Earth Celebrations

Description

Earth Celebrations was founded in 1991 on the Lower East Side of New York City, to apply the arts to mobilize action on environmental issues impacting the neighborhood. The organization grew out of its Save Our Gardens project, that applied innovative cultural strategies to build a coalition effort to preserve the magnificent network of community gardens, threatened with destruction by proposed development plans. For 30 years we have applied the arts to build community, collaboration and action on climate change, water quality, river restoration, waste management, and the preservation of species, habitats, nature, gardens, parks, and a healthy urban environment. Our innovative cultural and environmental action projects provide a vital creative and collaborative platform for residents, artists, and organizations to address and amplify issues, and develop solutions to environmental and climate challenges. Earth Celebrations builds broad-based coalitions and diverse sector partnerships with local organizations, academic institutions, government agencies, schools and community residents, to work together to achieve common goals and ecological, policy and social change.