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Westchester Earth Month Events 2026

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Westchester Earth Month Events 2026

– EVENTS AROUND WESTCHESTER – EVENTOS EN WESTCHESTER – EVENTS AROUND WESTCHESTER – EVENTOS EN WESTCHESTER 

Earth Day 2026 events around Westchester

* = Pre-registration Required

 

Month Long Events

Rivertowns Earth Month Scavenger Hunt | March 29 to May 3, 2026 | Hastings to Sleepy Hollow

 

Saturday, Mar 28, 2026

North Salem 2026 Annual Roadside Clean-up! | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM | 274 Titicus Road North Salem, NY 10560

 

Sunday, Mar 29, 2026

TarryHollow Repair Cafe | 10:00 PM – 2:00 PM | James F. Galgano Building Sleepy Hollow Senior Center,  55 Elm Street, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591

 

Saturday, Apr 4, 2026

*Cleanup at Twin Lakes County Park with Hudson River Restoration Project | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester, NY 10709 

Montrose Mobile Shredder | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Hendrick Hudson Free Library, 185 Rd #1236 Kings Ferry, Montrose, 10548

 

Wednesday, Apr 8, 2026

*Westchester Soccer Club’s Sustainability Night | 7:00 PM | The Stadium at Memorial Field, 431 Garden Ave, Mount Vernon, NY 10553

Dobbs Ferry Mobile Shredder | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Water Front, 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry 10522

 

Friday, April 10, 2026

Valhalla Mobile Shredder | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Mount Pleasant Community Center, 125 Lozza Dr., Valhalla NY 10595

 

Saturday Apr 11, 2026

Tarrytown Mobile Shredder | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Green St Parking Lot – Green Street, Section F, Tarrytown, NY 10591

*Compost Distribution | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Willson’s Woods Park, 8 Bradford Rd, Mt Vernon, NY 10553

 

Friday, Apr 17, 2026

*Stargazing at O’Hara | 7:30PM – 9:30PM | O’Hara Nature Center 170 Mountain Rd, Irvington, NY 10533 (rain or cloudy skies date 4/20/26)

Mount Vernon Mobile Shredder | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Mount Vernon Public Library,  28 S. 1st Ave., Mt. Vernon, NY 10550

North Salem Mobile Shredder | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Town Court/Police Station, 66 June Rd. North Salem, NY 10560

*Collapse & Renewal | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Irvington Presbyterian Church, 25 N Broadway, Irvington NY 10533

Free film screening and Q&A “The Keeper” | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Pace University, Willcox Hall, Multipurpose Room,  861 Bedford Rd, Pleasantville, NY 10570

 

Saturday, Apr 18, 2026

*Mamaroneck Clean and Green Day and Compost Soil Giveaway | 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Harbor Island Park, 60 Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck, NY 10543 (raindate, 4/19/26) 

*Town of Mamaroneck Annual Spring/Earth Day Cleanup | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Leatherstocking Trail, 21 South Drive, Larchmont, NY

Sleepy Hollow Earth Day Festival & Picnic | 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM | James F. Galgano Senior Center, 55 Elm St, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591

Hastings-on-Hudson Repair Cafe | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | James V. Harmon Community Center, 44 Main Street, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY 10706

Tuckahoe Earth Day Celebration | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM | William E. Cottle School, 2 Siwanoy Blvd, Eastchester, NY 10709

Earth Day Family Event | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | The Green at Cross County Center, 8000 Mall Walk, Yonkers, NY 10704

Harrison Mobile Shredder | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Town Hall -Commuter Parking Lot, 1 Hieneman Pl., Harrison, NY 10528

Bluebird Community Nest Monitoring | 1:00 – 3:00 PM | Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Reservation Rd, Pound Ridge, NY 10576

Horsemen Family Earth Month Festival| 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Barnhart, Park, 25 Andrews Lane, Sleepy Hollow, NY

E-Waste Recycling Day | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Somers Intermediate School, 240 Route 202, Somers, NY 10589

Ossining Repair Cafe | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Joseph G. Caputo Community Center, 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY 10562

