Local Spokes

12/08/2023

07/24/2023

Here's the first video made for and by Local Spokes!

In summer 2012, the Local Spokes Youth Ambassadors explored the Lower East Side and Chinatown neighborhoods by bicycle and were introduced to important conce...

05/02/2022

yes! make 2022 not the year of the rat!

City Councilmember Christopher Marte and Department of Health are hosting a virtual Rat Academy training on Friday, May 6th from 12pm-2pm.

Link - https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/5639842/Rat-Academy-Registration?eventid=a1Q4V00002VngsCUAR&Programname=Pest%20Control%20Services

The Rat Academy is a seminar that will teach people how to engage in effective rat prevention methods.

05/09/2021

Honor our first mother - by telling NYC City Council to protect the jewel of the harbor, . This is an easy way to send your council member a note, or write your own before they vote on Tuesday.

https://govislandcoalition.org/one-click-letter-to-ny-city-council/

The NY City Council Land Use Committee votes Tues May 11th!. Fill in this form to send the below letter . Dear City Councilmembers, I urge you to reject the current Trust For Governors Island (TGI) rezoning proposal: it effectively privatizes 33 public acres and is just too big and too extreme. … ...

04/21/2021

Support Green Map’s work around NYC & around the world by donating $10 - $100 for a 100% match now thru Friday night 4/23/21 -- https://goto.gg/39557

Check out the latest news at Reports and toward the bottom, Project Documentation that alternates mapping and place making around NYC and how this work helps our global network. Your support is Key!

A great action for Earth Day & Climate Action Week - get your donation matched at https://goto.gg/39557

Thank you!!

Green Map NYC published its first map highlighting climate change in 2006. Today, with climate urgency transforming our priorities, Green Map System seeks your support for a variety of replicable local climate health action projects, on the map, in the media and on the streets.

12/03/2020

Local Spokes used to meet in this park! imagine a new community space with us on Monday

Envisioning the Stanton Building’s Return to the Community

Monday, December 7th
7–8pm
https://www.facebook.com/StantonBldg/live

Please join us for an online presentation by students in the Interior Design program at Pratt Institute who have been applying their skills and infusing fresh thinking into a community vision for the Stanton Building in SDR Park.

Brief presentations by these Fall 2020 students of their designs for the Stanton Building will be followed by a dialogue with community members. Please join us!

hosted by the Stanton Task Force

07/20/2020

Join this vigil for Trees this Thursday!

On July 23rd at 7 pm join a candle-lit Kinstilatory gathering and procession beginning in the Amphitheater at Abrons Arts Center at 466 Grand Street, Lower East Side, Manahatta, Lenapehoking. Artists and activists Anaïs Duplan, Demian DinéYazhi´, Jasmin Sanchez, Joseph M. Pierce join Emily Johnso...

06/08/2020

Recycle-A-Bicycle’s Eric Robinson is featured on a wall of Brooklyn essential workers in . shops are essential!

04/21/2020

50% match now for Green Map NYC’s climate & eco projects, including bike projects! In the midst of the pandemic, support bonding with nature nearby. See healthy new projects at http://bit.ly/GMpivot!

Please donate here for 50% through Friday night: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/nyc-climate-action/

Corona Direct Actions by Green Map + Wendy Brawer Green Map Recovery Icons + draft map Open Green Map 2 - mapping platform in development Climate S’heros exhibition Our postponed exhibit at MoRUS LES Community Tree Canopy Pier 36 Campaign Open Space Gateway & Active Tourism Campaign Bike Ready + ....

01/08/2020

Many Local Spokes rides and events took place in East River Park.

Petition to sign and share asap: stop the City's latest secretive, costly, destructive plan. Now they want to eliminate the compost yard in East River Park. It makes no sense, unless you want increase climate changing impacts. Sign now! more than 1,000 signed the first day….

https://www.change.org/p/councilmember-rivera-and-mayor-de-blasio-save-the-lower-east-side-ecology-center-s-community-compost-program?recruiter=1032747848&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&fbclid=IwAR1zVeW-F6RsbLW6wDBfSWVCsZPb2s4mgdVsFX5FIV384BKjhQfDNkrygl4

Save the Lower East Side Ecology Center's Community Compost Program!

09/25/2019

TOMORROW - all welcome to:

The ? What does it have to do with our reality on the Lower East Side? Come take A Walk in the Park - SDGs in the Real World on Thursday Sept 26, 4 to 6 pm, in Sara Roosevelt Park NYC (starts at 2nd Ave & Houston, SW corner). Download the map at http://GreenMap.org/SDGparkwalk19

Thursday, Sept 26:

05/10/2019

Cyclists! Are you concerned about the East River Parks' closing in March 2020, including the greenway?

East River Alliance invites you to
Ask your Questions at the City’s East Side Coastal Resiliency ESCR Open House
Tuesday May 14, 4pm - 8pm
Wednesday May 15, 2pm to 8pm
LES Girls Club, 208 East 8th at Ave D. All welcome!
Find more background on the community's plan at http://eastriveralliance.org

The city plans to close more than 60 acres of parkland along the East River in March 2020 for at least 3 ½ years. They will clearcut, bulldoze, and “elevate” the three miles of shoreline parks–from Montgomery to 23rd St. This plan poses serious health and environmental risks to our neighborho...

04/25/2019

Today, please donate $10 or more to NYC's climate project for a 50% match! Yes, this will impact cycling in the city, too!

You can donate 5 euros or pounds or US$10 - each unique donor through April 29th provides Green Map System a chance to win Visibility on the GlobalGiving platform all year! wow.... https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/nyc-climate-action/

Green Map NYC published its first map highlighting climate change in 2006. Today, with climate urgency transforming our priorities, Green Map System seeks your support for a variety of replicable local climate action projects, on the map, in the media and on the streets.

03/27/2019

It's getting warmer and there are more bikes on the streets every day! Here's 2 bike resources sent by Rydoze on Bike Commuting - www.rydoze.com/bike-commuting/
and 101 Cycling Benefits- www.rydoze.com/cycling-benefits/

Commuting by bike might just be the best way for fun,exercise and saving money. Read this Comprehensive guide to Start your bike commuting Journey.

10/15/2018

it may be getting a bit colder, time to bring on the layers and keep biking til Spring!

10/01/2018

Now! Share your positive climate actions with animated GIFs - http://giphy.com/greenmap. Make your actions UNFORGETTABLE! Tag it

09/06/2017

join Green Map for this Climate Week 2017 ride - http://www.climateweeknyc.org/event/lower-east-ride-green-map-shared-bike

06/15/2017

Impress your friends with some little known facts about these amazing machines to celebrate the birthday of the bicycle