Earth Day 2026 on Gov­er­nors Island

Save the date for Earth Day 2026 on Gov­er­nors Island! Fea­tur­ing free activ­i­ties for all ages, includ­ing eco­log­i­cal stew­ard­ship, walk­ing tours, an out­door sound bath, cli­mate tech demos, food trucks, com­mu­ni­ty sci­ence, and more to be announced.

All events and activ­i­ties will take place in Liggett Ter­race unless oth­er­wise noted.

• 10AM-2PM: Live demos from the Gov­er­nors Island Cli­mate Pilots, Com­post Scav­enger Hunt with Earth Mat­ter NY, Seed­ball Mak­ing with Gov­er­nors Island Nature
• 10:30 – 11:30AM: Bird­ing Tour with NYC Bird Alliance
• 10:30AM-12:30PM: NYCHA Res­i­dent Cli­mate Action Grants Cel­e­bra­tion with The New York Cli­mate Exchange, Pub­lic Hous­ing Com­mu­ni­ty Fund, and LMCC (LMC­C’s Arts Cen­ter) Reg­is­ter here »
• 11:30AM-12:30PM: Tree Tour with Gov­er­nors Island Nature Reg­is­ter here »
• 12 – 4PM: Film Screen­ing and Fel­lows Talk with the Insti­tute for Pub­lic Archi­tec­ture (Nolan Park Build­ing 9)
• 12 – 1PM: Ham­mock Grove Sound Bath with DuYe Moves
• 12 – 2PM: Free bike lessons for kids with BikeNYC
• 12 – 4PM: Open Stu­dios with LMCC (LMC­C’s Arts Cen­ter)
• 12:30 – 1:30PM: Gov­er­nors Island Walk­ing Tour Reg­is­ter here »
• 1 – 3PM: Trans­form­ing New York Har­bor Debris into Pup­pets with LMCC and The New York Cli­mate Exchange (LMC­C’s Arts Center)
• 1:30 – 2:30PM: Tree Tour with Gov­er­nors Island Nature Reg­is­ter here »
• 3:45 – 4:45PM: In con­ver­sa­tion: Moe Yousuf, LMCCPres­i­dent, and Joseph M. Pierce, Stony Brook Uni­ver­si­ty Pro­fes­sor and author of Spec­u­la­tive Rela­tions: Indige­nous World­ing and Repair (LMC­C’s Arts Cen­ter)
• 4:45 – 6PM: Clos­ing Recep­tion with Low­er Man­hat­tan Cul­tur­al Coun­cil (LMC­C’s Arts Cen­ter)

Earth Day is rain or shine.

Location:

Governors Island
Liggett Terrace
49-101 Division Road
New York, NY, 10004