http://gethealthyharlem.org/taxonomy/term/99/all en http://gethealthyharlem.org/articles/harlem-word-mary-alice-lee-talks-about-how-non-profit-trust-public-land-protects-open-space <div class="field field-list-image"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_list_image" width="1345" height="1773" alt="" src="http://gethealthyharlem.org/sites/default/files/images/Mary%20Alice%20Lee.jpg?1276089292" /> </div> <p><em>Mary Alice Lee has her Master&#39;s degree in <a href="/healthopedia/#Urban%20planning" target="_blank">urban planning</a>. Her primary interest is the creation of parks.&nbsp; She worked at the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation before joining the <a href="http://www.tpl.org/" target="_blank">Trust for Public Land</a> (TPL)<strong> </strong>in 2024. Now, she is the director of the <a href="http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=22208&amp;folder_id=631" target="_blank">NYC Playground Program</a><strong>. </strong>She is able to combine her interests in community outreach and urban planning to create parks and playgrounds that entire communities can enjoy. Because Mary Alice grew up in New York City with a limited school yard, she understands how important it is for kids here to have safe, fun, beautiful places to play. Read more about TPL and what programs they have in New York City below!</em><div class="field field-related"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/articles/harlem-word-paula-lukats-tells-us-about-just-food-non-profit-organization-providing-fresh-f">Harlem Word: Paula Lukats tells us about Just Food, a non-profit organization providing fresh food to NYC</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/articles/did-you-knowthere-are-lots-ways-burn-calories-without-traditional-%E2%80%9Cwork-out%E2%80%9D">Did you know...there are lots of ways to burn calories without the traditional “work out”?</a> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/articles/harlem-word-mary-alice-lee-and-maddalena-polletta-talk-about-how-schools-and-communities-ca">Harlem Word: Mary Alice Lee and Maddalena Polletta talk about how schools and communities can work together to build playgrounds in New York City </a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/articles/harlem-word-mary-alice-lee-and-maddalena-polletta-explain-how-trust-public-land-helps-build">Harlem Word: Mary Alice Lee and Maddalena Polletta explain how the Trust for Public Land helps build playgrounds at New York City schools</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://gethealthyharlem.org/articles/harlem-word-mary-alice-lee-talks-about-how-non-profit-trust-public-land-protects-open-space" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://gethealthyharlem.org/articles/harlem-word-mary-alice-lee-talks-about-how-non-profit-trust-public-land-protects-open-space#comments Harlem Word Environment Community Gardens Parks physical activity playgrounds Mon, 13 Jun 2024 20:49:56 +0000 Editor 3996 at http://gethealthyharlem.org http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/new-york-city-community-garden-coalition-town-hall-meeting <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2011-02-19T15:00:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Feb 19 2024 10:00 am </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-end dtend" title="2011-02-19T19:00:00Z"><label>End: </label> Feb 19 2024 2:00 pm </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2011-02-19T15:00:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Feb 19 2024 10:00 am </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-end dtend" title="2011-02-19T19:00:00Z"><label>End: </label> Feb 19 2024 2:00 pm </div> </div> <div align="center"><strong>NYCCGC Town Hall Meeting<br />Making Gardens Permanent: Long-Term Solutions<br />Saturday, February 19, 2024</strong></div><p>New York City Community Garden Coalition invites you to participate in a Town Hall Meeting focused on the movement to permanently preserve our city's precious community gardens.</p><div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/new-york-city-community-garden-coalition-town-hall-meeting" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/new-york-city-community-garden-coalition-town-hall-meeting#comments Environment community Community Gardens town hall meeting Mon, 14 Feb 2024 22:31:31 +0000 Suzie B 4713 at http://gethealthyharlem.org http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/new-york-city-community-garden-coalition-annual-general-meeting <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2011-02-17T23:30:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Feb 17 2024 6:30 pm </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-end dtend" title="2011-02-18T01:30:00Z"><label>End: </label> Feb 17 2024 8:30 pm </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2011-02-17T23:30:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Feb 17 2024 6:30 pm </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-end dtend" title="2011-02-18T01:30:00Z"><label>End: </label> Feb 17 2024 8:30 pm </div> </div> <div align="center"><strong>NYCCGC General Meeting: Thursday, February 17</strong></div><p align="center"><strong>Neighborhood Preservation Center</strong><br />6:30 - 8:30pm<br />232 East 11 Street (btw. 2nd &amp; 3rd Ave), Manhattan<br /> </p><p align="center">Agenda for General Meeting 02.17.11 </p><div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/new-york-city-community-garden-coalition-annual-general-meeting" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/new-york-city-community-garden-coalition-annual-general-meeting#comments Environment community Community Gardens meeting Mon, 14 Feb 2024 22:27:14 +0000 Suzie B 4712 at http://gethealthyharlem.org http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/famous-friday-garden-party <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2010-09-10T22:30:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Sep 10 2024 5:30 pm </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-end dtend" title="2010-09-11T01:00:00Z"><label>End: </label> Sep 10 2024 8:00 pm </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2010-09-10T22:30:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Sep 10 2024 5:30 pm </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-end dtend" title="2010-09-11T01:00:00Z"><label>End: </label> Sep 10 2024 8:00 pm </div> </div> <div align="center">The community partners of the Harlem Harvest Festival and Fresh Food Summit invite you to:</div><p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center"><strong>The Famous Friday Garden Party</strong></p><p align="center">Friday, September 10, from 5:30pm - 8pm</p><p align="center">Garden of Love Community Garden:</p><div class="field field-list-image"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_list_image" width="960" height="720" alt="" src="http://gethealthyharlem.org/sites/default/files/images/Sept._10_Garden_Party_Flier.jpg?1283976457" /> </div> <div class="field field-related"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/articles/garden-box-can-i-grow-cheap-healthy-food">Garden in a box...? Can I grow cheap, healthy food?</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/articles/garden-box-update-finally">Garden in a box UPDATE... Finally!</a> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/links/greenthumb-community-gardening">GreenThumb Community Gardening</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/articles/growing-your-own-community-garden">Growing your own community garden</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/famous-friday-garden-party" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/famous-friday-garden-party#comments Food Community Gardens Garden of Love gardens Wed, 08 Sep 2024 16:18:34 +0000 Editor 4312 at http://gethealthyharlem.org http://gethealthyharlem.org/links/oasis-mapping-website-find-nyc-community-gardens <p><a href="http://www.oasisnyc.net/garden/gardensearch.aspx" target="_blank"></a>Interested in getting involved in community gardens? Check out the <a href="http://www.oasisnyc.net/garden/gardensearch.aspx" target="_blank">OASIS</a> mapping website to find a community garden near you!</p><div class="field field-link"> <a href="http://www.oasisnyc.net/garden/gardensearch.aspx">OASIS community garden mapping website</a> </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://gethealthyharlem.org/links/oasis-mapping-website-find-nyc-community-gardens" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://gethealthyharlem.org/links/oasis-mapping-website-find-nyc-community-gardens#comments Environment Food Community Gardens nyc OASIS Wed, 08 Sep 2024 12:34:15 +0000 Coll5 4309 at http://gethealthyharlem.org http://gethealthyharlem.org/articles/harlem-word-maddalena-polletta-talks-about-trust-public-land%E2%80%99s-involvement-community-garden <div class="field field-list-image"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_list_image" width="1341" height="1890" alt="" src="http://gethealthyharlem.org/sites/default/files/images/Maddalena%20Polletta.jpg?1278533048" /> </div> <em>Maddalena Polletta is the coordinator of the NYC's Children's Gardening Program at the <a href="http://www.tpl.org/" target="_blank">Trust for Public Land</a>. The main activities of TPL are <a href="http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=22208&amp;folder_id=631" target="_blank">building playgrounds</a> at New York City schools and protecting community gardens throughout the city. In this article, Maddalena explains TPL's involvement with community gardens.