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Climate Week 2025

Sep 20—28, 2025

Join us for a week of events spot?light?ing the Island¡¯s grow?ing role in the research, edu?ca?tion, and demon?stra?tion of equi?table cli?mate solu?tions for New York City and beyond. events on Gov?er?nors Island are orga?nized by the Trust, the Island¡¯s com?mu?ni?ty of part?ners and ten?ants, and and its core partners. 

Sched?ule of Events

Ongo?ing, dig?i?tal via Bloomberg Con?nects: Gov?er?nors Island Cli?mate Tech Crawl, the Trust for Gov?er?nors Island
Down?load the free Bloomberg Con?nects app to access a self-guid?ed tour through Gov?er?nors Island¡¯s cli?mate inno?va?tions?¡ª?from resilien?cy mea?sures built into its land?scapes to the lat?est in cli?mate tech. Launch?ing Sep?tem?ber 23

Sep?tem?ber 20, 2?¨C?3PM: A Gar?den for Colo?nial Blues Cli?mate Week Work?shops, Bronx Coun?cil on the Arts Colonels Row Build?ing 406A
Join artist Amy Pry?or for free demos of how to make self-water?ing con?tain?ers from sim?ple house?hold items and post-con??sumer waste, suit?able even for a win?dowsill. No reg?is?tra?tion required

Sep?tem?ber 20, 3?¨C?5PM: Echoes of Change Sound Instal?la?tion Open?ing Day Cli?mate Imag?i?nar?i?um & Human Impacts Insti?tute (HII) Colonels Row Build?ing 406A
Cre?at?ed by Sandy Davis, this immer?sive instal?la?tion blends sound, pro?jec?tion, and a dig?i?tal plat?form to ampli?fy youth voic?es from HII¡¯s Artivism & Ampli?fiers (A&A) pro?gram, rep?re?sent?ing com?mu?ni?ties across the Glob?al North and South. It is designed to edu?cate, inspire, and mobi?lize cli?mate action. Cen?ter?ing per?spec?tives from front?line, BIPOC, and under?rep?re?sent?ed com?mu?ni?ties, it invites you into a space where lis?ten?ing becomes a pow?er?ful act of engage?ment. Instal?la?tion on view through Octo?ber 12.

Sep?tem?ber 20, 12?¨C?4PM: Fall Open [Block] House, the Insti?tute for Pub?lic Archi?tec?ture Nolan Park Build?ing 9
Meet the cohort of six Fel?lows who spend eleven weeks liv?ing and work?ing on Gov?er?nors Island. Their projects will explore the 2025 cura?to?r?i?al theme of?¡®Liv?ing Lab?o?ra?tory¡¯ through exper?i?men?ta?tion across for?mat and methodology.

Sep?tem?ber 21, 11AM-4PM: Eco-Arts Fes?ti?val, Cli?mate Imag?i?nar?i?um, DuYe Moves, Arti?choke Dance Com?pa?ny Colonels Row Build?ings 405A & 406A
Kick off Cli?mate Week with a free fes?ti?val show?cas?ing eco?log?i?cal?ly inspired art works and par?tic?i?pa?to?ry expe?ri?ences. EcoArts Fes?ti?val fea?tures inspir?ing dance and music per?for?mances; reflec?tive and joy?ous visu?al arts, sculp?ture and films; and inter?ac?tive work?shops and instal?la?tions.

Sep?tem?ber 21, 1:30?¨C?2:15PM: Guid?ed Tour, Earth Mat?ter NY The Urban Farm
Learn about Earth Matter¡¯s mid-scale com?mu?ni?ty com?post?ing facil?i?ty, where they process up to 600 tons of mate?r?i?al annually.

Sep?tem?ber 21, 2?¨C?4PM: Scal?ing Cli?mate Inno?va?tions, Hen?ning Larsen Liggett Ter?race
Join Hen?ning Larsen for a casu?al Sun?day after?noon on Gov?er?nors Island dis?cussing cli?mate inno?va?tion, and expe?ri?ence Kli?maKover?¡ª?their autonomous, mod?u?lar cool?ing shel?ter designed to tack?le the urban heat island effect. 

