• Challenger Community

    Challenger Community

    What does it take to build a sustainable culture?  It takes a community!  Individually we can all go ahead and recycle or re-use our plastic bags, but without communicating and sharing with each other there is no reason to think that the status quo won’t continue as it always has.  Imagine what our world would […]

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  • Welcome to GCC

    We are a creative, innovative non-profit organization whose commitment is to increase access to sustainable lifestyle solutions, while at the same time building and integrating the green community in NYC.   We do that with this website and our signature Green City Challenge Race. Our annual GCC Race offers a fun opportunity for teams to […]

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  • Earth Coalition Action Calendar

    Green City Challenge 2012 Join Green City Challenge for our annual fall event. Enjoy a full day of food, entertainment, environmental games, challenges and demos. Sunday October 14th, 11am – 5pm La Plaza Cultural Community Garden. 9th Street and Ave C. If you have an event or gathering you want featured contact Kady@greencitychallenge.org

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  • Compost!

    What to do with that pile of food scraps after peeling vegetables? Composting, of course! It may seem a bit difficult in a cramped city apartment without a backyard, but it’s absolutely possible.

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  • Recycle

    According to the EPA, in 2008 Americans had only a 33.4% recycling rate. For something as simple as recycling, that’s not a very high percentage!

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