City Parks Foundation is proud to have the “Green Girls” from the Green Girls Summer Institute (a CPF education program) guest blog for us during their 3 week program. 7/25/2011 Staten Island Hike By Sade Glasgow and Jazzini Edwards We visited Staten Island where we went on a nature walk to look for birds. Our [...]
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19 Jul
Middle School Students, “Green Girls,” Guest Blog
City Parks Foundation is proud to have the “Green Girls” from the Green Girls Summer Institute (a CPF education program) guest blog for us. Sewage in the City: Greenpoint, BR at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant 7/12/2011 Authors: Shahara Jordan and Xiomara Williams On the second day of the Green Girls Summer Institute, we [...]
13 Aug
Hook & Smith Productions Spend a Day with the Green Girls
“On a lovely summer day, we visited the Green Girls program in Jamaica, Queens so we could interview one of the ladies that run the program. At first we were lost, since the area was compacted with dozens of plants and trees. We were escorted to this beautiful pond in this deep wooded place where [...]
3 Aug
Green Girls Summer Institute: Recap
Green Girls Summer Institute 2009 terminó. La ultima semana fue tan éxitoso como las semanas anteriores. La tercera semana incluyó un viaje por el río Bronx, y visitas a East New York Farms en Brooklyn, el Zoo en Central Park en Manhattan, y Forest Park en Queens. Las chicas pudieron ver el trabajo del Bronx [...]
3 Aug
Green Girls Summer Institute: Recap
The Green Girls Summer Institute 2009 has ended. The final week was just as successful as the preceding two. Week three consisted of a canoe trip down the Bronx River, and visits to East New York Farms in Brooklyn, Manhattan’s Central Park Zoo, and Forest Park in Queens. The girls were able to see the [...]
29 Jul
Green Girls Semana Dos!
La segunda semana ha llegado a su fin y fue tan lleno de eventos como la primera. La semana empezó en Queens donde las chicas visitaron a Socrates Scuplture Park. Allá ellas trabajaron con una artista local para hacer canastas de viejos envases de yogur y varios tipos de papeles reciclados. ¡Más tarde ellas visitaron [...]
29 Jul
Green Girls Week Two!
Week two of the Green Girls Summer Institute comes to a close, and it was just as eventful as week one. The week started off in Queens where the girls visited Socrates Sculpture Park. Here the girls worked with a local artist to make baskets out of old yogurt containers and various types of recycled [...]
21 Jul
CityParks Education’s Green Girls: Week One Recap
Well, it’s hard to believe, but the first week of Green Girls is over! The girls have traveled to new places including Orchard Beach, Inwood Park, and Staten Island. Many of the girls are experiencing new things like fishing and bird watching, just to name a few. Tuesday’s service project at Inwood Park had the [...]
