Community Tables on Meditation Lawn & Blackwell Plaza
10 AM – 2 PM: RIOC will host a table with a free Earthlove Day community
giveaway.
10 AM – 2 PM: Roosevelt Island Historical Society will host a table with
free children’s book giveaways and other items.
10 AM – 2 PM: Wildlife Freedom Fund will host a table with free
Earthlove Day giveaways.
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Island OM will host an info table on yoga on
Meditation Lawn.
Health and Wellness
10 AM – 10:45 AM: MSTDA will host a free capoeira class on Meditation
Lawn.
10 AM – 2 PM: Bike New York is hosting learn to ride bike classes for
children and adults
(pre-registration required) at the Capobianco Courts.
10 AM – 2 PM: Bike New York is also offering free bike repairs under the
Helix.
11 AM – 12 PM: Island OM will host a free yoga class for island
residents on Meditation Lawn.
12 PM – 1:30 PM: Roosevelt Island Runners and the Roosevelt Island
Plogging Club will host a plogging run highlighting our island’s green
spaces that steps off from Meditation Lawn at noon.
Recycling/Thrift/Composting
10 AM – 2 PM: Roosevelt Island thRIft will host a table in Blackwell
Plaza where they will be accepting donations of clothes, accessories,
and books. Donated items will also be available for sale!
10 AM – 2 PM: The Carter Burden Older Adult Center is co-hosting an
electronics recycling drop-off point in conjunction with State Senator
Liz Krueger’s office. Electronics can be brought to the senior center
garden for recycling.
10 AM – 2 PM: Haki Compost returns to Good Shepherd Plaza in conjunction
with the Roosevelt Island Garden Club to collect compostable food items.
10 AM – 2 PM: The Roosevelt Island Public Library is hosting a book swap
and accepting book donations in Blackwell Plaza.
Educational Seminars
10 AM – 2 PM: iDig2Learn will host free tours on Roosevelt Island’s new
“Manhattan Healing Pocket Forest” in Southpoint Park just north of
Strecker Lab. (No pre-registration necessary.)
12 PM – 2 PM: Outdoor tours of Cornell Tech’s sustainability features
(20-minute tours at 12:00 pm, 12:30 pm, 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm). Meet
outside the entrance to the Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Center, 2 West
Loop Road. (No pre-registration necessary.)
Children’s Activities
10 AM – 2 PM: The Roosevelt Island Youth Center is hosting a free
recycling themed art table for kids on Meditation Lawn.
10 AM – 2PM: Island Kids is hosting an environmentally themed activity
table on Meditation Lawn.
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: The Youth Center will also host a recycling themed
scavengers hunt on Meditation Lawn.
10 AM – 2 PM: RIOC is also sponsoring free kids face-painting and a
photo booth on Meditation Lawn.
The current forecast for Saturday is looking good, so we can’t wait to
see everyone for this year’s Earthlove Day celebration on Saturday!
-RIOC Communications and Community Affairs