</em><div class="field field-related"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/nycsafh/articles/harlem-word-mary-alice-lee-and-maddalena-polletta-explain-how-playgrounds-built-nyc">Harlem Word: Mary Alice Lee and Maddalena Polletta explain how the playgrounds built by the NYC Playground Program are “green”</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/articles/harlem-word-mary-alice-lee-and-maddalena-polletta-explain-how-trust-public-land-helps-build">Harlem Word: Mary Alice Lee and Maddalena Polletta explain how the Trust for Public Land helps build playgrounds at New York City schools</a> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/articles/harlem-word-mary-alice-lee-and-maddalena-polletta-trust-public-land-tell-us-why-it%E2%80%99s-diffic">Harlem Word: Mary Alice Lee and Maddalena Polletta from the Trust for Public Land tell us why it’s difficult to build fun, exciting playgrounds in New York City</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/articles/harlem-word-mary-alice-lee-and-maddalena-polletta-talk-about-how-schools-and-communities-ca">Harlem Word: Mary Alice Lee and Maddalena Polletta talk about how schools and communities can work together to build playgrounds in New York City </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://gethealthyharlem.org/articles/harlem-word-maddalena-polletta-talks-about-trust-public-land%E2%80%99s-involvement-community-garden" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://gethealthyharlem.org/articles/harlem-word-maddalena-polletta-talks-about-trust-public-land%E2%80%99s-involvement-community-garden#comments Environment Community Gardens Maddalena Polletta Trust for Public Land Tue, 10 Aug 2024 17:02:14 +0000 Editor 4234 at http://gethealthyharlem.org http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/save-your-community-gardens <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2010-02-06T14:00:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Feb 6 2024 9:00 am </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2010-02-06T14:00:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Feb 6 2024 9:00 am </div> </div> <p><strong> <a href="http://www.nyccgc.org/forum/art/NYCCGC-Forum2010-Flyer.pdf" target="_blank">NYC Community Gardens Coalition 2024 Forum</a>: Standing Our Ground to Save All Gardens, Saturday, February 6-7 from 9:00am - 4:30pm at The New School, 66 West 12th Street</strong></p><div class="field field-list-image"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_list_image" width="481" height="348" alt="" src="http://gethealthyharlem.org/sites/default/files/images/NYCCGC%20Forum%202010.jpg?1264777828" /> </div> <div class="field field-related"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/articles/garden-box-can-i-grow-cheap-healthy-food">Garden in a box...? Can I grow cheap, healthy food?</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/articles/garden-box-update-finally">Garden in a box UPDATE... Finally!</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/save-your-community-gardens" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/save-your-community-gardens#comments Environment Community Gardens gardens planting Fri, 29 Jan 2024 15:10:51 +0000 Riverside 3334 at http://gethealthyharlem.org http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/free-movie-screening-garden <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2009-08-19T00:30:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Aug 18 2024 7:30 pm </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-end dtend" title="2009-08-19T03:00:00Z"><label>End: </label> Aug 18 2024 10:00 pm </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2009-08-19T00:30:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Aug 18 2024 7:30 pm </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-end dtend" title="2009-08-19T03:00:00Z"><label>End: </label> Aug 18 2024 10:00 pm </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.eastharlempreservation.org/">East Harlem Preservation, Inc.</a> and <a href="http://www.nyrp.org/">The New York Restoration Project</a> present a free screening of 2024 Academy Award Nominee <em>The Garden</em></p><p><strong>When</strong>: Tuesday, August 18th, 2024 at 7:30PM</p><div class="field field-list-image"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_list_image" width="300" height="280" alt="" src="http://gethealthyharlem.org/sites/default/files/images/Garden081809sm.jpg?1250605615" /> </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/free-movie-screening-garden" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/free-movie-screening-garden#comments Environment Community Gardens free events movie Tue, 18 Aug 2024 14:27:20 +0000 DrumsC 2796 at http://gethealthyharlem.org http://gethealthyharlem.org/links/greenthumb-community-gardening As the largest community gardening program in the country, <strong>GreenThumb</strong> is proud to support community gardens in New York City. There are over 600 member gardens serving 20,000 city residents.<div class="field field-related"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/events/greenthumbs-summer-solstice-2009-block-party">GreenThumb&#039;s Summer Solstice 2024 Block Party</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/articles/garden-box-can-i-grow-cheap-healthy-food">Garden in a box...? Can I grow cheap, healthy food?</a> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/links/more-gardens">More Gardens!