Earth Week Kick-Off with EcoPel | 1:00 – 3:00 PM | Town of Pelham Public Library, 530 Colonial Ave, Pelham, NY 10803

 

Sunday, Apr 19 2026

Mount Kisco Earth Day | 11:30 AM – 4:00 PM | Fountain Park, 100 East Main St. Mount Kisco, 10549

Mount Kisco Mobile Shredder | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Fox Senior Center, 198 Carpenter Ave., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549

Somers Repair Cafe| 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Somers Library, Programming Room, 82 Primrose St, Katonah, NY 10536

 

Monday, Apr 20, 2026

Monday Earth Week with Village of Pelham Manor | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Village of Pelham Manor at Esplanade & Boston Post Rd, Pelham Manor, NY 10803

 

Tuesday, Apr 21, 2026

*Pitch in For Parks – Muscoot Farms | 3:00-  6:00 PM | 51 NY-100, Katonah, NY 10536

*Compost Distribution Event & *Community Compost Bin and Rain Barrel Sale | 4:00 – 7:00 PM | Glen Island Park, Weyman Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10805

The Path to Clean Energy in the Hudson Valley | 7:00 PM | Somers Library Program Room, 80 Route 139, Katonah, NY 10536

Building Resilience to Coastal Climate Change Impacts | 6:30 PM |  Virtual OR Teatown Carriage House, 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining NY 10562

 

Wednesday, Apr 22, 2026

New Rochelle 2026 Earth Day Festival | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM | New Rochelle City Hall Rotunda and Great Lawn, 515 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10801

19th Annual Blessing of the Hudson River | 7:30 AM | Habirshaw Park Beach, 35 Alexander Street, Yonkers, NY 10701

Earth Day Panel – Rethinking the Environmental Movement | 7:00 PM | Irvington Theater, 85 Main St, Irvington, NY 10533

Coyote Coexistence Program | 7:00 PM | Somers Library Program Room, 80 Route 139, Katonah, NY 10536

Rye Mobile Shredder | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Recreation Tennis Lot, 281 Midland Ave., Rye, NY 10508

 

Thursday, Apr 23, 2026

*Pitch in For Parks – Willson’s Woods Park | 4:00 – 6:00 PM | 8 Bradford Rd, Mt Vernon, NY 10553

Dobbs Ferry Mobile Shredder | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Water Front,  11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522

South Salem Mobile Shredder | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Town Park, 1079 Route 35., South Salem, NY 10590

*Learn About the Birds of Spring in Somers | 7:00 PM | Virtual

Friends of Mount Pleasant Library Book Sale | 10:00 AM – 7:30 PM | Mount Pleasant Public Library 350 Bedford Road. Pleasantville, NY 10570

 

Friday, Apr 24, 2026

Cortlandt Manor Mobile Shredder | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Town Hall, 1 Heady St., Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 

*Birdhouse Building at Ridge Road Park | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | 287 Ridge Rd, Hartsdale, NY 10530 

*Pitch in For Parks – Ridge Road Park | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | 287 Ridge Rd, Hartsdale, NY 10530

Find the Birds of Spring in Somers | 7:30 AM | Angle Fly Preserve, 55 Route 139, Katonah, NY

Celebrate Arbor Day | 10:00 AM | Bailey Park, (across from Elephant Hotel) 292 Route 202, Somers, NY 10589

Arbor Day 2026 Zeta Nu Omega Tree Planting | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | Philipse Manor Hall, 29 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701

Rummage Sale | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Pleasantville Presbyterian Church, 400 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570

Friends of Mount Pleasant Library Book Sale | 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM | Mount Pleasant Public Library, 350 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570

Arbor Day Celebration at the Hutchinson River | 3:00 – 5:00 PM | Hutchinson Ave & East 3rd Street, Mount Vernon, NY

 

Saturday, Apr 25, 2026

Green Ossining 16th Annual Earth Day Festival | 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Louis Engel Waterfront Park, 25 Westerly Rd, Ossining, NY 10562

