Solar Ovens and Earth Science Lesson Plan
GrowNYC's Environmental Education program engages New York City school children across the five boroughs with curriculum on renewable energy, habitat restoration, water health, and green design. One...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: A Grow to Learn School Garden tour
Grow to Learn celebrated the end of the 2013-14 school year with a tour of four school gardens in Harlem and the Bronx. Since launching in February 2011, 438 schools have joined Grow to Learn, making...
View ArticleGrowNYC Releases Green Design for Students Manual
GrowNYC is proud to announce the publication of Green Design for Students, a manual of all of the major environmental and infrastructure issues that impact our daily lives, such as energy consumption,...
View ArticleNew Voices to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!
The Recycling Champions Program is singing praises to MS 443K New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts students. The New Voices Green Team hosted a recycling and compost assembly program as...
View ArticleVolunteer Profile: Jonathan Kong
Volunteers are a major source of strength for nonprofits and GrowNYC is fortunate to have the time, effort and talents of so many dedicated New Yorkers. Whether they are corporate groups giving back to...
View ArticleSchool is closed, but gardens are growing
In a moment where New Yorkers have turned to parks and gardening to ease the mental and emotional strain the Covid-19 pandemic has taken on residents, when the need for education surrounding nutrition...
View ArticleGrowNYC's Food, Waste, and Climate Virtual Workshop Series: Part One 10/16
GrowNYC's Food, Waste, and Climate Virtual Workshop Series: Part One 10/16Celebrate World Food Day with us this Friday, October 16, by learning what you can do to support a sustainable food system....
View ArticleApply for the GrowNYC Mini Grant 2021
NYC DOE K-12 public and charter schools can apply for the GrowNYC Mini Grant! Eligible schools can apply for $500-$2000 in credit to a garden supply store to build or expand school gardens and outdoor...
View ArticleGrowNYC's Beginner Gardener Intensive, June 1-4
Join us for a week-long virtual workshop series to get your garden project started!This series, comprised of four interactive virtual gardening, runs from Tuesday June 1st - Friday June 4th, and it...
View ArticlePlastic Free Lunch Day (PFLD)
ALL TOGETHER NOW! P.S. 971 School of Math, Science, and Health Living – a school inspired by PLASTIC FREE LUNCH DAY! The first ever Plastic Free Lunch Day (PFLD) in NYC public schools happened on May...
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