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    • Gathering Ideas to Re-envision Parks
    • Tree Ambassadors
    • URI's Rock to Rock Team
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Internships

URI offers paid Greenspace and GreenSkills internships for Yale students, as well as for New Haven high school students and adults with a history that includes incarceration.

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Planting a tree

Volunteer | Voluntariado

One of the most valuable contributions is your time. Most of URI's volunteer opportunities are with Greenspace in the summer. We host a few special workdays in the spring and fall. | Una de sus contribuciones más valiosas es su tiempo. La mayoría de las oportunidades de voluntariado de URI son con Greenspace en verano. Tenemos días especiales de voluntariado en primavera y otoño.

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Your contribution will support job training for teens and formerly incarcerated adults while improving our environment through tree planting and green space revitalization. Proceeds will provide internships, tools, compost, mulch and trees.

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Request a Free Tree
Request a Free Tree

Request a Free Tree

Thanks to a partnership with the City of New Haven, we are happy to plant street trees for New Haven residents with our GreenSkills crews.

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11/11/2023

New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence
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10/23/2023

New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence

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YSE Day of Service

09/09/2023

New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence

Park cleanup with YSE Day of Service

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08/26/2023

New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence
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Urban Resources Initiative

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