New Life Planters Paint Workshop

415 East 11th Street,New York NY 10009

11 July, 2021

Description

Transform used coffee cans, ice cream containers, large plastic bottles, and other recyclables into planters! Bring your used coffee cans, ice cream containers, large plastic bottles, and other recyclables to this painting workshop where you’ll transform your materials into a planter! Potting mix and plants will be provided for you to take home. Limit one plant per attendee! Jesi Taylor Cruz is a Philosophy graduate student, researcher, freelance writer, archivist, and Waste Impact Administrator for Common Ground Compost whose work lies at the intersection of Genocide Studies, Political Theory, Disability Studies, Black Feminist Ecology, and Discard Studies. Her primary focus is the impact of waste-based structural violence on marginalized and criminalized communities and how to address inequities. East Side Outside Community garden is a community garden in the NYC Parks Department GreenThumb program, affiliated with East Side Community High School and Reclaimed Organics. The garden is located at 415 East 11th Street (between 1st Ave. and Ave. A) in New York, NY