Gowanus Canal Conservancy

SYEP applications close on 2/27. My program, Gowanus Green Team, hires through it! Please view the flyer below and share with your teen who will be at least 16 by July 1. I am *ONLY* using the providers listed on the flyer!

Hey #GOWANUS! Plans this Saturday? 👀 🍂🐤🐦 Join us for a peaceful morning of community birding. 🔗 nycbirdalliance.org/nycha

Celebrated #CityOfWaterDay w/ @GowanusCConserv at Thomas Greene Park! Huge credit & thanks to @BrooklynCB6 members @BlkMissFrizzle & Joe Anne Brown for making it happen. It all reinforces why a Gowanus BID will benefit Gowanus’s future. gowanusimprovementdistrict.org

Join us on Tuesday, July 22, as we celebrate the 4th annual release of Canal Beer, brewed in collaboration with @finbackbrewery, @WildEastBrewing, and Strong Rope, crafted in celebration of our local community and commitment to its future. A portion of the proceeds help support the @GowanusCConserv. Celebrate with our neighbors and enjoy good food and music... and, of course, a beer that gives back.

Started our day with invertebrate ID and identifying native and nonnatives. Before we work, we must learn 💚🫶🏽

June marks the 4th anniversary of @ForestforAllNYC's work to advance a citywide goal of reaching 30% tree canopy cover equitably by 2035! We are proud of our contributions to protect, maintain & grow the urban forest & the impact of this community. forestforall.nyc/our-coalition/

Got another tree care event this Saturday, 5/24 from 10AM-NOON. We meeting in front of Public Records and gonna do the trees over there. All ages and abilities welcome. Register here: …alconservancy.my.salesforce-sites.com

Fertilizing one of the new waterfront esplanades today 🌱

Happy Earth Day! I adore working in this career field, and I’m even more excited to be pursuing a PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences this fall. Very special!

Thrilled to be moderating a panel at the 5/7 'Rezoning Revisited 2005-2025' event with @NBKParks all about sustainable funding streams for NYC's parks and open spaces, with reps from @TwoTreesNY, @GowanusCConserv, and @MASNYC. support.nbkparks.org/event/rezoning…

thank you to our wonderful volunteers celebrating Earth Week with us! Stewarded 22 trees this morning

Get involved + create change in Brooklyn! Join @CMShahanaHanif’s office, AM @JoAnneSimonBK52 + @Sen_Gounardes for Light the Way BK, a Community Town Hall Discussion on reproductive health, education + immigration on Sunday, February 9, 12–2 pm at MS 51: prospectpark.org/TownHall

Grateful to The City Sponge, FOFA, @GowanusCConserv, @PkSLCivCouncil, and @fieldformnyc, for co-hosting the Flood Solutions Fair this weekend! With over 300 community members in attendance, this event highlighted the power of community collaboration in tackling flooding.

Join community members & experts this Saturday from 1-4pm for the Flood Solution Fair at the Van Alen Institute (303 Bond St). Come ask question of experts, learn about government programs to help mitigate floods, & more. Please RSVP in advance: vanalen.org/events/flood-s…

First lottery opens for affordable artist studios in Gowanus brooklynpaper.com/lottery-afford…

Please join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tomorrow, December 10, for a virtual meeting to update the community on the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) retention tank project (located at 270 Nevins Street) at the Gowanus Canal Superfund site. Bit.ly/tankzoom

Join us for Java with Jo Anne this Friday at Principles GI Coffee from 10-11:30! We've had a challenging election. Let's come together as a community & discuss what's next. Our community is stronger when we stand together. bit.ly/DecemberJava

As Gowanus rezoning takes shape, locals move to form BID to protect biz, longtime residents brooklynpaper.com/gowanusians-mo…

Replacing the iconic South Brooklyn Casket Company, the under-construction building on 3rd Avenue will include a rooftop pool. brownstoner.com/real-estate-ma…

Breakingggg BREAKING news. We got Eastern Oysters in the Gowanus Canal! Shoutouts to the Superfund! This is a mussel habitat designed by a HS senior from Brooklyn Collaborative Studies @GowanusCConserv