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Funding for the NYC Compost Project and GrowNYC programs is set to expire on Dec 31.

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! https://grownyc.org/petition

A unique holiday gift that helps the endlessly courageous people fighting the Mountain Valley Pipeline -- check it out!

STOP MVP: Artists From WV, VA & NC Against The Mountain Valley Pipeline, by Various Artists 40 track album

🗽 NY communities are hammered by climate crises, from suffocating smoke to life-threatening floods & it’s getting worse.

💵 Gov Kathy Hochul: Big oil, not taxpayers, should pay for climate costs - put the Superfund Act in the Budget! https://bit.ly/40NRHvi

350Brooklyn, Fridays for Future and allies of the campaign took action in NYC yesterday, calling on the ICBC Bank to stop funding EACOP, in solidarity with actions in DC, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Paris, and London! 🔥🔥🔥

New York, NY: Rally to Tell Gov. Hochul: Pass the Climate Change Superfund Act · Food & Water Watch Join us in calling on Governor Hochul to make the fossil fuel industry pay for its climate damage! We'll be rallying in City Hall Park to urge her to pass the Climate Change Superfund Act in the state budget. New York taxpayers are on the hook for billions of dollars to repair infrastructure and pro...

📢 Join The Power Hour Team - Drop In, Take Action!

💻 Join us on Mondays 12-1 pm for Power Hour where we strategize, call, email and lobby our legislators to push for specific climate legislation and action. We take pride in our agility to respond in real time and we will see what the week brings, join us!

🔗 RSVP here: https://350brooklyn.org/workgroups/power-hour/

Come join us to StopEACOP! in NYC on Monday, November 20th, at 4 PM at ICBC Bank, 1185 6th Ave. (at 47th St.)!

NYC stands in solidarity with the frontline communities in Uganda, Tanzania, and across East Africa who are resisting the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) because it would displace 200,000 people and poison the region's water sources. This action will coincide with 6 actions across the world focusing on urging China to drop its investment in this dangerous pipeline.

👋New to 350 Brooklyn? Welcome!
Join us for orientation on Sunday, November 19, at 7 pm on Zoom

🙋‍♀️Once a month our team welcomes newcomers with an informal orientation to all the ways you can take action with 350 Brooklyn. Come for a conversation with an old hand. Everyone is welcome!

🔗Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpf-6vqjMuHdAUBGJkYz6mTkRU3keV9pn0. #/registration

Today we’re kicking off our campaign for New York! has a winning vision: green union jobs, clean air, lower utility costs, and real community-led climate justice solutions.

This year is fighting for TWO big things. FIRST, The People’s Climate Justice Budget: $1 billion is a downpayment on the $10-15 billion New York will have to invest each year to address the climate crisis at scale.

SECOND, NYS legislators must pass the Climate, Jobs & Justice Package: critical legislation in the state budget to implement the Climate Act and secure a healthier, cleaner climate future for NY

Will you join us ?

Learn more about our package here: bit.ly/CJJP2024

💻 November Monthly Meeting
🗓 Tuesday, November 14, 7:30pm on Zoom
❓ Albany 101: What We All Need to Know

Is your State Senator a Climate Champion or a climate laggard? How about your Assembly Member? 350Brooklyn's work to pass effective legislation in Albany has been our longest-running campaign. How have we done so far?

Join us as the 350Brooklyn State Legislation Committee presents our history, the current state of play, and our assessment of some of the players (including your representatives in Albany!)

🔗 Register here: https://tinyurl.com/mrk2asrw

Don't miss the Climate, Jobs & Justice campaign launch this Wednesday, November 15!

Don’t let fumble on climate justice 🏈
The NYS climate movement has a clear winning vision: lower utility costs, green union jobs, clean air, and real community-led climate justice solutions.

Join us at for the NYC campaign launch on November 15th at 4pm on S 3rd St and Rodney St, Brooklyn, NY 11211 to amplify the People’s .

Help us get off to a strong start this campaign “season,” and set us up to win climate justice for all New Yorkers!
Sign up here: bit.ly/CJJP-NYC or find the link in our bio.

Join us Today at 12 pm for Power Hour:

🏙 This week we'll keep working to muster support for the Climate Superfund Act, which would require the biggest polluters to pay for the damage they have caused in New York State. This bill would raise revenue from polluters-- rather than taxpayers-- to help our state pay for massive infrastructure upgrades, including flood and storm management, systems to protect people from deadly heat waves, and protections against health threats like water and air pollution.

