Staten Island Green Umbrella- Upcoming Events and Programs April 2019-April 2020
Staten Island Green Umbrella is a forum for organizations that provide environmental programming on Staten Island
April 2019
Staten Island Museum: Family Art Workshop: Basic Bookbinding, Saturday April 6
Snug Harbor Cultural Center: Include the Food at Hill Street Community Garden, Saturday April 6
Staten Island Museum: Bird/Nature Walks
4/3 High Rock Park
4/17 Wolfe’s Pond Park/Lemon Creek
Snug Harbor Cultural Center: Choose the Right Bin for You, Saturday April 13
Staten Island Museum: Exhibition: Field Notes Public Opening, Saturday April 13 12-2pm
Staten Island Children’s Museum: 2nd Saturday Science: Invasive Species Papermaking, Saturday April 13 12-1pm
NYC Compost Project Turn and Learn: Saturday April 13 and Tues April 23
Clay Pit Ponds: Egg Hunt Earth Day Cleanup: Saturday April 20
Greenbelt Nature Center: Professional Learning for Educators: Project Learning Tree Early Childhood: Tuesday April 23 930am-1230pm
Natural Resources Protective Association: Cleanup New Dorp Beach, Tuesday April 23
Staten Island Museum: Imagination Studio Printmaking, Wednesday April 24- Friday April 26
Staten Island Museum: Earth Day How-To Festival, Saturday April 27 12pm-4pm
Clay Pit Ponds: City Nature Challenge, Saturday April 27
High Rock Challenge: Saturday April 27
Staten Island Museum: Super Science: Mini Bio Blitz, Saturday April 27
St George Day Festival, Tompkinsville Park: Sunday April 28
Staten Island Zoo: Farm Day, Sunday April 28
May 2019
Snug Harbor Cultural Center: Plant Sale, Saturday May 4
Staten Island Museum: Bird/Nature Walks
5/1 Conference House
5/8 Clove Lakes
5/22 Great Kills Park
5/29 Brookfield Park
Carousel Opening Day: May the Forest Be With You, Willowbrook Park, Saturday May 4 12pm-4pm
Clay Pit Ponds: I Love My Park Day, Saturday May 4
Staten Island Museum: Family Art Workshop: Seed Collagraphs, Saturday May 4
Staten Island Zoo: Volunteer Recruitment Day, Sunday May 5
Snug Harbor Cultural Center: Compost Extract/Tea Workshop, Saturday May 11
Staten Island Zoo: Access for All Art- Gyotaku, Saturday May 11
Natural Resources Protective Association and SI Coalition for Wetlands and Forests: Environmental Fair, Saturday May 11 9am-12pm
NYC Compost Project Turn and Learn: Saturday May 11 and Tues May 28
Ocean Breeze: Health Fair, Saturday May 11 10am-1pm
Ecology Day at the Staten Island Mall, Saturday May 18
Citywide: It’s My Park Day, Saturday May 18
Natural Resources Protective Association: Cleanup of Oakwood Beach, Saturday May 18 9am
Staten Island Museum: Super Science, Self-Sustaining Aquariums, Saturday May 25
Staten Island Zoo: World Turtle Day, Saturday May 25
Staten Island Museum: Artist Talk with Gale Wisdom, Plant/Photograms, Camera-less Photography, Sunday May 26 2-330pm
Greenbelt Blue Jean Ball, Willowbrook Park, Thursday May 30 7-10pm
June 2019
Ocean Breeze: Green Team Volunteer Project Saturday June 1 10am-12pm
Greenbelt Outdoor Adventure Day, Willowbrook Park, Saturday June 1 11am-3pm
SI Children’s Museum Science Carnival, Saturday June 1
Staten Island Museum: Family Art Workshop: Fairy Gardens: Saturday June 1
Staten Island Museum: Bird and Nature Walks Wednesday June 5 Buck’s Hollow
Staten Island Museum: Homegrown Staten Island and the World of Botany, Sunday June 2 2-3pm Botanists Ed Toth and Richard Lynch
Staten Island Museum: World Science Festival: Ultimate Science Fair and Apprentice Program, Sunday June 2 10am-6pm
Staten Island Museum: Insect Dichotomous Key program, Sunday June 2