*Chaos and Catharsis: Rev Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir | 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM | Irvington Theatre, 85 Main St, Irvington, NY 10533

Larchmont Earth Day Celebration | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Constitution Park, 120 Larchmont Ave, Larchmont, NY 10538 (raindate, 4/26/26)

Village’s Free Day | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown Participating Households

Native Plant Seed Giveaway | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library, 1 Haseco Ave, Port Chester, NY 10573

An Eco Afternoon | 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM | 55 Westchester Avenue Pound Ridge, NY 10576

Earth Day at Nature Center at Greenburgh | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM |  99 Dromore Rd. Scarsdale, NY 10583

Sustainable Dobbs’ Dirt Fest | 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Waterfront Park (Dobbs Ferry),  87 Chestnut St, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 (rain date 4/26/26) 

8th Annual Sakura Cherry Blossom Festival in Hastings | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Pocket Park, Villard Ave & Broadway, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706  

Tarrytown Earth Day Celebration | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Neperan Park, 43-61 Neperan Rd, Tarrytown, NY 10591 

Westchester Native Plant Center Annual Native Plant Sale | 10:00 AM | Hartford Hall, 75 Grasslands Road Valhalla, NY 10595-1693

*Pitch in For Parks – Tibbetts Brook Park | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | 355 Midland Ave, Yonkers, NY 10704

*Pitch in For Parks – Glen Island Park | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Weyman Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10805

*Pitch in For Parks – Bronx River Reservation | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Westchester County Center, East Lot, 198 N Central Ave, White Plains, NY 10606

*Pitch in For Parks – Scout Field | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | 1820 Midland Ave, Yonkers, NY 10708

Leave No Trace & 10 Essentials for Safety Hike | 9:15 AM | Heritage Hills Activities Center, 8 Heritage Hills Drive, Somers, NY 10589

Medicinal Plant & Tree Tour | 10:00 – 11:00 AM | Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial 2610 NY-35, Katonah, NY 10536

Return of the Fisher Study | 2:00 PM | Somers Town House, 335 US-202 Somers, NY 10589

Pick Up Pelham | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Siwanoy Elementary School, Colonial Elementary School, Prospect Hill School, Hutchinson Elementary School; Four Corners and Shore Park, Pelham Manor; Secor Lane Clover Field Trestle; Shea and Pelham Train Station

Rummage Sale | 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Pleasantville Presbyterian Church, 400 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570

Friends of Mount Pleasant Library Book Sale | 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM | Mount Pleasant Public Library 350 Bedford Road. Pleasantville, NY 10570

Vernal Pool Education Program | 9:00 – 10:30 AM | Michigan Road, Pound Ridge, NY 10576

Kitchen Knacks: Homemade Kitchen Cleaners | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Hilltop Hanover Farm, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

 

Sunday, Apr 26, 2026

Drive Electric Briarcliff Manor Earth Day | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Briarcliff Manor Library Parking Lot, 1 Library Drive, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510  

Briarcliff Manor Earth Day 2026 | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Law Memorial Park, 1031 Pleasantville Rd, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 

Bedford 2030 EarthDay Fest | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Bedford Village Memorial Park, 65 Greenwich Rd, Bedford, NY 10506 (raindate, 5/3/26)

New Castle Earth Day Celebration | 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Gedney Park, 155 Millwood Rd, Millwood, NY 10546

Ardsley Pollinator Day | 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Ardsley Community Center, 18 Center Street Ardsley, NY

Earth Day, Every Day: What Can We Do? | 11:30 AM | Somers Library Program Room, 80 Route 139, Katonah, NY

Wildflower Walk | 1:00 – 2:30 PM | Muscoot Farm, 51 Route 100, Katonah, NY 10536

Friends of Mount Pleasant Library Book Sale | 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Mount Pleasant Public Library, 350 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570

WESPAC 2026 Social Forum | 12:00 – 5:00 PM | Westchester County Center 198 Central Ave, White Plains, NY 10606

Renewable Energy: Technology & Jobs Forum | 3:00 – 5:00 PM | SUNY Westchester Community College, 75 Grasslands Rd (Parking Lot 8), Valhalla, NY 10595 

