Urban Eco-Teens Leadership Intern, Esther had the opportunity recently to attend the COP25, an annual climate change conference in Madrid. Esther, a sophomore at Bronxdale High School, also participated in the Alliance’s Garden 2 Market Internship last summer. Here is her telling of this unique experience. Global Kids is a non-profit organization that focuses on uplifting and encouraging youth leaders and activists. Through global awareness, applicable education, and a wide variety of interactive programs meant to develop leadership skills that teach involved and passionate students an understanding of the world around us and just how immensely they can impact it....
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Understanding Gaps in the Forest
By Alex Byrne A part of the mission of the newly formed Van Cortlandt Park Alliance is to preserve and support the ecological value of Van Cortlandt Park. In this effort we value biodiversity, and the ecosystems that function to promote it. The world-class urban forests of VCP are still developing and require the management of both the human and forest tendency towards disturbance. Before merging, collectively with the support of a DEC Urban and Community Forestry Grant the VCP Conservancy and Friends of VCP worked to restore native plant communities within forest canopy gaps. These areas are defined on...
Press Release: A New Day for Van Cortlandt Park
Merger of Friends of Van Cortlandt Park and Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy to create single park stewardship organization New Beginnings Picnic to be held on June 11 to celebrate the Launch of Van Cortlandt Park Alliance in the Bronx For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 On the evening of June 11, elected and city officials, together with friends, supporters, board members and community members will gather at the New Beginnings Picnic to celebrate the creation of the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, formed by the merger of the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park and Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy. These two organizations shared...