Cleaner rides, healthier communities

• March for Science NYC aims to #EducateToEmpower by standing up for science and teaching civic engagement in STEM year round.   
• Le Botaniste is the first 100 percent organic, plant-based, sustainable concept certified carbon-neutral in NYC.
• Extinction Rebellion is mobilizing to defund destruction from April 24 to 26 by protesting banks’ funding of fossil fuels.
• DeliverZero makes it easy to order takeout and delivery in returnable reusable packaging. Search your address to find a participating restaurant near you.
• Future is giving free rides on all MTA transit through April when you pay with your FutureCard Visa Debit Card.  Sign up to start getting rewarded for your sustainable purchases.
  
• OnePointFive is building an ecosystem of climate experts to help organizations grow sustainably without destroying the planet. Get smarter about climate!
  
• Visit EarthxTV‘s booth to celebrate the people, places, creatures and cultures that make our planet worth protecting.  
  
• Grow your own creations from vases to side tables out of ​​mycelium with Grow It Yourself materials from Grow.bio. Just add flour and water, then watch mycelium grow in only seven days. 
• Fridays for Future and other members of the environmental community are organizing a large-scale demonstration in DC on April 22 to call for a complete end to fossil fuels.  Join them for an art build and to get more info at our festival.
• Earth Breeze‘s liquid-less Eco Sheets are low waste and easy to use, with free carbon-neutral delivery straight to your door!  And they donate 10 loads of detergent to a charitable cause of your choice for every purchase.
• Our media partner iHeartMedia is committed to spreading the message of sustainability, green living, slowing climate change and more.  Tune in to iHeartMedia podcasts to listen about how you can make a difference. 
• Just Salad empowers guests to make eco-friendly decisions. The brand is home to the world’s largest restaurant reusable program and offers climate-conscious meals.
  
• Domini Impact Investments, a women-led investment firm, allows you to inspire a greener world, one investment at a time.
• Check out Nature’s Fynd and their nutritional fungi that’s a more sustainable alternative protein.
• Guayakí sources fair trade and organic yerba mate from smallholder and Indigenous producers who help steward the regenerative movement.
  
• Best Friends Animal Society will be at the event educating on saving the lives of cats and dogs across New York City. 
• From electrifying its own fleet, to adding one million charging stations to New York City and beyond, Con Edison making the switch to EV ownership more rewarding than ever.
  Biodegradable products can make a big difference for the health of our ocean and waterways. Learn more and check out our partners Beloved X Love Beauty and Planet at the festival.
  
• SecondMuse is an impact and innovation company that builds resilient and climate-friendly economies by supporting entrepreneurs and the ecosystems around them. 
• Plant-based PLNT Burger and Eat the Change are new additions to the neighborhood and will be sampling their sustainable food options.
• Visit the DSNY booth and learn more about how to compost in your neighborhood and make our city cleaner and greener!  

• Bill Nye in a special explainer in partnership with Environmental Defense Fund on methane’s role in climate change.
• Earth Day Initiative Executive Director John Oppermann in conversation with Philippe Cousteau on the importance of ocean conservation and the inextricable links between our oceans and climate change.
• Conversations with IZZY and Earth Day Initiative board member and actress Alysia Reiner on going zero waste in the beauty industry.

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WHAT CAN YOU DO RIGHT NOW? Be a climate communicator.  People are dramatically more likely to get involved in activism and take action in their own lives and communities if they are invited to do so by someone they know.  Forward this email to three friends, family members, or coworkers and invite them to come with you to our events this spring!