Welcome to GCC
We are a creative, innovative non-profit organization that connects the community with green businesses and non profits. Our commitment is to increase access to sustainable lifestyle solutions, while at the same time building and integrating the green community in NYC.
The annual Green City Challenge race offers a fun opportunity for teams to compete with their fellow green New Yorkers to demonstrate their knowledge of how to live, work and eat green in New York City. The audience is exposed to the many options available to New Yorkers who would like to live a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle.
Join our community of passionate individuals and fellow environmental groups!
GREEN CITY CHALLENGE RACE - OCTOBER 23, 2011
Do you live sustainably? Sign up HERE to be a challenger in this year’s race!
Show New Yorkers how to live, work and eat green, and help bring sustainability to the mainstream.
The Green City Challenge Race is BACK and calling for challengers NOW. Ten teams will compete – BE ONE OF THEM!
On October 23, 10 teams will participate in this year’s event, compete in challenges, collect giant jigsaw puzzle pieces and demonstrate their knowledge of how to live, work, and eat GREEN. Click here to see last year’s event.
VOLUNTEERS FOR THE GREEN CITY CHALLENGE RACE 2011! SIGN UP HERE
Live Green
What is Distilled Water?
Read the labels on bottled water, and you will notice that one of the most common methods to purify the water is distillation. This is an extremely energy intensive, wasteful process and it’s not as healthy as you might think. Additionally, because this water comes in [...]
Beauty Hurts: What’s Lurking in Your Cosmetics
When it comes to beauty, a common phrase is “no pain, no gain” – the huge amounts of money [...]
Electronics Recycling
In 2010, the world met a significant, though largely unnoticed, milestone when the five billionth [...]
Lecture Panel Schedule for Green City Challenge 2011
Lecture #1 1:15PM Look Good and Feel Great It is no secret that living a natural lifestyle is not only good for you but will make you feel great as well. This panel is all about getting you to be the best you that one can be. Listen as speakers from the worlds of health, nutrition, beauty and fitness share their secrets with you. “What is a healthy way to lose weight,” “What is the most effective workout for me,” and “What are natural alternatives to plastic surgery” are some of the questions that will be answered in this sess[...]
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Green City Challengers
People say it’s not easy being green but you’re doing it! You recycle, you bring your own water with you, you refuse plastic; you are conscientious about your footprint on the planet and you do something about it. Here is your chance to participate in the Green City Challenge all year round, wherever you are.
Take action on the court and tell us about it on line. Sign up to become a challenger to support and compare notes with others in the community. Share your experiences and your thoughts and ideas, and demonstrate to others that it’s not as difficult as some may think.
Want to know who else is participating? Go to the link above or click on the picture and meet the Challengers of 2010 and 2011.
Eat Green
Fresh Organic SuperFoods: Sprout Your Own All Winter Long!
By Eco-Chef Debra Secunda of www.rawfooddvds.com It seems as though I was happily buying fresh vibrant spinach, lettuce, kale, etc. at Union Square’s local farm stands, blinked, and now it’s Winter. The growing season for the Northeast is over, but for proper [...]
In Season NOW: Butternut & Acorn Squash at your local Farmers Market!
Submitted by Debra Secunda of www.rawfooddvds.com To me, this is the quintessential [...]
NOW AVAILABLE: The Bounty of the Local Autumn Harvest – CREATE DINNER RECIPES!
I recently visited several local Farmers Markets around the City and was overjoyed to see such an [...]
Work Green
PlaNYC: Make it a Social Movement
Central to the City’s sustainability efforts is PlaNYC, the monumental program linking hundreds of greening initiatives across City operations. Yet how sustainable is PlaNYC itself? As a project of the Mayor’s Office, it was created almost completely by government [...]
EcoChi For Interior Design
Every space has a life of its own, and impacts us as we go about our lives. Our actions, energy and [...]
Hydro Fracking Opponents Speak Up
Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," is a method in which high-pressure chemicals are injected into [...]