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2024 Compost Carnival Volunteer and Tabling and Signup

Event takes place on Sunday, October 20, 2024 from 2-5pm at Battery Park City Park, (EXACT LOCATION DETAILS). To celebrate composting in NYC including Brown Bin rollout in Manhattan Staten Island and the Bronx!

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What and when
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Setup crew 1 (help 1-2 hours before event starts)
noon-2pm
Tahj H.,
1
1
Setup crew 2 (help just before the event starts)
1-3pm
Tahj H.,
1
1
Setup Artist assistant - help artist move materials from street/parking to event area, assist in setup and any other needs of the artist
1:30-4
Angelina T.,
FULL
Stage manager/sound - ensure order around the performing area, que up performers and help with sound
2-5pm
1
1
Setup Musicains assistant - help musical groups move instruments, speakers, etc from street/parking to event area, assist in setup and any other needs of performers
1:30-4
Charles c.,
FULL
Sidewalk Chalk Artist - announce event on sidewalks upon approaches ((chalk provided)
1-2pm
1
1
Videographer
2-5pm
1
1
Photographer
2-5pm
1
1
Instrument steward 1 - keep an eye on the instruments while the bands are not playing
1:45-3:30pm
1
1
Instrument steward 2 - keep an eye on the instruments while the bands are not playing
3:15-5pm
1
1
Staff the pop-up food scrap drop-off (accept and chop food scraps) 1st shift
1:45-3:30pm
Cindi C.,
FULL
Staff the pop-up food scrap drop-off (accept and chop food scraps, help load toters into the truck after the event ends) 2nd shift
3:15-5pm
Nikki M.,
FULL
Carnivalesque street peformers (jugglers, stilt walker, flow arts, mime/clown, etc)
2-5pm
8
8
Zero Waste station steward - 1st shift (help people sort their trash and teach about Zero Waste goals)
1:45-3:30pm
Sabrina R.,
FULL
Zero Waste station steward - 1st shift (help people sort their trash and teach about Zero Waste goals)
3:15-5pm
1
1
Fliering (and or petitioning?) - walk around the edges of the event letting people know what we are doing and that they are welcome to join!
2-5pm
2
2
Event maître d's - talk to people and make suggestions on which table to visit based on their knoweldge/interests
2-5pm
Naomi C.,
1
1
Tabling educators/activity leaders - commercial vs residential organics
2-5pm
1
1
Tabling educators/activity leaders - organics collections vs organics processing
2-5pm
1
1
Tabling educators/activity leaders - Brown/Smart Bins vs FSDOs
2-5pm
mary o.,
FULL
Tabling educators/activity leaders - the ILSR food recovery hierarchy
2-5pm
1
1
Tabling educators/activity leaders - Recovery Hierarchy topic: reducing waste from farms (buy directly from farmers)
2-5pm
1
1
Tabling educators/activity leaders - Recovery Hierarchy topic: home, community and industrial scale composting
2-5pm
Regina W.,
FULL
Tabling educators/activity leaders - Recovery Hierarchy topic: the evils of landfill/incineration
2-5pm
1
1
Tabling educators/activity leaders -Urban soils and compost as bioremediation
2-5pm
1
1
Tabling educators/activity leaders - worm bin demo
2-5pm
Natsuko I.,
FULL
Tabling educators/activity leaders - Compost Mapping
2-5pm
1
1
Tabling educators/activity leaders - Mayor Adams PlaNYC and how “The City will handle an increased volume of organic material through the expansion of Department of Environmental Protection’s co-digestion program.”
2-5pm
1
1
Tabling educators/activity leaders - Waste 2 Energy and Local Law 154 of 2021 which prohibits the onsite combustion of fuels that emit more than 25kg CO2/ MMBTU
2-5pm
Tahj H.,
FULL
Tabling educators/activity leaders - Zero Waste Bill
2-5pm
Marisa D.,
FULL
Tabling educators/activity leaders - Waste/environmental justice issues
2-5pm
Danielle D.,
FULL
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