Adopt-a-tree today
Adopting a tree in NYC is a great way to help contribute to the greening of your community!
It’s not too late to start composting: GrowNYC makes it easy
About 17% of NYC’s waste stream is food. In lieu of sending this food off to a landfill, New Yorkers have many composting options.
In the Urban Crisis: a Free Lecture Series
(Image via The New School) In the Urban Crisis, a lecture series organized by Parsons, The New School for Design is free and open to…
Apply for a Summer Play Street in Your Community
(Image via Transportation Alternatives) Summer Play Streets are community organized times when local streets are officially closed to traffic and open for youth to play…
Field Guide printed
We put together a field guide to phytoremediation based on our research and experience at La Finca del Sur this summer. It’s a 40+ page…
Enabling Crowdsourced City Construction
Plans for a website where concerned citizens could post proposals to project profiles with information and imagery for city projects.
Check out the new official NYC taxi and Find out why the decision is so controversial
Nissan is set to begin global trials of an electric version of its NV200 minivan – the vehicle which was recently selected as the official…
kickstarter campaign for Field Lab
In 2010, youarethecity created the Field Guide to Phytoremediation, a DIY handbook to cleaning up toxic soils in your own backyard, neighborhood vacant lot, or…