Sep?tem?ber 21?¨C?22 & 27?¨C?28, 11AM-5PM: Futur?ism: A Sea?son Finale and Cli?mate Week Exhi?bi?tion, For?est for Trees Col?lec?tive Nolan Park Build?ing 7B
Visu?al arts exhi?bi?tion where artists draw from tra?di?tions of Afro?fu?tur?ism, Indige?nous futu?ri?ty, eco-sur?re?al?ism, and sur?vival?ist poet?ics to con?jure futures that are messy, mutant, and alive with possibility.

Sep?tem?ber 24, 9?¨C?11:30AM: The Exchange¡¯s Cli?mate Tech Show?case: Sup?port?ing Ear?ly-Stage Inno?va?tion Build?ing 309
Join The New York Cli?mate Exchange for a show?case spot?light?ing their inau?gur?al cohort of cli?mate tech fel?lows and experts from across the ear?ly-stage inno?va?tion ecosys?tem.

Sep?tem?ber 24, 12:30?¨C?1:15PM: From Insight to Impact: Dri?ving Agri?cul?tur?al Inno?va?tion with AI Build?ing 309
This ses?sion, co-host?ed by The Exchange and IBM, will explore how cut?ting-edge AI is being har?nessed to dri?ve a par?a?digm shift in agri?cul?tur?al resilience, enabling smarter resource man?age?ment.

Sep?tem?ber 24, 1:30?¨C?3:00PM: Cul?ti?vat?ing Cli?mate Resilience of Urban Agri?cul?ture in ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ Build?ing 309
Join The Exchange and Cor?nell Coop?er?a?tive Extension¡¯s Ag Cli?mate Resilien?cy Pro?gram, New York Soil Health, and Har?vest NY for a soil health field day on Gov?er?nors Island. This event, focused on best prac?tices for build?ing cli?mate resilience on urban farms, will con?clude with a GrowÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ teach?ing gar?den tour.

Sep?tem?ber 24, 3?¨C?6PM: Hope & Heal?ing: Cli?mate Grief Film Screen?ings, Cli?mate Imag?i?nar?i?um (in part?ner?ship with Good Grief Net?work, Strand?ed Astro?naut Pro?duc?tions, Cli?mate Film Fes?ti?val, Here On Earth, Human Impacts Insti?tute, Broad?way Cli?mate Sum?mit, and Cli?mate Caf¨¦ ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥) Colonels Row Build?ing 406A
Join the Cli?mate Imag?i?nar?i?um for a New York Cli?mate Week dou?ble fea?ture screen?ing event, show?cas?ing cli?mate grief on the big screen. The night will include screen?ings of the films Good Grief: The 10 Steps and Heal?ing Lahaina, as well as ground?ing exer?cis?es, plant-based treats, and a spe?cial Q&A ses?sion.

Sep?tem?ber 24, 3:30?¨C?5:00PM: Island(ing) Adap?ta?tions: Lever?ag?ing data to inform resilience Build?ing 309
Island(ing) Adap?ta?tions, co-host?ed by Pratt Insti?tute School of Archi?tec?ture & The New York Cli?mate Exchange, brings togeth?er vision?ar?ies from gov?ern?ment, design, finance, acad?e?mia, and pol?i?cy who are gath?er?ing crit?i?cal envi?ron?men?tal data and turn?ing water into oppor?tu?ni?ties across three con?ti?nents.

Sep?tem?ber 24, 4?¨C?6PM: Field Test?ing Reuse: Shap?ing a Cir?cu?lar Future Togeth?er, Earth Mat?ter NY The Urban Farm
Learn about Earth Matter¡¯s hands-on inves?ti?ga?tion of reuse as an anti?dote to plas?tics pol?lu?tion and throw?away society. 

Sep?tem?ber 25, 9?¨C?11:30AM: Sus?tain?able Solu?tions Chal?lenge Final?ist Show?case LMCC Arts Cen?ter at Gov?er?nors Island
Join The Exchange, the Low?er Man?hat?tan Cul?tur?al Coun?cil, AWS and Intel, and VELUX, for a show?case of the win?ning inno?va?tions from the orga?ni?za?tion¡¯s ¡ªa glob?al call for bold, scal?able ideas in cli?mate-resilient design, infra?struc?ture sys?tems, and build?ing tech?nolo?gies. Each select?ed solu?tion has the poten?tial to shape The Exchange¡¯s ground?break?ing cli?mate cam?pus on Gov?er?nors Island and trans?form cities world?wide.