🗽 Although the Climate Superfund Act is a state-level bill, this week we'll be working to show strong support from our NYC-based electeds in the city council, by asking them to endorse a sign-on letter in favor of the bill. Everything you need to take action is here; even if you can't make it to Power Hour, feel free to call or email your own city council member!

❗ Bonus Actions

📲 Anytime: Call Governor Hochul (866-583-2908) to urge her to put the NY HEAT Act in the budget, using the call tool from Food and Water Watch. You can do this anytime, even after hours!

📢 Wednesday! Kick off the state legislative season with 350Brooklyn to support the NYRenews package of legislation, on November 15, 4 pm at the Rodney Street Park on South 3rd Street in Williamsburg. Sign up
here.

🗓 Tuesday, November 28: Mark your calendars for November 28, 10 am at City Hall, for a rally in support of NY Heat!

Don't miss our next general meeting on Tuesday, November 14, focusing on "Albany 101: What We All Need to Know".

Click here to learn more and register for the meeting: https://350brooklyn.org/next-general-meeting-november-14/

Join us Monday, November 6 at 12 pm for Power Hour: Climate Superfund

This week, we'll be working to get more Brooklyn Assembly Members in Albany to support the Climate Superfund Act, which would require the biggest polluters to pay for the damage they have caused in New York State. This bill would raise revenue from polluters-- rather than taxpayers-- to help our state pay for massive infrastructure upgrades, including for flood and storm management, systems to protect people from deadly heat waves, and protections against health threats like water and air pollution.

Bonus Actions

📞 Call Governor Hochul (866-583-2908) to urge her to put the NY HEAT Act in the budget, using the call tool from Food and Water Watch. You can do this anytime, even after hours!

📢 Kick off the state legislative season with 350Brooklyn to support the NYRenews package of legislation, on November 15, 4 pm at the Rodney Street Park on South 3rd Street in Williamsburg

🗓️ Mark your calendars for November 28, 10 am at City Hall, for a rally in support of NY Heat! More details to follow.

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♻️Albany 101: What we all need to know
🗓️Tuesday, November 14 • 7:30 pm
🧑‍💻On Zoom

🌎350Brooklyn’s longest-running campaign has been our effort to pass significant climate legislation in Albany. And we’ve learned a lot along the way. Join us as the 350Brooklyn State Legislation Committee presents the current state of play and our assessment of some of the players (including your representatives in Albany!).
🔗Register today: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsduiqpjoqGd2n_UW8gLQZ3yvvLKn-X125 #/registration?link_id=1&can_id=c1faef5f95dc05e5bc9fa3b82b5ce270&source=email-october-meeting-war-and-climate-tuesday-1010&email_referrer=email_2096853&email_subject=november-meeting-albany-101-nil-tuesday-1114

🌅5 days until Cultivations 🌅

👋Today, we will introduce you to Dave — the creator and the host of the event.

🌳Dave describes himself as a writer, photographer, and infrequent activist based in Brooklyn. This deck is partially inspired by his 17-year membership in a peer-counseling community as well as connections to various activist communities since childhood.

🌆 Even as a lifelong city boy, he has always had a deep connection to nature. As it became clear to him that human activity was rapidly degrading the environment and threatening all life on Earth, like a lot of people, he has often felt anxious and helpless.

🌎 But last year after using an oracle deck at parties and dinners to encourage intimate conversations, he realized that we all could use something similar to help us work through our feelings and paralysis about environmental degradation.

☺️ In contrast to a book or article read in solitude, a card deck could also serve as a community accountability project.

🙌🏻 Dave explains: “We can support each other, work together, and gather our scraps of hope and good thinking in order to figure out what to do. This workshop is for anyone who wants to be a part of that. I've been calling this deck "Cultivations" because like cultivating a plot of land, in order to see the future we want, it's going to take time, care, respect, and collaboration."

🔗 Find out more about the event in our bio.

🎉🎉🎉Three cheers for AM William Colton!!! Last week, 350BK met with AM William Colton, a real Climate Champion!

