All-Out Effort For A Greener Bronx
All around the borough, Bronxites were thinking green and doing their part Tuesday for Earth Day.
In the South Bronx, more than 200 volunteers celebrated by planting trees, shrubs and perennials in five community areas.
The event was in support of PlaNYC’s goal of planting one million trees throughout the five boroughs by 2017, and officially kicked off the Timberland Company’s plan to “green” 300 communities worldwide.
The effort will help “create the first truly sustainable 21st century city - what we call a greener, greater New York,” said Liam Kavanagh of the city Department of Parks & Recreation.
At Middle School 391 in Tremont, the celebration will last all week long.
Together with the Bronx Overall Development Council, more than 30 students, parents and school officials showed up at the school at 2225 Webster Ave. to blanket the concrete rooftop with 20 pine trees and plants.
“We are the first in the community to do this,” said Middle School 391 teacher Vic Madho. “It’s very avant-garde.”
The school’s Eco-Green team will take care of the garden, and the project will be incorporated into science lessons.
Later this week, with the help of the nonprofit PHIPPS, students will paint the school foyer and redecorate selected bathrooms in the building. Read more..
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