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Dowload your copy of our 2010 Giving Report

We're excited to share our first Giving Report, full of schnazy pictures, graphs and even a map!  (There's a sneak peak to the right.)

How will we ever get to balance the right amount of browns and greens without enough fall leaves? Not to worry, Project Leafdrop is organizing leaf drops again this year. This coalition of community gardens, botanical gardens, greening groups, environmental organizations, City agencies and community partners is dedicated to moving fallen leaves from the trash bin to the compost bin.

Join ioby at our First Annual Gala

A Benefit In Our Backyards

at Brooklyn Brewery.

What would Shore Blvd be without cars? You can find out in three Sundays this August in Astoria. The Astoria Park Alliance, Green Shores NYC, Partnerships for Parks, GrowNYC, Rock Health & Fitness, Build It Green! NYC, the departments of Parks and Transportation and more are collaborating to open Shore Blvd to people.

Drought-tolerant sedum species on the green roof at new Cook + Fox workspace.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2FEypovad4] Jimmy Johnson is quite a guy. He's a landscape designer by profession, and in 1995, he and park lover Joan Regan created the Narrows Botanical Garden which is now home to a greenhouse, hundreds of native plants, a native turtle sanctuary, and--thanks to some amazing ioby donors--will be the future home of a brand new beehive.

Great news! Another great project has been funded with support from ioby donors.

Brooklyn Based Feature

Watch this great video by Meredith Kaufman about the Bailey-Holt House gardeners, and support their efforts to build a greenhouse for year-round vegetable production by donating here.

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Once we reach our goal we will hold a tree guard building clinic for a neighborhood on our waiting list. Inman Park and Red Hook have been waiting patiently.

UPDATE APRIL 20: The match is now closed. Thanks to everyone who doubled their impact during our matching period. We were able to fully fund six great projects. Stay tuned for more updates.

Thanks to an anonymous gift, your donations to projects this week will be matched dollar for dollar. Search in your borough, find a project that's meaningful to you, and donate as much as you can. You give a dollar; the environment gets two dollars.

Don't wait; donate now.

This Earth Day, April 24, from 10am - 2pm, why not head to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge? ALS is hosting a cleanup and planting and you should join them. More details here.

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