</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/links/harlem-united-gardeners">Harlem United Gardeners</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-editorial"> Not Editorial Content </div> <div class="field field-link"> <a href="http://greenthumbnyc.org/">GreenThumb</a> </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://gethealthyharlem.org/links/greenthumb-community-gardening" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://gethealthyharlem.org/links/greenthumb-community-gardening#comments Environment Community Gardens environment Thu, 18 Jun 2024 21:07:40 +0000 Coll5 2490 at http://gethealthyharlem.org http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/greenthumbs-summer-solstice-2009-block-party <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2009-06-18T15:00:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Jun 18 2024 10:00 am </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-end dtend" title="2009-06-18T21:00:00Z"><label>End: </label> Jun 18 2024 4:00 pm </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2009-06-18T15:00:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Jun 18 2024 10:00 am </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-end dtend" title="2009-06-18T21:00:00Z"><label>End: </label> Jun 18 2024 4:00 pm </div> </div> <p><a href="http://greenthumbnyc.org/gardenevents.html"><strong>GreenThumb</strong></a>'s Annual Summer Solstice Block Party is on Saturday, June 20, 2024 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM</p><div class="field field-list-image"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_list_image" width="159" height="160" alt="" src="http://gethealthyharlem.org/sites/default/files/images/7276.jpg?1245358077" /> </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/greenthumbs-summer-solstice-2009-block-party" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/greenthumbs-summer-solstice-2009-block-party#comments Environment community events Community Gardens party Thu, 18 Jun 2024 20:48:13 +0000 Coll5 2488 at http://gethealthyharlem.org http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/pollinator-week-support-efforts-legalize-beekeeping-nyc <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2009-06-22T23:00:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Jun 22 2024 6:00 pm </div> </div> <div class="event-nodeapi"> <div class="event-start dtstart" title="2009-06-22T23:00:00Z"><label>Start: </label> Jun 22 2024 6:00 pm </div> </div> <div align="center"><div class="field field-list-image"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_list_image" width="184" height="143" alt="" src="http://gethealthyharlem.org/sites/default/files/images/beelogo.gif?1245252736" /> </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/pollinator-week-support-efforts-legalize-beekeeping-nyc" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://gethealthyharlem.org/events/pollinator-week-support-efforts-legalize-beekeeping-nyc#comments Environment Food Community Gardens Food Justice food-growing honey Wed, 17 Jun 2024 15:33:49 +0000 Coll5 2451 at http://gethealthyharlem.org http://gethealthyharlem.org/videos/get-ready-spring-nyc <p>Do you want to know where you can grow your own vegetables in NYC? Or plant a tree? Maybe you're more interested in finding out where you can volunteer or recycle?<div class="field field-video"> <div class="emvideo emvideo-video emvideo-youtube"><div class="emfield-emvideo emfield-emvideo-youtube"> <div id="emvideo-youtube-flash-wrapper-1"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/g2cdaDCY1Uo&amp;rel=0&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;playerapiid=ytplayer&amp;fs=1" id="emvideo-youtube-flash-1"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g2cdaDCY1Uo&amp;rel=0&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;playerapiid=ytplayer&amp;fs=1" /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"/> <param name="quality" value="best"/> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"/> <param name="scale" value="noScale"/> <param name="salign" value="TL"/> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> </object></div></div></div> </div> <div class="field field-editorial"> Editorial Content </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://gethealthyharlem.org/videos/get-ready-spring-nyc" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://gethealthyharlem.org/videos/get-ready-spring-nyc#comments Environment Community Gardens farmers markets recycling Mon, 16 Mar 2024 20:21:34 +0000 Editor 1801 at http://gethealthyharlem.org http://gethealthyharlem.org/links/harlem-united-gardeners To support Harlem's community gardens and to preserve and increase green space in Harlem <div class="field field-editorial"> Not Editorial Content </div> <div class="field field-link"> <a href="http://www.harlemgardeners.org/">Harlem United Gardeners</a> </div> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div> http://gethealthyharlem.org/links/harlem-united-gardeners#comments Environment Community Gardens Wed, 15 Oct 2024 17:14:30 +0000 Editor 549 at http://gethealthyharlem.org