Sep?tem?ber 25, 12?¨C?1:30PM: Achiev?ing Zero Waste: Mov?ing the Cir?cu?lar Econ?o?my from Idea to Prac?ti?cal Imple?men?ta?tion LMCC Arts Cen?ter at Gov?er?nors Island
This event, pre?sent?ed by The Exchange and Low?er Man?hat?tan Cul?tur?al Coun?cil, starts with the premise that waste is a design flaw?¡ª?in pack?ag?ing, prod?ucts, and the design and oper?a?tion of our build?ings and com?mu?ni?ties. Speak?ers from the Cen?ter for Zero Waste Design, the U.S. Green Build?ing Coun?cil, and CET will share con?crete steps that archi?tects, builders, build?ing own?ers, and oper?a?tors can take to imple?ment the cir?cu?lar econ?o?my in the built envi?ron?ment.

Sep?tem?ber 25, 2?¨C?3:30 PM: Marine Debt-for-Nature Swaps: What is Need?ed to Scale Blue Finance? LMCC Arts Cen?ter at Gov?er?nors Island
Join Duke Uni?ver?si?ty and The New York Cli?mate Exchange for an engag?ing event explor?ing how marine debt-for-nature swaps can deliv?er stronger out?comes for ocean con?ser?va?tion, cli?mate resilience, and coastal com?mu?ni?ties.

Sep?tem?ber 26, 9AM-6PM: Pow?er Down & Get Out?side: A Cli?mate Week Cul?mi?na?tion with The New York Cli?mate Exchange & the Trust for Gov?er?nors Island Build?ing 309
An 8?minute hybrid-elec?tric fer?ry ride is all that stands between you and a day full of fun and free out?door activ?i?ties. Shift away from for?mal Cli?mate Week ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ con?ver?sa?tions and toward nature-inspired con?ver?sa?tion, con?nec?tion, food, and action. Whether you come for an hour, or the day, join us in cel?e?brat?ing the Island¡¯s land?scapes, his?to?ry, and future?¡ª?as a mod?el for cli?mate solu?tions in cities around the world. Click here for a full sched?ule and RSVP info.

Sep?tem?ber 26, 11:45AM: Cli?mate Week Tree Tour, Gov?er?nors Island Nature Depart?ing from Sois?sons Land?ing
Near?ly 3,500 trees make up Gov?er?nors Island¡¯s canopy, pro?vid?ing essen?tial ben?e?fits for Island vis?i?tors and all New York?ers: they cap?ture and remove pol?lu?tion from the air, help mit?i?gate cli?mate change by absorb?ing and seques?ter?ing car?bon diox?ide, reduce runoff and oth?er flood?ing dur?ing weath?er events, help cool our com?mu?ni?ties, and fos?ter crit?i?cal bio?di?ver?si?ty. Join the Gov?er?nors Island Nature team for a spe?cial free guid?ed tour in hon?or of Cli?mate Week. REG?IS?TER HERE

Sep?tem?ber 27, 12?¨C?6PM: Cli?mate Week Open House, Low?er Man?hat?tan Cul?tur?al Coun?cil (LMCC) LMCC Arts Cen?ter at Gov?er?nors Island
Join LMCC for a full day of art in action explor?ing the inter?sec?tion of art, cli?mate, and urban ecol?o?gy?¡ª?free and open to all. Activ?i?ties include open stu?dios, the Works on Water 2025 Tri?en?ni?al, and a par?tic?i?pa?to?ry work?shop from Works on Water Tri?en?ni?al Artists and Sunk Shore co-founders Car?olyn Hall and Clarin?da Mac Low imag?in?ing the future of our shore?lines in the year 2100. 