June 4-June 25: Sing for Hope Pop-Up Pianos: Conference House, Greenbelt Nature Center, Historic Richmondtown, and various locations citywide
Greenbelt Nature Center: Chancellors Day Professional Learning: Population Connection
Thursday June 6
Staten Island Zoo: SIEDC Green and Clean Festival, Thursday June 6
Snug Harbor Cultural Center: Wormshop, Saturday June 8
Staten Island Zoo: Conservation Celebration Saturday June 8
NYC Compost Project Turn and Learn: Saturday June 8 and Tues June 25
Staten Island Childrens’ Museum: 2nd Saturday Science: Wetlands Excursion: Saturday June 8 12-1pm
Ocean Breeze: Green Team Volunteer Project Saturday June 15 10am-12pm
Staten Island Zoo: Cleanup at Lemon Creek Park (Seguine Ave) Saturday June 15
Staten Island Museum: Bird and Nature Walks Wednesday June 19 Mount Loretto Unique Area
Staten Island Museum: Big Sitewide Picnic, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Saturday June 15 (rain date June 22)
Greenbelt Nature Center: 15th birthday celebration: 11-2 Shibori in Blue and 2:30 SI OutLOUD: Nature of Staten Island: Prose and Poetry: Saturday June 22
Staten Island Museum: Super Science: Life on A Log: Saturday June 22
SI Zoo Con Edison Event #3: Sunday June 23
Clay Pit Ponds: Mud Day, Saturday June 29
Clay Pit Ponds: Pottery Series, Saturday June 29
Fresh Kills Park Open Hours Sunday June 30
July 2019
Greenbelt Summer Day Camp, High Rock Park July 8-August 9 (Mon-Thurs)
Staten Island Museum Earth Camp July 8-July 19
Staten Island Museum and Staten Island Children’s’ Museum: Moth Night, Saturday July 20
830-1030pm, Snug Harbor
NYC Compost Project Turn and Learn: Saturday July 13 and Tuesday July 23
Snug Harbor Cultural Center: Saturday July 13, Power of Compost Workshop Part I
SI Zoo Con Edison Event #4: Saturday July 13
SI Zoo Con Edison Event #5: Sunday July 21
August 2019
NYC Compost Project: Saturday August 10 and Tuesday August 27
SI Zoo Con Edison Event #6: Saturday August 10
Snug Harbor Cultural Center: Power of Compost Part 2: Saturday August 10
Staten Island Museum STEM Discovery Camp August 5-16
BioBlitz, Blue Heron Park Friday August 18-Saturday August 19
SI Zoo Con Edison Event #7: Saturday August 25
September 2019
Snug Harbor Cultural Center: Compost 101 Sat September 14
Freshkills Park: Discovery Day, Sunday September 15
NYC Compost Project Turn and Learn: Sat September 14 and Tuesday September 24
Into Our Woods, Greenbelt Nature Center (Fall Benefit): Friday September 20
Staten Island Museum Fence Show: Saturday September 21 (rain date: September 22)
October 2019
Snug Harbor Cultural Center: Putting your Garden to Bed: Sat October 12
NYC Compost Project Turn and Learn: Saturday October 12 and Tuesday October 22
Staten Island Zoo: Autism Awareness, Monday October 14
Clay Pit Ponds Harvest Festival, Saturday October 19
Greenbelt Pumpkin Festival, Willowbrook Park, Saturday October 5
November 2019
Snug Harbor Cultural Center: Wormshop: Sat November 9
NYC Compost Project Turn and Learn: Saturday November 9 and Tuesday November 26
Staten Island Zoo: Thanksgiving with the Beasts, Saturday November 16
December 2019
Staten Island Museum: Horticulture and Food Ways and Seed Sharing: themed series of adult talks with leading, Winter 2020
January 2020
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve: 1st Day Hike (Wednesday 1.1.2020)
February 2020
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve: Maple Syrup Saturdays (every Saturday in February)
Staten Island Museum: “Field Notes” closed to the public, February 23, 2020
April 2020
Wednesday April 22, 2020: 50th anniversary of Earth Day
