The NEW New York: Greenhomenyc's DIY Green Street Festival October 2, 2010

This festival takes place along 3rd Street between Bond and Hoyt, near the Carroll St. F Train. Catering to citizens anywhere on the green spectrum from curious to committed, this event will bring concepts to life through hands-on activities. For example, a local compost vendor, Vokashi, will sell compost kits as well as have compost on hand to smell and examine up close. Recycle-A-Bicycle will demonstrate how to repair a bike and take donations of old bikes. Bring your old clothes to be recycled through Wearable Collections, and your e-waste through the Lower East Side Ecology Center. In addition to over 45 vendors, there will be special neighborhood tours such as a "ride-along" on a brownstone's energy audit, a trip to a green roof, and a tour of Third + Bond, which is anticipating LEED-Gold. In keeping with the theme, the NEW New York itself will be green: using biodiesel and compostable food containers, recycling trash and composting food-waste, minimizing trash by asking vendors to present paperless, and purchasing carbon off-sets.