Sep?tem?ber 27, 11AM-3PM: Urban Farm Cyan?otypes, Earth Mat?ter NY & Penum?bra Foun?da?tion The Urban Farm
Learn how to make cyan?otype pho?tograms with for?aged botan?i?cals from Gov?er?nors Island?¡ª?par?tic?i?pants will learn about mate?ri?als and tech?niques, for?age for their own mate?ri?als at Earth Matter¡¯s site on the Urban Farm and cre?ate their own unique cyan?otype prints. Rain date: Sep?tem?ber 28. Reg?is?tra?tion required. 

Sep?tem?ber 27, 2:15?¨C?3:45PM: Cli?mate Week Bird Tour, ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ Bird Alliance Depart?ing from Sois?sons Land?ing
Join ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ Bird Alliance for a spe?cial Cli?mate Week Bird Tour on Gov?er?nors Island?¡ª?home to near?ly 240 bird species. Whether you¡¯re an expert bird?er or a begin?ner, these tours will help you dis?cov?er what makes this island an excel?lent place for bird?ing.

Sep?tem?ber 27 & 28, 12?¨C?3PM: Teach?ing Gar?den, Cli?mate Change Edi?tion, GrowÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ The Urban Farm
Take a cli?mate change gar?den tour and enjoy fan mak?ing crafts dur?ing the Urban Farm¡¯s week?end pub?lic hours. 

Sep?tem?ber 27, 12?¨C?3PM: Teach?ing Gar?den, Cli?mate Change Edi?tion, GrowÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ The Urban Farm
Take a cli?mate change gar?den tour and enjoy fan mak?ing crafts dur?ing the Urban Farm¡¯s week?end pub?lic hours.

Sep?tem?ber 27, 5PM: 12^th Annu?al Fall F¨ºte Friends House Par?ty, the Insti?tute for Pub?lic Archi?tec?ture (IPA) Nolan Park Build?ing 9
Fin?ish Cli?mate Week strong with the IPA in cel?e?brat?ing twelve years of social impact pro?grams that use design to address social, phys?i?cal, and envi?ron?men?tal inequities in the city.

Sep?tem?ber 28, 1?¨C?4PM: Rip?ples of Change Scav?enger Hunt & Zine Release Par?ty, Cli?mate Imag?i?nar?i?um & Brave Leap Colonels Row Build?ing 406A
Cel?e?brate the clos?ing day of Cli?mate Week ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ with an after?noon of adven?ture, sto?ry?telling, and com?mu?ni?ty spir?it hon?or?ing 20 inspir?ing New York?ers who are mak?ing nature in the city more acces?si?ble, from surfers rid?ing the Rock?away waves to urban farm?ers grow?ing fresh pro?duce to boat builders and kayak?ers reimag?in?ing our water?ways.

On View Dai?ly: Gov?er?nors Island Arts Pub?lic Art?works
Gov?er?nors Island Arts, the arts and cul?tur?al pro?gram pre?sent?ed by the Trust, boasts a diverse col?lec?tion of pub?lic art pieces on view dai?ly through?out the Island, sev?er?al of which engage with issues of cli?mate and the environment: 

• Sam Van Aken¡¯s The Open Orchard, locat?ed in The Hills with?in the Island¡¯s award-win?ning park, takes the form of a vast pub?lic orchard of hybrid fruit trees, each con?tain?ing mul?ti?ple heir?loom vari?eties that were once found in abun?dance in the New York City area but have large?ly dis?ap?peared due to cli?mate change and the indus?tri?al?iza?tion of agriculture.
• Mark Dion¡¯s The Field Sta?tion of the Melan?choly Marine Biol?o?gist, locat?ed inside Build?ing 105 across from Fort Jay, trans?forms a his?toric for?mer arse?nal build?ing into an aban?doned research out?post that invites vis?i?tors to peer inside and imag?ine the life of a soli?tary researcher faced with the real?i?ties of a future marred by cli?mate change.
• Duke Riley¡¯s Not for Nut?ten, locat?ed in the Bat?tery Mar?itime Build?ing fer?ry ter?mi?nal at 10 South Street in Man?hat?tan, is a large-scale mur?al depict?ing vignettes from the Island¡¯s his?to?ry con?tained with?in mod?ern-day sin?gle-use plas?tic con?tain?ers found float?ing in oceans world?wide in a play on the tra?di?tion?al ?¡°ship in a bottle.¡±