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GrowNYC
August 28, 2013 Big Apple Crunch Takes New York!
The Big Apple Crunch is an attempt to set the world record for the "Most Participants in an Apple-Crunching Event." This event will take place on FOOD DAY - October 24, 2013. New Yorkers can participate by finding a crunch near you: at any of GrowNYC's Greenmarket...
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GrowNYC
August 14, 2013 GrowNYC Partners Launches!
GrowNYC is proud to announce the launch of GrowNYC Partners, a professional consulting service for food, farming, gardening, and recycling projects.GrowNYC Partners will help businesses, foundations, and government agencies transform and empower their consumers and...
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Recycling
July 30, 2013 GrowNYC Supports City Efforts to “RECYCLE EVERYTHING”
GrowNYC is proud to support Mayor Bloomberg’s leadership in expanding recycling in NYC with the launch of "Recycle Everything."In 2006, the City created GrowNYC’s Office of Recycling Outreach and Education to assist their ambitious goals to divert more waste from...
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Recycling
July 17, 2013 Meet the Swapateers
Since 2007, GrowNYC’s Office of Recycling Outreach and Education has been hosting community swap events to reduce waste and engage residents in the practice of reuse. Stop ‘N’ Swap® helps keep good things out of the landfill by bringing together people with good...
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Greenmarket
July 12, 2013 Union Square Greenmarket Night Market
On Wednesday, July 17, Greenmarket will celebrate its 37th anniversary, and we’ll be partying into the night at Union Square Greenmarket’s first ever night market. In collaboration with Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer’s office, as well as over 15...
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Environmental Education
July 08, 2013 P.S. 154 Queens Wins the Big Lift Recycling Contest
This spring, GrowNYC’s Recycling Champions Program held a recycling contest amongst schools in the program to see which school could achieve the highest recycling rates. 22 schools participated in the six-week long "Big Lift"– where schools once weekly weighed the...
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