Fwd: Invitation to Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice Quarterly BreakfastOn Thursday, December 9th you are invited to the next quarterly organizing breakfast for Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice (FLEJ). FLEJ was the organizer of the Food, Faith & Health Disparities Summit last month.

Does high blood pressure, a big belly, or cancer run in your family? Does that mean you're doomed to get these too? The burgeoning field of epi-genetics is working on the answer. Epi-genetics is the science of what makes our genes express themselves the way they do.

The Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice Breakfast will bring 200-300 community members, faith leaders, advocates, and government representatives gathered to collectively address key food and health disparities threatening the

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.

Jae Watkins does outreach and education about recycling and the environment in Community District 2 for GrowNYC. Ms. Watkins has volunteered to answer your recycling queries on the blog, as their resident expert on all things green.

NYC Grows is an annual environmental-themed public festival that invites New Yorkers to explore community gardening, urban agriculture, sustainability, organic cooking and environmental education.  Union Square, Saturday, April 25th from 10-4

What are the emerging issues regarding environmental health in New York City? What are the Obama Administration's priorities for improving environmental health?

Join WE ACT for Environmental Justice on Tuesday, April 13th for the answers to these questions, and more.