The Lower East Side Ecology Center is working with the Lower Eastside Girls Club to host Community Care: Stewarding Your Neighborhood, a 2-month exhibition featuring art on the theme of environmental stewardship to inspire New Yorkers to play a role in caring for their local environment.

Volunteer to care for New York City street tree beds by applying locally produced compost! They will be meeting in front of the Boys and Girls Republic at 4pm.

WHAT TO EXPECT...

Volunteers will help remove weeds and litter as well as apply compost - made from NYC food scraps - to street tree beds. Kneeling, squatting, or lifting might be among the physical activities.

WHAT TO WEAR...

Please wear closed-toed shoes and clothes you don't mind getting dirty. Gloves, tools and materials will be provided.

WHAT TO BRING...

Water bottle and small snack if desired.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS...

Street tree care events serve to both create awareness about NYC's urban ecology and educate residents on the multitude of benefits healthy trees provide our neighborhoods. The idea is for the food scraps to be repurposed and redistributed back to the community as compost through greening projects. Street tree care events are one of many ways we accomplish this mission and your participation helps to further this cause.

Register here