Last Spring posed an extra challenge for our gardens and trees, a record breaking drought. As this summer approaches, we encourage you to use our annual mini-grant to make a summer plan. This can include a shared google doc, an old fashioned clip board for stewards to sign up to water, a chat with your…
Category: Green infrastructure
Teaching With Green Roofs
Looking for engaging ways to teach students about climate, water, and green infrastructure? Green Roofs NYC offers a free set of hands-on, standards-aligned lessons for all grade levels. These lessons are a great way to use your schoolyard as a living lab, especially if your site features one of our green roof gazebos. In the…
NY Drought! Water those Green-roofs!
New York is experiencing a serious drought and we need your help to keep the plants on your green-roof gazebos alive. Since we haven’t seen rain in nearly a month, even the resilient sedum plants need watering. To keep your green-roof from dying, please spend at least 15 minutes watering the plants atop your gazebos…
CUSP Map
Last week, we talked about the green infrastructure often included in our school yards to combat the pollution caused by Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs). Of course, the Trust for Public Land is not the only organization or group working on this pollution problem. We like our playground stewards to understand how their schoolyards fit into climate…
Green Infrastructure Playgrounds
The NYC Playgrounds Program has a partnership with the Department of Environmental Protection “DEP”to include green infrastructure in our student designed playgrounds. The green infrastructure collects stormwater and lets it soak back into the ground or water plants rather than run off into a drain. Why do we want to capture stormwater? During the playground…
Urban Watersheds
This week, an environmental enrichment class at Bed Stuy Collegiate began exploring how water moves through our urban environment by making paper models. Try adapting this lesson in your own classroom for an engaging hands-on way to get kids thinking about stormwater management. Materials: Sturdy paper Non-permanent markers Newspaper Spray bottle Water Background Discussion: Stormwater:…