2:15-2:45PM, Diamond Spratling

Set sail with Diamond as she reads from Sage Saves the World. Sage embarks on a journey to save the polar bears from the dangers of climate change. After the reading, make your own adventure boat.

3-4PM (every 15-30 minutes)

Join author Tulani Thomas as she reads from her children’s book series, TuTu and The Green Crew! Take a seat, settle in, and get for inspiration and some fun on going green and staying green.

12:00-4:15PM, ~25 Individuals

See who’s sharing their career journey during Street Works. Hear from folks at different points in their careers as they chat about how they got to where they are and the challenges along the way. Not a lecture. Bring your questions!

All day, Frontline Resource Institute

What does a joyful future, free of climate change, look like to you? Add to a collaborative drawing with your response to this question.

11am-4pm, Kaleidospace & More

Join us for an micro-theater featuring short films on climate justice and local stories, including work by Queens filmmakers.

All day, Bayeté Ross Smith

Contribute songs on freedom and liberation to Bayeté Ross Smith’s sculpture made of sugarcane & cotton boombox replicas.

1:15–2:10pm, Queens Mutual Aid

Step into a quiet circle for a guided visualization to meet your future self as an elder, an ancestor, a wisdom keeper.

1:15–2:10pm, Sunny Roberts & Jessica Bauman

Reflect together on who is part of our support systems for daily needs, growth, and work, and how we can expand our circles together.

2-2:30PM, Khalil Remtula

A drawing workshop, where you’ll design your own climate hero, in anime style, reflecting your values & vision for change.

All day, (Focus on Future@Work 12-2PM), Satia Koroma & Natalie Bedon/Street Works/MJN

Navigators will help you make sense of the environment, learn about the event, and offer ideas about which activities might best match your interests.

All Day, Ernest Verrett & Anjali Deshmukh/Street Works/MJN

In 2024, this installation invited passersby to add to a bead curtain reflecting on climate change. In 2025, it weaves in the story of wealth inequality, thanks to support from Stella Muti and the World Inequality Database.

All Day, Memo Salazar

Add your memories — of planet, community, and more — to a growing wall of comic panels.

All day, Grist

Imagine what a clean, green, and just future can look like by writing your own hopeful climate headline for the year 2050.

All day, Queens Mutual Aid

Recharge with calming prompts, reflective questions, and affirmations rooted in care for self, community, and the Earth.

All day, Queens Mutual Aid

Honor the people, places, and acts that sustain you and our planet. Add a note or drawing to help build a shared story of climate resilience, care, and community power.

All Day, Southeast Queens Residents Environmental Justice Coalition

Learn about Southeast Queens’s fight against groundwater flooding and the siting of lithium-ion battery storage in stones throw from homes and a hospital. You’ll walk away with tips on how to prepare for floods from folks who’ve learned by doing.

All day, Latin Academy

Learn how climate change impacts the Latiné community while learning Spanish nature words, games, and free face painting.

Bear witness to what is disappearing and envision what we can do to resist erasures and build abundant futures.

All Day, Team AOC

Join a hands-on creative project using sunlight and light-sensitive paper to make unique sun print. As you create, we’ll explore the Green New Deal, jobs and justice-centered plan to decarbonize the U.S. economy in ten years

2PM onward, (until materials run out), MJN/Marissa Yi/Justin Yi

Join us in making sealed gardens that can thrive without you ever needing to water it. Terrariums show us how ecosystems sustain, a reminder that balance makes life possible in a jar, a neighborhood, or the planet.