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POLLINATOR PALOOZA Contest Now Open!

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Thanks to NYCPWG’s Education and Outreach Committee, we’re pleased to announce that POLLINATOR PALOOZA, our annual photo show to 

celebrate the beauty, diversity and value of pollinators in NYC, is back and we want your pics! 

Submit 3 of your best photos BY NOVEMBER 30th. 
Your photo must be of a wild NYC pollinator (a wild bee, wasp, butterfly, moth, beetle, fly or ant, etc.) and/or insect pollinator nests (burrows, cavity nests, wasp nests in trees), photographed within the geographic boundaries of the five boroughs of NYC DURING 2021. (No honeybees or honeybee hives please).

If you don’t have a Google account, please email your submissions to 

nycpollinators@gmail.com

Selected shots will be featured in a slide show and shared at our December 16th holiday meeting! 
Please share this flyer far and wide through your networks! 

New York City Pollinator Working Group Social on Roosevelt Island

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A big SHOUT OUT to Christina Delfico of iDig2Learn who hosted 25 NYCPWG members for our fall event on Roosevelt Island last week! Here’s some highlights…

  • Christina and friends Julia Ferguson, Anthony Longo and his son gave us a wonderful tour of the Roosevelt Island Community Garden (Roosevelt Island Garden Community) – 140 raised beds, an amazing compost system and pocket meadows were festooned with flowers, birds and butterflies!
  • Roseanne Andrade implemented a native plant seed swap in which some great species were shared and Chris Kreussling created an iNat project page just for the Roosevelt Island Garden.
  • After our garden and pocket meadow tour, we headed down to the new Cornell Tech campus and were greeted by Jane Swanson, the Community & Government Liaison from Cornell Tech, who introduced us to some of the features of the campus – which is worth a visit unto itself.
  • Finally,  we were hosted by Edie Burns and Chef (who goes by chef IG handle @afreechef) of Anything At All at the Graduate Hotel on Roosevelt Island and treated to some delicious hors d’oeuvres, wine and cocktails.

This was truly an uplifting event! The opportunity to get together in-person and enjoy an outdoor excursion was a balm for the soul.  As Christina put it, “The weather was the star!” We extend a very warm thanks to everyone involved – including the PWG Education, Outreach and Networking Committee – and also to Rick O’Conor for documenting our event on the 

Roosevelt Islander Online

Insectageddon

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Saturday, September 25, 2021 from 3 – 6pm; film screenings at 3pm & 8pm

LOCATION: Various locations on and around the High Line

 

Insectageddon is a collective performance and call to action presented by artist and poet Cecilia Vicuña. The event addresses the devastating loss of insect populations around the world due to the immense scale of toxic industrial farming, pesticides, and habitat destruction. Insectageddon celebrates the millions of insects that visit and make their home on the High Line every year. Vicuña uses the wild and lively landscape of the park to remind us of the importance of insects for maintaining our vegetal world, as well as all living beings that rely on plants to live.

NYCPWG is proud to have participated in the planning and programming for this event. Member speakers include: Sarah Ward, National Wildlife Federation; Chris Kreussling, aka “Flatbush Gardener”; Sarah Kornbluth, bee biologist and Field Associate at the American Museum of Natural History. The brochure and resource guide (click image at left) was developed by Lisa Bloodgood, Director of Advocacy and Education at Newtown Creek Alliance.

For more information, Click Here

2021 Pollinator Week Events in NYC

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June 21-27, 2021 is Pollinator Week – an annual event celebrated internationally in support of pollinator health. We have put together a listing of several local events for you to learn, engage and celebrate our native pollinators!

Download our poster of events HERE (Updated 6/20)

See the calender with additional event info and links on our Get Involved page