The Ecological City—Procession for Climate Solutions (currently in its sixth year) is a pageant event that happens across multiple sites in Lower Manhattan. Through music, dance, poetry, processionals, visual art, puppetry, and speech, The Ecological City highlights the importance of green and natural spaces in the city as urban climate solutions.

In this episode, “The Ecological City,” Felicia Young (social action artist and founder of Earth Celebrations) tells a story about her inspiration for social and environmental activism, the development of the Lower East Side community gardens, and the 2023 Ecological City processional. As you listen to street bands, music performances, puppet making, and other sounds from this year’s Ecological City event, you start to hear how the arts are vital to effecting social and environmental change.

All proceeds from this episode will be donated to Earth Celebrations, a non-profit organization on the Lower East Side that engages communities to generate environmental and social change through the arts.