SUPPORTING CLIMATE WORK HAPPENING NOW
& STEPPING TOWARDS THE FUTURE WE WANT.
From the Bronx to Staten Island and everywhere inbetween, Imagined Futures works to galvanize, spotlight and hi-five climate work across the five boroughs of New York City. This means honoring the deep legacies of communities, centering our ecologies, and supporting an ecosystem of change and transformation.
JOIN THE CLIMATE EXPERIENCE & CITY-WIDE SCAVENGER HUNT
Join ANYTIME • September 2025
Let's ready, repair and reimagine NYC's waterways together.
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From the city’s many rivers and stream beds, salt marshes and bays, what you see every day to what has been buried deep underground, we'll be taking you on a journey to the water.
Think of your favorite waterway in NYC
How it works!
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It's free, easy to use and you don't need to give any personal information to join. Join as a guest and "fly solo" or create a team with others ("flock").
Download GOOSECHASE!
Join Code: WATERWAYS
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Complete as many activations as you want.
Collect points along the way.
Complete missions to unlock new ones, connect to other participants across the city, engage with community-based water organizations, go places you haven't, win prizes (like Patagonia gear, an Ipad from Back Market, NYC Ferry swag...to get a sense ;), remember why you live here.
Ferry Talk with Karen Blondel to Red Hook • Climate Week NYC 2024
Check out our event offerings throughout the month or map them below! Make sure to register in advance, as spaces will fill up.
OUR CLIMATE WEEK EVENTS!
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CHECK OUT MORE HIGLIGHTED EVENTS
that we are a part of or spotlighting
ON OUR STORY MAP HERE.
Celebrate where you are.
Go get on the water.
There's a lot about this city worth griping about, but we bet there's a waterway nearby you love. A beach, river, park pond, hidden creek. Even the hydrant cranked open in the height of summer is a love letter to our gravity-fed source. Swim, kayak, canoe, sail, surf...while we still can...
Free community paddles & sailing all over the city.
Note- these are mostly small, often volunteer-run orgs. All paddles are subject to availability. Please check websites for exact times, locations & important info.
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2. Long Island Community Boathouse Community Kayaking.
Check for availability and times!
3. North Brooklyn Community Boathouse
Saturday 9/13 Canoeing • Greenpoint
Sunday 9/14 Kayaking • LIC
Community kayaking Saturdays and Sundays 10-4p throughout Sept & Labor Day.
Saturdays 10-3p by reservation
9/7 Sold out with limited walk-ups
Free walk up canoeing & events throughout the month.
Free Jamaica Bay Kayaking in Rockaway Beach and Riis Landing. Check for times and locations.
5. Red Hook Boating
Community Paddle
Sundays 1pm-4pm until 9/21
Sunday, Sept 7th – 12 -3p
Saturday, Sept 27th – RARITAN BAY FESTIVAL
Fight for what you love.
We love basking in the best things about our waterways– the new shoreline parks, public beaches, free community paddles– but most things are here because a lot of people have worked hard to preserve, restore and transform them.
There are countless orgs across the city doing vital work for our waterways. Applaud them. Visit them. Help them. Get involved. Join the scavenger hunt to learn more, put your hands in it, and get connected.
DETAILS ON PRIZES!
Prizes will be announced throughout the experience. To earn points, complete missions on our WATER/WAYS Scavenger Hunt. To redeem a prize, just make sure you give us a way to best contact you. In the event of a tie, winners will be chosen in a draw.
WEEK ONE: Get on the Water!
Winners will take a special sunset paddle on Jamaica Bay with turtle expert Alex Kanonik of American Littoral Society. All levels welcome.
Given to the top 5 point holders of week one (ending 9/7 at 9p).
Bronx River Challenge 9/20 * 11a
Join us 9/20 in Soundview Park for a special scavenger hunt sequence as we restore Soundview Park. Winner of the sequence will win a SURVIVE THESE TIMES bag, including gear from Patagonia and an Apple Watch, courtesy of Back Market! Register HERE.
Youth Climate Challenge 9/24 *4p
Participants of the YOUTH CLIMATE THROWDOWN 9/24 will be eligible to win a 16" 2023 MacBook Pro, courtesy of Back Market, champions of sustainable tech! Register HERE.
SaturBAY 9/27 * 2-4p
Participants of All the Way to the Bay! A Flushing Waterways Community Celebration 9/27 2-4p will be eligible to win our 'Survive These Times Go-Bag' with Patagonia Provisions, a Flood Sensor from NYC Emergency Management, The Mushroom at the End of the World, and more! Register HERE.
Full Moon Paddle for most 👍
Join Gowanus Dredgers on their Full Moon Paddle October 6th. The stars should be on display along with harbor lights. Given to the participant with the most likes on their submission. Did you know you can like each other's posts? Go to the second icon from the left and start handing out the love.
Total Points for Full Scavenger Hunt!
The top two holders of total points will receive a special "It's go time,"bags. Top prize includes a 2022 64 GB Ipad from Back Market, Patagonia Provisions, a Flood Sensor from NYC Emergency Management, Toolkit for the End of the World, NYC Ferry Tickets and more...You have until 9/30 at 12pm
FAQ!
Do I have to complete the whole scavenger hunt to make it worthwhile?
Absolutely not. If you want to go all in and go down every sequence tributary, amazing. But if you just wanna dip a toe in, that's great too. There’s plenty of room for 'choose your own adventure.’ And everyone that enters is eligible to win something.
If this is about connecting to nature, what’s up with the app?
We know, we know. Technology uses a lot of resources, even while it can seem green since the servers are far away while they pump 24hr A/C in the desert. But we also live in this world even as we try to make it better. And since almost everyone has a phone in their pocket, this free and accessible app is a way to connect all our programming in one place, be able to share with each other all over the city and allow the program to become something bigger than us. Plus, Goosechase is pretty cool. Check out their values here.
So is this like some big corporate thing trying to sell me something?
Quite the opposite. We’re a small mostly volunteer nonprofit working with on the ground community partners and artists. We’ve contacted some companies we believe in to give some prizes and are working with NYC Ferry for some cool programming, but we’re a tiny team doing big things - and trying to do it all for free so share the love, donate to keep it going and keep the energy local!
Will I really get to ride my bicycle with David Byrne?
We’re working on it 😘
Our program partners...
Our community partners...
Media partners...
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Liz Paredes & Candace Thompson during Ferry Talk from Solar One Park at Stuy Cove to the South Bronx 2024 • Photo by J Lester Feder
Towards a future we want to live in.
Often when we imagine the future, we find our worst nightmares. Admittedly there's a lot to fear with what's ahead, and it's important to feel all of it. But what of the future we actually want?
From the youth just starting to raise their voices to the ones hoarse from years on the frontlines, a tide is shifting, and people are starting to demand something better from our systems, our way of business and even our own habits.
And the more we lean in to the people and ideas worth celebrating and supporting, the more we’ll make the future we need.