Wildflower Walk | 1:00 – 2:30 PM | Muscoot Farm, 51 NY-100 Katonah, NY 10536

 

Tuesday, Apr 28, 2026

Free Native Tree and Shrub Giveaway | 5:00 – 7:00 PM |  The Greenburgh Public Library (multipurpose room), 300 Tarrytown Road, Elmsford, NY 10523

*Compost Distribution | 4:00 – 7:00 PM | Sprout Brook – DEF Facility, 5729 Albany Post Rd, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567

 

Wednesday, Apr 29, 2026

*Invasive Plant Management | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Nature Study Woods, 823 Webster Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10804

 

Thursday, Apr 30, 2026

Yonkers Mobile Shredder | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Murray’s Skating Center, 348 Tuckahoe Rd., Yonkers, NY 10710

*Tree Planting at Scout Field | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | 1820 Midland Ave, Yonkers, NY 10708

 

Saturday, May 1, 2026

*Garage Cleanup at Mountain Lakes Park | 9:30 – 11:30 AM | 201 Hawley Rd, North Salem, NY 10560

 

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Croton Earth Day Celebration 2026 | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Vassallo Park, Old Post Road South, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520 (Rain date is Saturday, May 9, 2026)

*Riverkeeper Sweep | 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM | 100 Stewardship Project Locations

Native Tree and Shrub Give Away | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Lasdon Public Gardens, 2610 Amawalk Road, Route 35 Katonah, NY 10536 

 

Saturday, May 16, 2026

White Plains Third Annual Sustainability Fair and Butterfly Release | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | White Plains Public Library, 100 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601

 

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Town of Rye EcoFest | 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Crawford Park, 122 N Ridge St, Rye Brook, NY 10573

 

* = Pre-registration Required

Vote Yes on Prop 1 for Clean Water And Jobs

By News & Noteworthy

Flip the Ballot on November 8 and Vote YES
for New York’s Safe and Healthy Future

A Message From the Sustainable Westchester Board

 

 

Sustainable Westchester stands with our Westchester neighbors—and all New Yorkers—in protecting this beautiful State. That is why we call on all voters to flip the ballot on November 8 and vote YES for New York’s safe and healthy future.

The $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Bond Act will propel New York forward as a climate leader while upgrading critical infrastructure and equipping New Yorkers with essential tools to live and work in this new world created by our changing climate.

The list of investments embodied in the Act is unprecedented in scope and breadth and is projected to result in $8.7 billion in total project spending, spurring economic activity throughout the State. It touches all New Yorkers and regions and includes funds for the following improvements:

  • Supporting job creation. Per a recent analysis of its direct and leveraged benefits, the Act is poised to support upwards of as many as 84,000 new jobs in numerous sectors and across all geographic regions of NY State.
  • Updating aging and unsafe infrastructure, including the repair of roads, sewer systems, and drinking water pipes, along with retrofitting buildings to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Protecting public health through clean water and air improvements. The Act will provide roughly $200 million in funding for wastewater infrastructure repairs and upgrades, and up to $200 million more to reduce water pollution. Up to $500 million will be allocated for the expansion of a fleet of zero-emissions school buses.
  • Advancing environmental justice by requiring at least 35 percent of total funding be spent in disadvantaged communities to improve air and water quality, reduce urban heat, decarbonize buildings, and expand open spaces in urban centers.
  • Creating safe and clean outdoor spaces for all to enjoy by increasing urban tree plantings, access to parks, nature centers, campgrounds, and public waterfronts. The Act will also provide much-needed funds for open space land and farmland conservation.
  • Restoration and flood mitigation projects. The Act envisions $1.1 billion in funding to support coastal and shoreline rehabilitation projects, along with flood mitigation and resiliency upgrades for coastal and inland communities.

If passed, the Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Bond Act’s social, economic, and environmental benefits will provide long-term, sustainable protections against the growing threats of climate change for future generations of New Yorkers while providing critical benefits to all New Yorkers now.

 

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