Billion Oyster Project

👋 Hey, Brooklyn! Recycle your shells ♻️🦪 You can now drop off and recycle your oyster shells at our new public drop-off site in #RedHook. We've partnered with two composters in Brooklyn to recycle the oysters you shuck at home. How to use them: Toss un-bagged oysters, hard-shell clams, and scallop shells directly into the designated bin for collection at one of the locations below. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ewA8sQMz Red Hook Farms - @redhookfarms 560 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY Drop off at the corner of Halleck & Otsego St everyday, anytime Compost Power - @compostpower 105 River St, Brooklyn, NY Tue 9am - 3pm Fri 9am - 1pm Sat 10am - 1pm #SustainableEats #EatLocalNYC #ZeroWasteKitchen #CompostThat #BrooklynEats

Tickets are on sale now for a dining experience like no other, hosted by our supporters, Outstanding in the Field! Join us September 4th, 2025 on #GovernorsIsland to have dinner outdoors with Chef Rafiq Salim from #Rolo's, and #RadioBakery. We can't wait to see you on the island for another outstanding, multi-course, al fresco dinner to celebrate the season. 🍃 🦪 Get tickets here: https://bit.ly/3XJNZTf . . . . . . . . #GovernorsIsland #NYCdining #alFrescodining #popupdinner #nycevents

The field season is finally back ✨ 🦪 — that time of the year when we add to, monitor, and utilize our oyster reefs across New York Harbor alongside thousands of New Yorkers. Whether you’re interested in a one-time volunteer experience, like a shoreline clean-up in #ConeyIslandCreek, or are eager to explore an Oyster Research Station in your neighborhood, there are plenty of ways to join us as a steward for your waterways. 🔗 Learn More & Get Involved: https://lnkd.in/eqtUGdi8

BIG THANKS to our generous waterfront colleagues and friends, Stasinos Marine LLC Marine, an NYC, family-owned and operatd marine towing company that successfully delivered our Ecodock to @Hughes Brothers Inc, who is helping us refit it.  Alongside New York Harbor School staff, students, and alumni, BOP staff disconnected our Ecodock from the inside of the Pier 101 ferry barge to be towed to Hughes Brothers’ Red Hook Dry Dock for a refit and thorough restoration —including sandblasting and painting the pontoon hulls and fabricating a new deck structure— just in time for our upcoming field season. If that’s not cool enough, some of our Statisnos team members are also New York Harbor School alumni. Learn more about our work on the waterfront and how, together, we are preparing students for maritime careers.  Learn more about students owning their city’s waterfront: https://lnkd.in/dezspNQw 📸 Hughes Brothers Inc.

#WorldWaterDay PSA: Want to help keep New York Harbor safe for everyone? Help us monitor NYC’s waterways and Join the Community Water Quality Testing (CWQT) program as a volunteer sampler for the 2025 season! You'll collect water samples weekly, helping track bacteria levels in local waterways and protect our communities. No experience needed—just enthusiasm and commitment. Training provided! 💦 Sign up and learn more: https://lnkd.in/e69iBxgX #BillionOysterProject #CommunityScience #WaterQuality #NYCHarbor #VolunteerNYC

NYC teachers are bringing #NYHarbor into their classrooms! 🦪🌊 Ecosystem engineers like oysters provide a single lens on the complexities of our natural world. We've been working with educators for over a decade to bring NYC's environmental history, ecology, and oyster biology into schools across the city. 📘 Learn about Billion Oyster Project's field experiences for students, Oyster Research Tanks, free curricula, and professional learning opportunities, directly from our teachers. 🔗 Read More: https://lnkd.in/eCWt-GnH #BillionOysterProject #NYCteachers #STEMlearning #CommunityScience #ScienceEducation #NYCHarbor #HandsOnScience

What makes a site a great home for oysters–particularly in developed and dynamic urban waterways? 🦪 That's a tough question to answer centuries after #NYC's 220,000 acres of reef were destroyed with no written data to crunch. However, every data point gathered by this #community of restoration practitioners moving forward will build that database and inform our future research. 👉 Swipe to learn about the data we're gathering from sites in #TheBronx and #Queens with some high reef restoration potential that are beginning to answer the question. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e5XqiYsp 👉 Check the work of our incredible partners: @cpn.queens, #HudsonRiverFoundation, @nycparks, @cfe.savethesound, and @ymcanyc #Castle Hill. . . . . . . . Note: This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement LI-00A00694 to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency, nor does the EPA endorse trade names or recommend the use of commercial products mentioned in this document.

Green synergies in the harbor of New York 🌇 While visiting New York this week, the Danish Minister for Environment and Gender Equality, Magnus Heunicke, had the opportunity to learn more about New York’s focus on future-proofing the city through a visit to Governors Island. Located in New York’s harbor, Governor’s Island is an official hub for green innovation, including energy and environmental protection. The establishment of both a research center and partnerships with private companies and educational institutions are expected to generate new green jobs as well as possibilities for Danish and other international companies. The tour started at the Billion Oyster Project which is restoring the natural oysters reefs, which also help protect New York City from storm damage. With guidance from Lauren Wang, Director of Climate Programs, the minister also got an insight into Governors Island’s plans for expanding the island’s green initiatives and developing new green spaces for the New Yorkers. The tour was completed with a visit to The Exchange, a first-of-its-kind center for developing and implementing climate solutions 🌱

Last year's Jocelyn B. Steelman Memorial Scholarship winner, Paola De La Cruz Valenzuela, transformed challenges of immigration into powerful advocacy for her Bronx community before attending Bard. 🎓 ✨ NYC high school seniors, apply by April 1st for a chance to win this year's $15,000 scholarship supporting leaders committed to community, creativity, leadership, and excellence. Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/eQndFhZG #Scholarship #NYCStudents #ApplyNow #EducationMatters #FutureLeaders, Elliot Steelman Murray Fisher

📁 Our day at the office when the weather gets warmer–cleaning and processing oyster, clam, and scallop shells collected weekly from New York City restaurants. After #volunteers run the belt and pack these shells into suspended oyster stacks, they're ready to be set with larvae and submerged in NYC waters to become oyster reefs of their own. 🦪 Get out of your office and come to ours for a corporate volunteer day this year! A day with us makes all the difference, and it's truly as much fun as this video sounds. Book your experience at #BillionOysterProject here: https://lnkd.in/edh5TASc #GetOutside #NYCVolunteers #CorporateVolunteering #LocalAction