🌆🌎🙌🏻He’s pushing for passage of the NY HEAT Act, the Just Energy Transition Act, and the Climate Superfund Act, and will advocate for the People’s Climate Budget. He knows we need real climate action in Albany. 

 

🌎350Brooklyn had a visit with Senator Iwen Chu’s on Thursday and we had a good conversation about our bills.

💵We asked her to support the People’s Climate Budget. Thank you for all your support, Senator Iwen Chu! 🙌🏻

💪🏻Let’s get stuff done!  

💪🏻Join the Power Hour team - drop in, take action!

☎️ Join us on Mondays 12-1 pm for Power Hour where we strategize, call, email and lobby our legislators to push for specific climate legislation and action.

🌆We will be letting the Governor know we still Like It Hot and we're not going away until we pass the NY HEAT Act once and for all.

🙌🏻This will be an especially beginner-friendly action, so now's a great time to join us if you've always meant to give it a try.

🔗Sign up for power hour and get our weekly agenda. Link in bio.

Testify on or by October 24 – don't let weaken Local Law 97!

In 2019, New York City passed what may be the world's most ambitious law requiring major reductions in buildings' fossil fuel emissions. Now the Adams administration has proposed rules that would weaken the law and delay its start date.

The City Council can influence the final regulations, so we need them to hear us loud and clear.

Check out NYC’s information about the regulations and how to submit written testimony or testify virtually. Link in bio.

🌎Nurturing a Sustainable Future: A Workshop About Rituals, Meaningful Conversations, and Impactful Actions 🌏

🌱 Come join us for an inspiring workshop!

Are you worried about the state of our environment? Anxious about what the future holds for our planet? Interested in meeting people who share your concerns and are ready to make a positive impact? Then, this workshop is perfect for you!

🃏 We'll kick off our unique experience with a deck of cards.
🌟 Exciting rituals, heartfelt discussions, and straightforward actions are all on the agenda.
💬 Let's unite to create a more equitable and sustainable future!
📅 Date: Saturday, November 4, 2023
🕒 Time: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
🏠 Location: Central Library, Business & Career Center, Event Room

📲You don't need to bring anything special, but having a smartphone or laptop could come in handy during the "action" phase of our workshop.

🔗To RSVP, please follow the link in bio. Join us and become a driving force for change! Together, we can truly make a positive impact. 🌏💚

✅ Productive meeting with AM Robert Carroll, .carroll, a real Climate Champion! 🙌🏻

🌎 He voiced his support for our bills & People's Budget for the coming fiscal year.

📋 Also, he gave us insightful strategic advice on how to get it all done.

🌳Actions for the week of October 16 🌎

Dear activists,
We hope everyone is connecting with their support systems and doing as well as can be with all that’s unfolding in the world. Here is our roundup of actions we can take together to help mitigate climate change.

📋🙏🏻ACTION 1: Take Our Survey!
350Brooklyn’s Steering Committee is planning for our future and we want your input. Give us your best judgements in this quick survey. 350BK is growing and we want to grow our impact. Let us know what you think!

⛽️✋🏽ACTION 2: Urge Legislators & Kick Fossil Fuels Out of Buildings!
Send an email to your legislators urging them to pass a climate budget that kicks fossil fuels out of buildings. You might be skeptical of these one-click emails, but they really add up! We actually hear from legislators that they get tons of email from the gas industry (remember that whole gas stove kerfuffle?) and they need us to outweigh the opposition.

💨🍃ACTION 3: Help Boost Offshore Wind with 350Brooklyn!
Write and submit comments in support of the Empire Wind offshore energy project on the Public Service Commission’s project page, using 350Brooklyn’s toolkit. Offshore wind is more efficient than onshore thanks to higher wind speeds, better consistency and lack of interference of human made obstacles.

Thank you, Senator Gounardes , for a great meeting on Monday. We are so proud of your support for real action on climate!

🌎💵 is launching their campaign for the People’s Climate Justice Budget — a $1 billion spending plan developed by and for New Yorkers.

🗽It outlines critical climate and environmental justice programs that New York must fund in 2024 as a downpayment on the more than $10 billion a year the state estimates is necessary to address the crisis at scale.

♻️The People’s Climate Justice Budget would kickstart a pollution-free, resilient climate future built by workers with good union jobs, ensuring a healthy, livable state for generations to come.

⛈️The climate crisis is impacting New Yorkers statewide. The need is huge—this is how we start.

