Air We Share Town Hall at JBOLC Farmers Market will highlight and celebrate a variety of Air Quality Initiatives and Clean Public Transportation Projects in the Bronx, including the upcoming deployment of Zero Emission Hydrogen Fuel Cell buses.  An Immersive Art Experience will round out another exciting day at the Market.

We believe our children, our elders, our garden communities, the plants, trees, birds, butterflies and all creatures in the Bronx deserve safe and clean air to breathe.  We're bringing Students, Educators, Community Leaders, Clean Transportation Innovators, Artists, Earth Protectors, Gardeners and our Garden Community together to speak out now for all of us and a livable future!  We have a choice!  

JBOLC has been community engagement partners with KTC (Krueger Transit Consulting) who are NYSERDA Clean Transportation Grant Awardees and will be launching a fleet of Zero Emission Hydrogen Fuel Cell Busses with the MTA operating out of the Gun Hill Bus Depot in the Bronx.

Here is the order of the event.  The Air We Share Town Hall Panel Discussion, starts at 12:30 pm. Representatives and experts from the American Lung Association, Slow Air, Bronx Independent Living Services, Empire Clean Cities and others will participate on the panel, with Gary Axelbank from BronxNet moderating.

A Clear the Air Rally and Speak Out/Open Mic will follow the panel discussion at 1:15 pm. Invited Clean Air Advocates will speak out about their projects, express concerns about the quality of the air we breathe, and share ideas for how we might improve our environment.  To conclude this portion, we will invite our panelists, community members and visitors to speak out as well. 

From 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm, we will be hosting a unique immersive art and walking experience that explores the spatial potential for performance at the gardens and the surrounding. 

As we share the air, we will also share songs, movements, rhythms and stories.  Five dedicated locations on the JBOLC grounds will serve as settings for five various artistic performances that include Mbira, Dance, Singing, Playable Installation and Drum Circle.     

Last year, approximately 200 community members and leaders joined us, and this year we’re building an even more engaging program.

We hope you join us.

Let us share our plant stories & love, joy and more!

Let’s have fun together outside!

while supporting local farmers & vendors,

getting healthier by eating local seasonal produce,
caring for our environment by bringing compost
and contributing to our Zero Waste Market Project,

and learning from and sharing with each other.