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Volunteer - Governors Island

  • Earth Matter NY Governors Island New York, NY 10004 (map)

Come out to Governors Island for an afternoon of device maintenance for backyard composting systems! We will spend a few hours maintaining a variety of backyard devices: 3 bin systems, pickle barrel tumbler, vermicompost systems, & more depending on time. Compost education will be worked into our afternoon of blending, mixing, turning, & maintaining.

Dress warm, it’s always a few degrees cooler on the island. Bring any food scraps you’d like to feed to the chickens or put into our compost piles. Lastly, please bring any bag/container to fill up on compost to bring home if you’d like!

Participants need to be on the 1:00pm Ferry from Manhattan and can depart on the 4pm ferry from Governors Island. Masks are optional.

Event led by NYC Compost Project Hosted by Earth Matter.

Registration is required to participate in this event.

Earlier Event: February 6
Volunteer - Queens
Later Event: February 9
Field Trip (Mid-Scale) - Staten Island