Join GrowNYC for an engaging, interactive orientation to learn about NYC’s recycling program and how to teach others how easy it is to start recycling properly. Meet environmentally-conscious people and learn how you can help increase recycling in NYC by volunteering with us.
Join the Garden Crew in their weekly workdays and help redesign and plant garden beds and learn more about planting, pruning and other horticultural techniques!
Come find out for yourself and help cultivate, mulch, prune, water and clean the major tree pits bordering the Hunts Point Recreation Center and major walking routes!
Join Brooklyn Greenway Initiative and partners for a 40-mile bike ride along the Brooklyn-Queens waterfronts. For those who are not biking, there is also an opportunity to join GrowNYC’s Office of Recycling Outreach & Education (OROE) as a volunteer and help spread recycling vibes at the Epic Ride.
GrowNYC’s community “swaps” provide the perfect opportunity to find new homes for things you no longer need. Bring clean, reusable, portable items such as clothing, house wares, games, books, & toys that you no longer need, and take home something new-to-you, free!
Garden Crew meets to maintain and revitalize the ornamental and native plantings around Sherman Creek and Swindler Cove. As part of garden crew you will help redesign and plant garden beds as well as weed, water and dead-head in existing gardens.
GrowNYC is going to be greening up the Summer Streets event for 3 weekends, August 2nd, 9th, and 16th, and we need our excellent team of volunteers to help us with recycling bin monitoring and education at our GrowNYC OROE table.
Bring clean, reusable, portable items such as clothing, house wares, games, books, & toys that you no longer need, and take home something new-to-you, free! You don’t have to bring something to take something.
Bring clean, reusable, portable items such as clothing, house wares, games, books, & toys that you no longer need, and take home something new-to-you, free! You don’t have to bring something to take something.
Join the Student Conservation Association as they team up with New York State Parks for a day of service at Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens!
Spend a morning on QBG Farm and learn how composted food scraps nourish the soil to grow healthy food in NYC. Tasks will vary by day, but may include weeding, harvesting, planting, and composting activities.
Dandelions, Knotweed, and Mugwort are invading Schmul Park! Become a “Weed Warrior” and help Freshkills Park remove these plants from among our new native plantings. Learn how to identify the native and invasive plants in Schmul Park while helping to beautify the landscape!