Environment Links
OASIS mapping website to find NYC community gardens
Interested in getting involved in community gardens? Check out the OASIS mapping website to find a community garden near you!
New York's New Slumlord Watch List
Are you somebody who lives in an apartment that is poorly maintained? Is there damage that hasn't been fixed? Are there rodents/pests that haven't been controlled? Are there cleanliness probelms? Is it because your landlord/property manager does not take care of the property?
Recycle your clean paper, Harlem!
GrowNYC has a new interactive website that shows New Yorkers what things we've been throwing out that we can (and should) be recycling instead! At the top of that list is PAPER! Over 775.220 TONS of recycleable paper is thrown into the trash each year.
Harlem One Stop
Harlem Calendar of events
Your NYC Recycling Questions Answered
Don't let the Bed Bugs Bite, Harlem
Nourishing NYC goes green in East Harlem and on ABC 7
HARLEM (WABC) -- There is a soup kitchen in our area that's doing its best to serve fresh, organic foods.
It even grows and harvests many of the veggies it serves.
"I just want to make sure we have enough for everybody," said Gina Keatley.
Recycling in the Grant Houses
I was reading an article about the Grant Houses in Harlem taking action to begin a recycling program in their buildings. I think it's so great that the people who lived there were able to recognize a need for these programs, defend their rights to have one, and begin largescale education programs to get people to understand how to recycle once they were given proper recycling bins.