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💭Friday Food for Thought: If you’ve been wondering what climate change means for your neighborhood, check out this detailed interactive map of the United States’ vulnerability to dangers such as fire, flooding, and pollution.

🌳Released by the Environmental Defense Fund and Texas A&M University.

🔗Check out the link in bio to learn more.

🙌🏻Your support to local environmental organizations like ours is important more than ever!

🌆🌳350Brooklyn is your local ally in combating the escalating climate crisis, which is becoming increasingly visible through events like wildfires and extreme heat in our city. Over the past years, we've halted pipelines and power plants, advocated for vital climate legislation, monitored its progress, and contributed to community rezoning efforts. Our workgroups develop strategic solutions from local to statewide levels, and we engage our community through projects, podcasts, and media initiatives.

🎯 Every hour, week, month, or day you donate empowers our mission. We're building partnerships and taking action alongside other groups dedicated to this cause. With the expanding climate crisis, 350Brooklyn's role is growing too. Your support, sustains us. It helps maintain our staff, website, media materials, meetings with officials, and more. Every contribution, big or small, strengthens our fight against climate change, and we deeply appreciate it all. 🙏🏻

🌱Cultivations: Ritual, Discussion and Action for a Livable Future 🌱
🌍 Join us for an inspiring workshop!

Are you concerned about the environment? Anxious about the future of our planet? Do you want to connect with like-minded individuals and take action? This workshop is for you!

🃏 A card deck serves as our starting point for a unique experience.
🌟 Fun rituals, heartfelt discussions, and simple actions await.
💬 Let's come together for a just and livable future!
📅 Date: Sat, Nov 4 2023
🕒 Time: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
🏠 Location: Central Library, Business & Career Center, Event Room

You don't need to bring anything, but having a smartphone or laptop could be handy as we dive into the "action" phase of the workshop.

Join us and be a part of the change! Together, we can make a difference. 🌏💚

Please, find the event RSVP link in our bio 🔗

The one and only public hearing on the Adams administration’s proposed rules that weaken Local Law 97 will be on Tuesday, October 24, held online starting at 11:00 a.m.

The Adams administration bowed to the wishes of the real estate lobby, proposing rules to implement the law that create massive delays and loopholes in enforcing it. We must make it clear to Mayor Adams that this is unacceptable. Your voice at the hearing is vital.

RSVP and we'll send you instructions for how to register to testify with the Department of Buildings, as well as suggested talking points to get you started.

New York, NY: Public Hearing: Enforce Local Law 97 · Food & Water Watch **The one and only public hearing on the Adams administration’s proposed rules that weaken Local Law 97 will be on Tuesday, October 24, held online starting at 11:00 a.m.** Local Law 97 is New York City’s Green New Deal for buildings, with the potential to slash energy bills, create thousands of...

📆 Mark your calendars for an important October Monthly Meeting you don't want to miss!

🌍 Climate Change and the Military Industrial Complex 🛡️

💻 Join us on Tuesday, October 10th at 7:30 pm via Zoom as we dive into the crucial discussion of how the military impacts climate change.

🔍 Our October member meeting will explore this topic from two angles: through rigorous research and personal experiences. Dafne Yeltekin and Zainab Koli will present their groundbreaking research, shedding light on the shortcomings of the climate security approach and unveiling paths toward climate justice.

🗣️But that's not all! We're thrilled to have Brittany Ramos DeBarros, an army combat veteran and the director of About Face: Veterans Against the War, sharing her personal stories and her tireless work in opposing war efforts.

💻Don't miss out on this thought-provoking discussion. Secure your spot for the Zoom meeting today!

Climate Change and the Military Industrial Complex: This is the topic of our October Monthly Meeting 🌎

Come and join us on Tuesday, October 10 at 7:30 pm via Zoom.

What are the impacts that the military has on climate change? This will be addressed at the October member meeting from both critical research and personal perspectives. Dafne Yeltekin and Zainab Koli will share their published research pointing to the false solutions behind the climate security approach and to intersecting ways forward for climate justice.

Brittany Ramos DeBarros, an army combat veteran and director of About Face: Veterans Against the War, will share personal stories and her work opposing war efforts. Sign up for the Zoom meeting today!

