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Join us for Earth Day on Gov­er­nors Island

Mar 30, 2026 10:59 am

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island today announced their fifth annu­al Earth Day cel­e­bra­tion, offer­ing a day of free pro­gram­ming cel­e­brat­ing the Island’s shared con­nec­tion with nature. New York­ers are invit­ed to spend the day on Gov­er­nors Island and enjoy free edu­ca­tion­al activ­i­ties and work­shops for all ages, guid­ed tours through the Island’s open space, an out­door sound bath, open stu­dios, cli­mate tech demos, and more. The fes­tiv­i­ties will take place on Sat­ur­day, April 18, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

“Gov­er­nors Island is a liv­ing lab­o­ra­to­ry for cli­mate solu­tions here in New York Har­bor, where dozens of orga­ni­za­tions are work­ing to devel­op real-world solu­tions for our col­lec­tive future. Our annu­al Earth Day fes­tiv­i­ties give New York­ers the oppor­tu­ni­ty to expe­ri­ence that work first­hand while enjoy­ing free, inter­ac­tive pro­gram­ming,” said Clare New­man, Pres­i­dent & CEO of the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“We look for­ward to wel­com­ing vis­i­tors ]to appre­ci­ate the nat­ur­al beau­ty of the Island on April 18^th, whether it’s your first time vis­it­ing or your 100^th, there is some­thing for every mem­ber of the fam­i­ly to enjoy.”

The event will fea­ture activ­i­ties designed to get New York­ers out­side and engaged in Gov­er­nors Island’s open space, from an immer­sive sound bath in the urban for­est of Ham­mock Grove to guid­ed walk­ing tours high­light­ing the many cli­mate solu­tions found across the Island. Earth Day part­ners include Arbon, BikeNYC, Car­bon­Clair, Cir­cu­lar Econ­o­my Man­u­fac­tur­ing, CLIP, CO Adap­tive, DuYe Moves, Earth Mat­ter NY, Empire Clean Cities, Just EcoC­i­ties, Low­er Man­hat­tan Cul­tur­al Coun­cil, The New York Cli­mate Exchange, NYC Bird Alliance, Red Hook Art Project, RETI Project, Sea­weed City, and more to be announced. For more infor­ma­tion and a full sched­ule of the day’s offer­ings, vis­it www​.gov​is​land​.org/​e​a​r​t​h-day.

Earth Day is spon­sored by Horn­blow­er Group, oper­a­tor of NYC Fer­ry. The Gov­er­nors Island 2026 sea­son is gen­er­ous­ly sup­port­ed by the Black­stone Char­i­ta­ble Foun­da­tion and Bloomberg Phil­an­thropies. The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island’s cli­mate pro­grams are sup­port­ed by Ama­zon, Con Edi­son, Anony­mous, the Don­ald A. Pels Char­i­ta­ble Trust, and the New York Com­mu­ni­ty Trust.

Gov­er­nors Island is open to the pub­lic dai­ly from 7am to 6pm. Trust for Gov­er­nors Island-oper­at­ed fer­ries run dai­ly between the Bat­tery Mar­itime Build­ing at 10 South Street in Low­er Man­hat­tan and Sois­sons Land­ing on the Island. Sched­ules and tick­et­ing infor­ma­tion are avail­able online at www​.gov​is​land​.org. Round-trip fer­ry tick­ets cost $5 for adults. Gov­er­nors Island fer­ries are always free for chil­dren 12 and under, old­er adults ages 65 and up, res­i­dents of NYCHA, IDNYC hold­ers, cur­rent and for­mer mil­i­tary ser­vice mem­bers, and mem­bers. Fer­ries before 11AM on Sat­ur­days and Sun­days are free for all. There is no sur­charge for bicy­cles or strollers at any time.

NYC Fer­ry also serves Gov­er­nors Island dai­ly on the South Brook­lyn route, with stops in Man­hat­tan and along the Brook­lyn water­front. For tick­et­ing infor­ma­tion and full sched­ules for NYC Fer­ry, vis­it www.ferry.nyc.