ioby brings environmental projects to life, block by block.
Shatia Jackson, 26, born and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, was sick and tired of looking at the vacant lot on her street. “The lot has been there as long as I can remember…over twenty years,” Jackson told ioby last week.
Last Spring, the Red Hook Youth Baseball League celebrated its 14th birthday, which officially makes the initiative older than most of its players! The league was established by a partnership between the Red Hook Community Justice Center and their neighbors in response to concerns over a lack of extra curricular athletic programs for the local youth. The league has also doubled as a meeting ground for families (the players and their parents) and local law enforcement, who often act as volunteer coaches, which has strengthened community relations from a grassroots, interpersonal level.
The next in the series from ExchangeMyPhone, our friendly reusing guest bloggers dig into the Bushwick Co-op and the many ways it differs from other co-ops, like Park Slope's, for instance.
With February 14th in mind, ExchangeMyPhone has written this Valentine series for ioby highlighting a handful of people and organizations that perform labors of love for the borough’s wellbeing.
In 2008, ioby co-founders new they had a great idea, but didn't know what the organizational structure should be to support it. Here's how we decided to become a nonprofit.
A thirty-minute subway ride from downtown Manhattan, at the very northern end of the island in Washington Heights, is Highbridge Park. Like most New York City neighborhoods, Washington Heights has its fair share of bodegas, barbershops, and restaurants. But Highbridge Park’s crowning glory, Ft. George Hill, makes this neighborhood different.
David Bragdon, Director of Long Term Planning and Sustainability for the City of New York, talks about the importance of big visions and small actors in his native NYC, and moving beyond regulatory convention to promote the common good.
Video is something everyone can use as a tool to create social change. Video for Volunteers 101 is designed to get you started creating video content that you can use to build awareness, raise funds and tell the world all about the great work you've undertaken. We'll cover basic concepts of video creation, guidelines for planning your video, the fundamentals of shooting and strategies for editing your piece.
We are seeking mild-mannered, young to middle-aged professional computers willing to work with the ioby staff and our four new interns. We are patient, somewhat clean, and willing to eat and drink far away from any donated electronics. No cats. Mouse Friendly.
A New Farm in Cypress Hills/East New York and Gowanus Green Wayfinding Project
Take the Lead in Initiating Crowd-Funding Match
Do you want to join that cool club of people who give a dollar a day to make NYC neighborhoods stronger and more sustainable? It's not too late! Join by Jan 18 and you'll be invited to our kickoff party.
Firefighters, vagabonds, bus buddies. Just a few names given to the new wave of people who spend more than an hour and a half traveling to and from work every day, the national average being 50 minutes. These new super commuters have increased over 95% since 1990, and the number only seems to be rising.
Not everyone is fun to buy gifts for. There's always that one person who has everything. And then there's that other person who never seems to want anything.
For these difficult loved ones, why not give the gift of stronger and more sustainable neighborhoods?
Now on ioby, you have two gift options for these special someones.
When most people think of New York City, one of the last things that come to mind is “green.” Although the buildings might outnumber the trees, and the air quality is far from ideal, surprisingly, New York City is the greenest city in the United States.
We had a great workshop session on Saturday to get feedback on our Recipes for Change toolkit. Thanks to those who came, we had a range of participants: young and old, local residents and visitors from abroad, project leaders and people with just great ideas for projects in their neighborhoods. That diversity of participation led to insightful feedback on aspects to make us better from an array of perspectives.
Shatia Jackson, 26, born and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, was sick and tired of looking at the vacant lot on her street. “The lot has been there as long as I can remember…over twenty years,” Jackson told ioby last week.
Last Spring, the Red Hook Youth Baseball League celebrated its 14th birthday, which officially makes the initiative older than most of its players! The league was established by a partnership between the Red Hook Community Justice Center and their neighbors in response to concerns over a lack of extra curricular athletic programs for the local youth. The league has also doubled as a meeting ground for families (the players and their parents) and local law enforcement, who often act as volunteer coaches, which has strengthened community relations from a grassroots, interpersonal level.
The next in the series from ExchangeMyPhone, our friendly reusing guest bloggers dig into the Bushwick Co-op and the many ways it differs from other co-ops, like Park Slope's, for instance.
With February 14th in mind, ExchangeMyPhone has written this Valentine series for ioby highlighting a handful of people and organizations that perform labors of love for the borough’s wellbeing.
In 2008, ioby co-founders new they had a great idea, but didn't know what the organizational structure should be to support it. Here's how we decided to become a nonprofit.
A thirty-minute subway ride from downtown Manhattan, at the very northern end of the island in Washington Heights, is Highbridge Park. Like most New York City neighborhoods, Washington Heights has its fair share of bodegas, barbershops, and restaurants. But Highbridge Park’s crowning glory, Ft. George Hill, makes this neighborhood different.
David Bragdon, Director of Long Term Planning and Sustainability for the City of New York, talks about the importance of big visions and small actors in his native NYC, and moving beyond regulatory convention to promote the common good.
Video is something everyone can use as a tool to create social change. Video for Volunteers 101 is designed to get you started creating video content that you can use to build awareness, raise funds and tell the world all about the great work you've undertaken. We'll cover basic concepts of video creation, guidelines for planning your video, the fundamentals of shooting and strategies for editing your piece.
We are seeking mild-mannered, young to middle-aged professional computers willing to work with the ioby staff and our four new interns. We are patient, somewhat clean, and willing to eat and drink far away from any donated electronics. No cats. Mouse Friendly.
A New Farm in Cypress Hills/East New York and Gowanus Green Wayfinding Project
Take the Lead in Initiating Crowd-Funding Match