Backyard Abundance
Help the environment in your own backyard
The Backyard Abundance Campaign helps residents understand how to make ecological improvements to their yards. The campaign demonstrates how these improvements help people, our community, and our environment.Free events are held featuring yards designed to benefit the environment. Experts are on hand to describe the ecological benefits provided by each yard ...learn more
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Created: Feb 25, 2008
Updated: Jun 24, 2008
Membership: Open To Apply
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The One City Walk
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Sunday, November 8th, 2008 is the date for the One City Walk. We will be walking from Central Park in Manhattan to Prospect Park in Brooklyn to raise funds for the Interdependence Project, a New York City based not-for-profit community organized around contemplative practice, artistic development, and environmental activism.
All our participants are encouraged to raise $200, which is just $20.00 each from 10 friends or family members.
Once you register you'll receive free admission to our arts celebration at Lila Center on Friday, October 10th (otherwise $10), featuring an evening of live music, work from Interdependence Project artists, a silent auction, and plenty of fun.
The fund will be used primarily to support our Back to The Sack initiative to eliminate plastic bags, as well as the general development of our Integral Activism Program. Over 100 BILLION plastic bags are thrown out in the US each year, most of which end up sitting in landfills and leaching toxins for hundreds of years. Through Back to the Sack we are working with local and state legislators, community organizers, retailers, and manufacturers to ban unnecessary plastic bags from the East Village as a template for other engaged activists in communities all over the country.