The Staten Island Museum offers up a virtual version of its annual Earth Day: How-To Festival. Local experts, enthusiasts, and hobbyists share their particular passions, ranging from activities that require specialized skills to those anyone can do.

How-To Festival Lineup:

• Cooper Keane (Amateur Lepidopterist) How to help monarch butterfly migration
• Yemi Amu (Founder and Farm Manager, Oko Farms Aquaponics) How to grow food from food
• Tattfoo Tan (Artist) How to make paint from minerals
• Sarah Blas (Founder, Staten Island Therapeutic Gardens) How to cultivate community growth through gardening
• Tony Rose (Director, Natural Resources Protective Association) How to put a kayak to sea... and come back and How to talk to a living fossil
• Cliff Hagen (President, Protectors of Pine Oak Woods) How to attract attractive birds
• Staten Island Urban Center How to alkaline water
• Jenna Otero and Annabel Posimato (NYC Regional Environmental Educator, New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation) How to make a pollinator-friendly outdoor space
• Christopher Rommel, Environmental Educator, Staten Island Greenbelt How to use a Baseplate Compass
• Colleen Evans (Director of Natural Science Interpretation and Collections, Staten Island Museum) How to press a plant and start an herbaria at home
• Ashley Gary (Science communicator) How to follow your dreams of becoming a science communicator
• Ciara Scully (Regional Environmental Educator at New York State Parks) How to start a Nature Journal
• Aly Stoffo, Environmental Communicator Staten Island Weed, or Medicinal plant? How to Identify and Use!
• Kwynn Hogan, Environmentalist, Advocate, & Educator (IG: @kwynn.hgn) Eat the Weeds: How To Forage In Your Backyard
• Lenny Librizzi (Beekeeper and Community Gardener) What Tree is That? How to Identify Five of My Favorite Trees.
• Franco Paolino How to Hike Staten Island
• Cait Field (Manager for Science & Research Development , Freshkills Park Alliance) How to observe animals like a scientist
• Wambui Ippolito (Horticulturist) How to cold stratify seeds for spring planting
• Cristian Gilces (GrowNYC) How to choose the right houseplant for your home