Parks & People 30th Anniversary Volunteer Day
30 Years and Still Planting.
30 Years and Still Planting.
Transforming a vacant lot into a community garden that will provide a place for members of the community to safely and productively gather, participate in and learn about growing and eating healthy food.
The project will promote attention to our environment while at the same time enhance the appearance of our community and protect our trees. We will create a more uniform and dynamic look to our urban streetscape.
Helathy, hands-on, activity-filled cooking lessons explore local, seasonal, vegetarian, nut-free and often soy- and lactose-free international cuisine with children!
Public Lab and local partners are building an open-source water quality monitoring platform.
Gowanus Low Altitude Mapping (GLAM) is a volunteer-driven initiative to create detailed aerial photos of the Superfund-designated Gowanus Canal, using cameras and balloons.
With a coalition of local organizations and businesses, we will host a public space festival showcasing various installations and programs to inspire Miami locals to activate pocket parks in the downtown corridor.
This project entails creating a farmer’s market along Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami.
A brand new fitness zone in Kendall Indian Hammocks Park suitable for individuals with disabilities. This will give these individuals a greater chance to live healthy lives and promote health and wellness for everyone.
Ark IPL will work with USGBC, med students, and a community building to distribute bags. When families reduce energy consumption and lower utlity bills, they have more money for food and basics.
A hands-on science garden providing environmental science and nutrition education to an underserved urban public elementary school.
A sustainably designed East Harlem school rooftop greenhouse created to address the needs of a beleaguered zip code at the epicenter of diabetes, defiance, and despair.
Washington Square Park Ecology will create a map of the ecological assets of the park.
The M-Path Park project is a grassroots initiative to bring a multi-modal park to the Downtown Dadeland community.
UPG Garden Centers on 6.5 acres will become epicenters of change in Miami!
City Share Club is a membership club for sharing of small household items including tools, yard care, and small kitchen appliances.
The UM Campus Farm will enhance community and education opportunities, fostering sustainable food citizenship through experiential learning that grows not only food, but leadership, conversations, and collaboration.
We'll be lending out tools to the good folks of Buncombe County in Western North Carolina
The "You and I are Love" project will bring talented artists of all facets under one roof. We will create and offer a venue for artists to network, showcase & sell their art at no cost to them.
A national platform founded and led by climate scientists to inform and educate the American public on the science of climate change and its policy implications.
The 123rd Street community garden was destroyed by a building collapse in 2012. Help us rebuild our urban oasis.
Health in the Hood community gardens and physical fitness classes provide healthy foods, exercise and environmental education opportunities for children and families in low-income neighborhoods.
Friends of Stryker Park is committed to creating a park on the north side of 97th St. between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues on the Upper West Side.
The Ke’Ara Mobile Harvest Market will bring an exciting local farmers’ market on wheels to Miami-Dade sharing the freshest, local, sustainable, and organic goods and ideas with you.
Little Havana MOVES is a community-driven asset mapping walkabout that brings together seniors and youth to identify shared dreams and to fortify a sense of neighborhood ownership.
We need your help. Donate or volunteer today!
The two main parts of our project are clean-up and beautification. We have student volunteers and would like additional volunteers to paint, clean-up leaves, and beautify our adopted flower beds.
We are currently seeking funds to put up a community notice board and to construct a gate in the back connecting us to an established community garden on the opposite block.
Amplifying practical solutions, the Less = More Green Map of NYC highlights local waste reduction sites and strategies with handy neighborhood and citywide interactive maps.
"Jamaica Bay Lives" is the first-ever, feature-length documentary film about Jamaica Bay.
Our Gowanus Mud Ball project will gather the community to make mud balls and educate on beneficial microbes! Then a massive throw of 10,000 balls into a section of the Gowanus!
Turning vacant lots in Pittsburgh into hands-on opportunities for organic farming.
Feedback Farms is building out a 2nd location that will effectively double our square footage!
Most tree pits are used as garbage cans or to relieve dogs. We're teaching the importance of trees in our community and our role as stewards. Trees that are cared for help make a neighborhood beautiful and healthy.