sadly has had to close their e-waste warehouse, and they do not currently have any e-waste events scheduled, but keep an eye on their page here: www.lesecologycenter.org/programs/ewaste/collection-events
While not ideal, NYC has a list of mostly corporate e-waste collection sites: https://tinyurl.com/y3x9jaqd