🌎 Do you want to join the fight against climate change? 🌆🌳

Team up with us!! 350Brooklyn is built up by local heroes who are taking on the climate crisis head-on! 🔥🌡️

From battling scorching wildfires to facing sizzling city heatwaves, we're right there on the front lines, fighting for a cooler, greener planet. 🌿❄️

But we can't do it alone! 🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️ Over the years, we've tackled pipelines, shut down power plants, championed climate legislation, and revolutionized zoning. 💪
Now, it's YOUR turn to be a climate hero!

🌟 Every moment you support us, you turbocharge our mission. We're teaming up with other climate warriors to make a REAL impact!

🤝Your contributions aren't just impressive (although they totally are!); they help us keep the lights on, maintain our shiny website, craft amazing media content, and connect with officials who can make a difference. 🤵📢

🙌💚 Whether it's a big, bold donation or a teensy-weensy one, every bit packs a punch in our battle against climate change. We're sending you a virtual high-five for your incredible support!

🌍💪 Ready to join the movement? Click the link in our bio and let's save the planet together!

Don't miss this event coming up on November 4!

Cultivations: Ritual, Discussion and Action for a Livable Future A card deck serves as the jumping off point for a workshop designed to help us face our environmental concerns and move toward community, connection, and action. We’ll perform some fun rituals, have some heartfelt discussions, and do some simple actions to help us move toward a just and livable fu...

🙌🏻🌎Our fundraiser for the Planet continues! We have reached 58% of our target! Please, help us reach 100% or our goal. Follow up the link in bio to see how you can support our work.

❓Why support us?

🌆🌳350Brooklyn is your local ally in combating the escalating climate crisis, which is becoming increasingly visible through events like wildfires and extreme heat in our city. Over the past years, we've halted pipelines and power plants, advocated for vital climate legislation, monitored its progress, and contributed to community rezoning efforts. Our workgroups develop strategic solutions from local to statewide levels, and we engage our community through projects, podcasts, and media initiatives.

🎯 Every hour, week, month, or day you donate empowers our mission. We're building partnerships and taking action alongside other groups dedicated to this cause. With the expanding climate crisis, 350Brooklyn's role is growing too. Your support, sustains us. It helps maintain our staff, website, media materials, meetings with officials, and more. Every contribution, big or small, strengthens our fight against climate change, and we deeply appreciate it all. 🙏🏻

💃🏼🌇Time to get out and Dance for the Planet! 🌎🌳

☀️Tomorrow is going to be an amazing day. The sun will be out and Washington Park in Brooklyn (5th Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets) will be festively decorated for 350Brooklyn’s Dance for the Planet. Come enjoy the fresh air and get your groove on with friends new and old to the beats of DJ 🪩

🎁 And, there will be eco friendly prizes for our top fundraisers!
 
🕺 This dance-a-thon is 350Brooklyn’s fall FUNdraiser to support our expanding local work that has global impacts. We’re 30% toward meeting our fundraising goal. Help us get there by signing up, showing up and/or supporting those who are dancing to save the planet. Please, follow the links in bio.

🙌🏻 Our work is really important and, from the smoke to the floods to the heat, this summer has made it glaringly apparent that it is needed. As combating climate change becomes more pressing, we are expanding our work. This year alone we’ve hired two part-time staff to extend our reach and scope.

We set an ambitious goal of raising $10,000 for our fall Dance for the Planet dance-a-thon FUNdraiser. Help us get there by signing up to dance, sponsoring a dancer or team, or making a donation today.

Dance for the Planet  

The people have spoken – we need to now, and the person with the greatest power to do that is President Biden. The momentum to is growing. This weekend, 75K people marched in NYC calling on Biden to stop the expansion of fossil fuels, phase down drilling, and declare a climate emergency. Over 600K people took action to across the world, with over 600 actions across all seven continents. The action continued with the arrest of 150 climate activists on Monday...we're fired up and won't back down!

Climate activists block Federal Reserve bank, calling for end to fossil fuel funding Action came as world leaders began arriving in New York for the UN general assembly and after Sunday’s march to end fossil fuels

Did you know that we’re giving away prizes at our Dance for the Planet?

Sustainable prizes from local businesses will be given for the individuals and teams that raise the most money and those that gather the most sponsors.

If you haven’t already, sign up here: https://bit.ly/45S3lGE and dance with us to save the planet.

Dance for the Planet