DETAILS
WHERE:
235 Bowery
New York, NY 10002
TASK:
Sustainability Monitors - These volunteers will be working with GrowNYC and will be trained and tasked to encourage New Yorkers to properly sort, compost, recycle and/or dispose waste in their proper receptacles. Monitors will be dedicated to educating festival-goers on the importance of environmental stewardship, a very important role in what we hope to be a minimal waste event. Volunteers will not be responsible for bagging garbage or handling the garbage in any way. We will make chairs available.
SHIFTS:
11:30 AM-2:30 PM, 2-5 PM and 4:30-7 PM.
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ABOUT THE EVENT
IDEAS CITY (
ideas-city.org) is a major collaborative initiative, involving scores of organizations working together to effect change. The Festival will include an innovative, participatory, outdoor street program along the Bowery on Saturday, May 30 from 12-6 p.m. 75+ local grassroots organizations and small businesses will present model products and practices in a unique outdoor environment. Visitors can expect architectural interventions, hands-on workshops, oral history projects, tours, and a food court featuring the best restaurants and vendors from the Lower East Side.
IDEAS CITY explores the future of cities with culture as a driving force. A collaborative, civic, and creative enterprise, it builds on the New Museum’s mission of “New Art, New Ideas” by expanding the Museum beyond its walls into the civic realm. Through talks, panels, workshops, projects, performances, and exhibitions, IDEAS CITY investigates key issues, proposes solutions, and seeds concrete actions. Founded by the New Museum in 2011, it is a major collaborative initiative between hundreds of arts, education, and civic organizations. A biennial IDEAS CITY Festival (2011, 2013, 2015, etc.) takes place every other May in New York City, while Global Conferences are organized in cities around the world. Both New York Festivals brought over fifty thousand people to the Bowery neighborhood in 2011 and 2013, respectively. The theme for 2015 is The Invisible City. In 2013, IDEAS CITY explored the theme of Untapped Capital.
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Mona Miao
'14-'15 Projects Co-Chair
