We are celebrating the neighborhood’s multiculturalism by depicting Federico Garcia Lorca’s “Sleepless City” poem in a 4-part mural series.
A day of cleaning and greening Flatbush Ave on May 12, 2012!
Help us build a rainwater harvesting system to water our urban garden!
Through a season on the Youth Farm, participants become intimately familiar with the tasks, challenges, and rewards of growing many varieties of vegetables and flowers appropriate to our region and community.
Install a solar panel system on the Eco-Shed of the Bushwick Campus Farm to provide clean energy for the school’s outdoor greenhouse, vertical farm and hydroponic systems.
On Saturday, May 12, 2012, the Brooklyn Food Coalition, will share ideas and work together for the kind of food system change we need now. PLEASE DONATE TODAY!!
We make local, sustainably-grown fruit and veggies accessible to all regardless of income!
VertiCulture is an aquaponics project in Brooklyn that aims to alleviate the environmental, health, and social problems associated with modern agriculture by promoting sustainable food production in urban environments.
Cleaning the Gowanus Canal through an alternative arts and science project.
Help establish the first community garden at a high needs middle school in Brooklyn.
For The Newtown Creek Armada, a model boat pond will be created on one of America's most polluted waterways.
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!
Feedback Farms is building out a 2nd location that will effectively double our square footage!
We’re seeking to purchase gardening equipment to transform an unused, vacant piece of city-owned land into a true community amenity where people can come together to garden, compost, and enjoy passive open space.
Help us create easily understood signs and brochures for our compost project and native plant garden for our diverse, multi-lingual neighbors!
A Recyclers' farm in the midst of the city is not only possible but attainable!!! . . Sure! we can!
The McGolrick Park Schools Alliance will organize, promote, and lead monthly clean-ups, events, and workshops from March 2012-November 2012 in McGolrick Park.
Help us build a new people's garden in Bushwick. We'll be strengthening community and growing healthy, local economies at this positive social gathering point and greening action hub.
Employing and empowering mentally ill and formerly homeless individuals through urban gardening.
Creating open green space for the Greenpoint waterfront area.
We have been cleaning out the lot and so far we have accomplished a lot. Our current project is to build a chicken coop and greenhouse.
Help build a home for 24 chickens in East New York.
A collaborative effort between residents and businesses of Bedford-Stuyvesant to transform a vacant lot for almost 20 years, into a thriving community garden.
Healthy, environmentally sound food options for all Flatbush residents.
Support New York City's first Youth Food Council! Flip the Table: Youth Food Council (YFC) is a youth-led coalition working to support, empower, and amplify the passionate young voices of the food justice movement.
My project intends to beautify the environment of the Ave. P business district by means of maintaining the twenty or so tree pits on the block.
GreenHomeNYC is committed to making sure that local non-profits and community groups well represented at the New New York green block party this fall.
Pop-up cafés are popping up all around New York City, making more room for people not cars! Streetfilms will make a short and fun video to help people learn, participate, and advocate for more pop-up cafés.
We want to construct a shaded patio area in the front of the garden that will invite our neighbors inside and give the community a welcoming green space that all can enjoy.
This grant will enable Greene Acres Community Garden to actually create the native plant section we planned last year, but were unable to complete due to lack of funds.
DontFlushMe connects you to where your wastewater goes in the city. The system alerts users when their part of the sewer system is overloaded
Help us help Brooklyn know that the empty space around them is theirs! (Our apologies to the other boroughs!)
Construction of a 25-foot wooden rowing gig for use by high school and community rowers based in Wallabout Channel, Brooklyn.
Bushwick City Farm will raise organic free range chickens in Bushwick Brooklyn in order to provide the community with free organic eggs and chickening knowledge.
We want to convert a vacant lot into an urban farm that produces free veggies and eggs and provides free services to the community.
We want to build a 3 bin compost system to maximize our ability to collect compost, remediate the soil and improve the quality of what we grow in our garden.
The Brooklyn College Composting project will construct a three bin composting system and provide basic gardening tools for digging compost into plots and help care for seven street trees.
Help the Youth Tillers build 3 picnic tables and 2 benches in the Abib Newborn Community Garden in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
The pile is tucked in for the winter, but there is no stopping composting in North Brooklyn!
Request for funds to purchase building materials for reinforcement of enclosure for a turtle sanctuary in a native plant garden.
Skateboarding, music, food, and other activities bring neighbors together for a pleasant day in a park.
The compost bins will provide soil for the garden while engaging residents in discussions on waste reduction as part of the garden's community activities.
Help Sustainable Flatbush grow the Church Avenue Communal Garden, and create a beautiful green space for the Flatbush community to enjoy.
Solar Electric Energy Project will be expanded and include mini green roof. Hands-on workshops show New Yorkers that solar technology is a practical reality.
To purchase a queen bee and workers for the new repaired hive
Prospect Park Lake Cleanup - September 19, 2009, 9am - 1pm
Kids and adults will plant flowers around ugly tree stumps, make curb-your-dog signs, and install waste-bag dispensers, to deal with waste and beautify.
