Walk with us
Join us on Thursday, May 1, from 12:30-2:30 for a walking tour led by students of New York City College of Technology of Downtown Brooklyn and DUMBO. The tour will explore selected urban environmental challenges and sustainable solutions currently being implemented in these two neighborhoods.
Developed by students in five different disciplines — chemistry, English, graphic design, hospitality management and physics — the tour will offer a range of perspectives on environmental concerns. Issues considered will include global warming, the tendency for cities to be warmer than outlying areas (the "Urban Heat Island Effect"), garbage and power generation, while solutions will include recycling and composting, bio-fuel use, green building techniques, absorption of CO2 by trees and local food consumption.
Please meet us between 12:15 and 12:30 p.m. at the southeast corner of Jay Street and Tillary. The walk will proceed down Jay Street into DUMBO and the waterfront, then follow Washington Street up to Cadman Plaza East to the Columbus Park Green Market and conclude at City Tech with a reception from 2 to 2:30 p.m. The reception will include refreshments and a brief presentation on green roofs and the Urban Heat Island Effect.
For more information, email info@brooklyngreenwalk.org.