Creating environmental sustainability through economic empowerment. Green infrastructure design, installation and maintenance. A division of @TheHOPEProgram
Did you know that one out of every five HOPE staff members are actually graduates of our program?! We know more than anyone how talented our grads are, and want to ensure that our work is informed by the people who benefit from it the most #buildingsustainablefutures
“@TheKnowledgeHou takes someone who has hustle & curiosity, teach tech skills & connect them to a tech job & help them to succeed within it. We work so that no one gets left behind in innovation economy”- @Jerelyn_R
🙌🏾Congrats @TheKnowledgeHou & alumni on 5 strong years & more!
NYC’s CoolRoofs program has painted over 10 million square feet of rooftops
- reducing air pollution 🏭
- lowering electricity bills ⚡
- cooling off our city 🏙️
- creating new jobs for NYers 👩🏾🔧
@SEforALLorg@nycCoolRoofs
Terrific to see Joe Fargione lead on #NaturalClimateSolutions by making the link between his science and the policies that can unlock Nature’s potential as a key part of the climate change solution set.
#ScienceToPolicy
"We can help fight climate change by planting trees, promoting soil health, and protecting our coastal ecosystems," in addition to cutting emissions, @nature_org scientist Joe Fargione tells the House @ClimateCrisis committee at yesterday's hearing on #naturalclimatesolutions
Congratulations Intervine, Best of the Bronx in 2019! Intervine is in the business of making NYC economically and environmentally sustainable. Intervine.nyc#BestOfBoroughs
The $ spent addressing climate crisis could end poverty, and bring environmental justice to the communities that have shouldered the burden of the causes and effects of climate change.
How do we shift the narrative to make it happen? @iamwesmoore@RobinHoodNYC @ColumbiaSocEnt
I didn't need to be saved by anybody. I needed people to hear me and see me as an equal, and be deliberate about removing the barriers that were deliberately put in front of me. @iamwesmoore@RobinHoodNYC @ColumbiaSocEnt
Poverty is amazingly sticky. Almost half of New Yorkers have experienced poverty in the last three years, and 30% will experience again in the following year. @iamwesmoore@RobinHoodNYC @ColumbiaSocEnt