Green neighbourhood saturday!
Grow garden
Add beauty and nature to your block by planting flowers that attract birds and butterflies. Save money and inspire your community to eat fresh foods by growing your favorite herbs and vegetables.
Care for the trees and plant trees
street trees give back to the environment as they grow—and you can see it for yourself! They clean our air by filtering out harmful gases, keep us cool and save on energy bills, strengthen our soil to prevent erosion, trap stormwater run-off to prevent flooding, and provide shelter and food for wildlife, such as birds and squirrels. ore trees in parks and caring for young forest! Trees clean our air, keep our city cool, and provide food and safe homes for wildlife. Want to help out?
Ride a bike
Riding a bike not only keeps you active and gets you out exploring, but also helps to reduce pollution levels in the city. Riding a bike requires no fuel, unlike most cars, buses, and other motor vehicles that release toxic gas into the city we love. Get moving on your bike today!
Recycle responsibility
Trash dumped at landfills harm our environment by sending toxins in our air, soil, and water. To help make our environment cleaner and greener, the City is encouraging New Yorkers to pledge zero waste to landfills by 2030.
The trouble with food packaging
Through 311, you can report trash in the parks, damaged play equipment, sick or dying trees, and more! 311 will give you a confirmation number you can use to track our progress.
The trouble with food packaging begins at its creation. Each form of packaging uses a lot of resources like energy, water, chemicals, petroleum, minerals wood and fibers to produce. Its manufacture often generates air emissions including greenhouse gases, heavy metals and particulates, as well as waste water and or sludge containing toxic contaminants.
Saving water
Next to air, water is the most important element for the preservation of life. Water is a finite commodity which, if not managed properly, will result in shortages in the near future. Water conservation can go a long way to help alleviate these impending shortages.
A typical shower uses five to ten gallons of water a minute. Limit your showers to the time it takes to soap up, wash down and rise off.
Turn off the water while brushing your teeth Before brushing, wet your brush and fill a glass for rinsing your mouth.
Keep a bottle of drinking water in the refrigerator. This puts a stop to the wasteful practice of running tap water to cool it for drinking.his puts a stop to the wasteful practice of running tap water to cool it for drinking.
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