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Green Guerillas

COMMUNITY GARDENS TURN PATCHES OF CONCRETE AND WASTED SPACE INTO POSITIVE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GROW PLANTS - AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.  LEARN MORE ON THIS ENVIRONMINUTE.

IN THE PAST THIRTY YEARS, THE GREEN GUERILLAS ORGANIZATION HAS SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF OVER SIX HUNDRED COMMUNITY GARDENS IN NEW YORK CITY.  SURROUNDED BY BUILDINGS AND BUSY STREETS, THESE GREEN POCKETS OF TREES AND PLANTS HELP CLEAN THE AIR, WHILE PROVIDING NEARBY RESIDENTS WITH FOOD AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING.  STEVEN FRILLMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREEN GUERILLAS, SAYS THE GARDENS APPEAL TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES – EVEN CHILDREN.

FRILLMAN: THAT’S WHEN THE MAGIC HAPPENS.  WHEN YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS LEARNING WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM – WHAT A WORM LOOKS LIKE AND REALLY KIND OF CONNECTING TO THE EARTH.

WANT TO GET INVOLVED?  YOU’LL FIND RESOURCES AND LINKS ONLINE AT COMMUNITY-GARDEN-DOT-ORG.

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM.     

To find out more about the Green Guerillas, visit their website at http://www.greenguerillas.org/

To learn more about community gardens and how to start your own, visit http://www.communitygarden.org/

To read more about this and other environmental health issues, go to: www.environmentalhealthnews.org, www.ourstolenfuture.org, or www.healthandenvironment.org