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This weekend get the kids thinking ahead to spring. Help the Lower East Side Ecology Center plant daffodil bulbs to get East River Park ready for next spring. Tools and gloves will be provided, but bring a snack and water. You...
Beginning this Friday, the Lower East Side Ecology Center is holding free catch-and-release fishing clinics at the East River.  Bait and tackle will be provided (or bring your own), plus basic fishing instruction and other activities to explore the estuary.  Kids under 15 must...
The Lower East Side Ecology Center is offering a workshop on Worm Composting for Kids, this afternoon, at the Whole Foods Bowery culinary center. They write: "Taking waste reduction to the next generation! By using red wiggler worms, you...
E. River Waterfront Project design by SHoP ArchitectsImmigrant Social Services (ISS) announced Wednesday that it has joined forces with local ecologists and architects to create "This Is Our River", a free hands-on project for students at PS126, in...
