Join Sustainable Flatbush For The People’s Climate March This Sunday
Sustainable Flatbush is inviting all neighbors to meet up with them before joining the more than 100,000 people expected to attend the People’s Climate March this Sunday, September 21 – which is being held just days before the United Nations Climate Summit in an effort to “let our world leaders know how urgently the public is calling for solutions to climate disruption, and how we need to move quickly from dirty fuels to clean energy,” as Sustainable Flatbush said.
From Sustainable Flatbush’s website:
This event promises to be the largest mobilization of support for climate solutions the world has ever seen. Sustainable Flatbush will be there and YOU are invited to march with us! We’ll meet for conversation and snacks (provided by our friends at Flatbush Food Coop) before heading to Manhattan, where we’ll join the Climate March’s Food Justice Contingent. Meet neighbors who share your concerns for the planet, then join us to be part of this historic event.
Sustainable Flatbush will meet in front of the Flatbush Food Co-op (1415 Cortelyou Road) at 9am on Sunday. They will depart for Manhattan at 9:45am sharp.
The folks at Sustainable Flatbush also pointed out that they hope to return from the March in time to celebrate the annual Flatbush Frolic, which is being held this Sunday from 11am to 6pm.
You can see more information about the climate march meet-up here.
The climate march itself (which you can see more information about here) will begin at 11:30am, and those participating are asked to gather on Central Park West, between 65th and 86th streets. You can enter on 65th, 72nd, 77th, 81st, or 86th streets. The march will travel down Central Park West and go east on 59th Street, turn on 6th Avenue and go south to 42nd Street, turn right onto 42nd Street and go west to 11th Avenue, and turn left on 11th Avenue and go south to 34th Street. It is expected to end on 11th Avenue between 34th and 38th streets.
The march will culminate with a block party, including a massive tree installation by the Brooklyn-based artist Swoon (whose “Submerged Motherlands” exhibit was just at the Brooklyn Museum.) You can see more information about the art installation here.Photo via People’s Climate March.