Learn Green NYC

A Coalition of Sustainability Professionals in Education, Design and Enterprise

Learn Green NYC is a coalition of sustainability professionals in education, design and enterprise in support of youth engagement, healthy learning environments and community-based approaches to low impact, high quality living.

Goals: To transform NYC into a more sustainable city through inclusive participation in greening efforts, with a particular focus on empowering youth, whose voices are critical to today and the future.

Why?

  • 24% of NYC’s 8.1 million people are under 18, yet currently their voices are not included in meaningful ways in many of the greening efforts underway in the city.

  • Because we can all benefit from young people’s insights, creativity, perspective and energy.

Objectives:

  • Identify, connect and support opportunities for youth to lead and participate in sustainable NYC initiatives such as PlaNYC 2030, the Green Schools Green Map project, activities in their schools and local youth programs.
  • Develop ongoing connections between the Learn Green NYC event and the Baum Forum events focusing on sustainability, food and schools.
  • Enjoy learning together: kids & adults meet each other, work together and share youth-centric ideas that will enhance our common future.

Stay tuned for future events...

Creating a unified vision for our city