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Earth Week at the Audubon Center
 

Celebrate Earth Week at the Prospect Park Audubon Center! This year’s Earth Week will have a different theme each day, with programming for environmentalists of all ages.

April 21 - 27 at the Audubon Center

Learn how to do your part through lectures, tours, activities, film screenings, workshops, recyclable crafts, and a daily exhibit. See the schedule below for a full list of what’s going on.

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Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday

Earth Week Crafts, 1 – 3 p.m.
Connect with nature in a whole new way by making all-natural and recycled crafts! Drop in and create a take-home craft.

Discover Tour: Natural Revival, 3 p.m.
Audubon naturalists explain what can be done to protect nature in Prospect Park, the history and philosophy behind its restoration, and the future of the park. Binoculars provided. 

Earth Day Pledge, 1 – 4 p.m.
Learn about what you can do to help the environment by reducing waste, conserving energy, recycling, saving water, and protecting our natural resources. Make an Earth Day pledge that will be posted at the Boathouse. 

Advocacy Station Craft,  2 – 4 p.m.
Speak out! Design and make an advocacy button that displays your most passionate environmental issue opinion. Supplies and button maker provided. 

Film Screening: the BBC's "Planet Earth: Seasonal Forests", 4 p.m.
Watch this Emmy Award-winning BBC nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough. This episode surveys the coniferous and deciduous seasonal woodland habitats—the most extensive forests on Earth. Appropriate for all ages. 44 min. 

Earth Week Crafts, 1 – 3 p.m.
See April 21.

Discover Tour: Natural Revival, 3 p.m.
See April 21.

Arbor Day Celebration: Children's Story Time, 2 – 3 p.m.
Story readings from some of the most famous children’s books that have trees as their subjects. 

Tree Walk, 3 – 4 p.m.
Learn what magnificent and famous specimens call Prospect Park home on a tree walk with a Naturalist. 

B'EarthDay Bash 
Celebrate the birthdays of John James Audubon, Frederick Law Olmsted, and James T. Stranahan, along with the sixth anniversary of the Prospect Park Audubon Center. Expect a fun-filled day of special guided walks, craft workshops, and more. 

Children's Craft: Nature Journals, 1 – 3 p.m.
Like all great naturalists, John James Audubon was famous for his nature journals. Keep his spirit alive by creating your own out of recycled materials, then take your journal out on the nature walk at 3 p.m. and record your first observations. 

John James Audubon-inspired Nature Walk, 3 – 4 p.m.
Join our Senior Naturalist on a nature walk influenced by the spirit of John James Audubon. Tour Prospect Park’s most interesting natural areas while gaining an understanding of Audubon’s passion for the natural world. Binoculars provided. 

Artist's Reception: Leaf and Circle, 5 - 8 p.m.
Join this reception for artist Jessica Baker's unique exhibit. Click here for more information.



Sunday, April 27 
Bicycle Tune-Up Center, 1 – 4 p.m.
Riding a bicycle instead of driving a car is a simple way to help the environment. Bring your bike to the Audubon Center and get help tuning it up for spring. Also, learn quick lessons for maintaining your bike and improving its performance.

Think Locally! 2 – 3 p.m.
Ever wonder what it really takes to get everyday goods and resources such as groceries or electricity into your home? Join us for a presentation on the topic of bioregionalism—learn what it is, how you can practice it, and what working examples exist in Brooklyn today. 

Discover Tour: Get Inspired! Get Motivated! 3 p.m.
Inspiration leads to motivation, and motivation results in action! Take a tour of the beautifully restored Midwood forest and lend a hand to help clean up the area. Learn about the Midwood’s ecological history and what is being done to restore it. Binoculars provided.