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NYC Restaurant and Parks Commissioner Share Recipe for "Cool" New Way to Keep New York City Green
Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today joined restaurateur Danny Meyer and his team at the new Shake Shack on the Upper East Side (154 East 86th Street) to water the Honey Locust street tree outside the storefront, show how New York City restaurants are going green this summer, and encourage New Yorkers to water their local street trees to help keep their neighborhoods green. Read more...
NYC Parks Commissioner and Harlem Community Urge New Yorkers to Water their Street Trees throughout the Summer
Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today joined New York City’s citizen tree stewards and members of Harlem’s Proyecto de Embellecimiento 137th St. Beautification Project in watering street trees and encouraging New Yorkers to do so during this current heat wave and throughout the summer. Read more...
Sylven Landesberg Roots for Trees!
Check out our new PSA campaign featuring NBA draft hopeful Sylven Landesberg. Join Sylven and MillionTreesNYC by adopting a new street tree. View the PSA...
New York City Grows Greener by 20,000 Trees
On Saturday, April 24th, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Chief Service Officer Diahann Billings-Burford and Department for the Aging Deputy Commissioner Caryn Resnick joined over 130 New York City volunteers to plant trees in Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx as part of MillionTreesNYC Spring Planting Day 2010. Read more...
New Yorkers Asked to Plant Trees and Volunteer to Celebrate MillionTreesNYC Month
To commemorate MillionTreesNYC Month in April, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and New York Restoration Project (NYRP) are inviting all New Yorkers to "put down roots" by planting a tree in their front or backyard, registering a newly planted tree online, volunteering for a community tree planting or watering day, or making a donationRead more...
TREE Fund Announces Partnership with MillionTreesNYC
New green jobs initiative will train students over five years, bringing together leaders from several aspects of the arboriculture industry for the betterment of students. Read more...
NYC “Green” Students Learn Safe Tree Care Skills from the Tree Fund
On December 10, more than 30 New York City youth in the MillionTreesNYC Training Program learned and practiced safe and proper tree felling skills on Randall's Island — including notch cuts, limbing and bucking techniques, and safety precautions — on large pedestal-mounted logs and downed limbs with experts from the sponsoring companies of the Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund). Read more...
Mahattan Chamber of Commerce Honors New York City's Premier Business Leaders, Green Apple Cleaners Honored with the Green Business of the Year Award for 2009
The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce (MCC), one of New York City’s oldest and most respected business development and professional networking organizations, presented its 2009 Green Business of the Year Award for 2009 to David Kistner, Founder and President of Green Apple Cleaners. The award was presented at the MCC 2009 Business Awards Breakfast, an event that celebrates the achievements of New York City entrepreneurs who have established themselves as leaders in their respective industries. Read more...
Mayor Bloomberg and Bette Midler Plant 250,000th Tree to Celebrate Two-Year Anniversary of MillionTreesNYC
The Mayor and Ms. Midler also announced the new “Put Down Roots” pilot program encouraging New York City homeowners to plant trees in their front and backyards. Read more...
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