Apr
28
10th Annual Rock to Rock Earth Day Ride
Join 1,500 cyclists traveling from West Rock to East Rock in a parade of bikes celebrating Earth Day! Register by Jan 15, 2018 to get Early Bird rates!
5 routes from Common Ground to East Rock Park
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Check out our latest newsletter!
Urban Issues is our semi-annual newsletter. Urban Issues, Spring 2018
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New Haven: Request a Tree!
URI GREENSKILLS WILL PLANT YOUR free tree. Click here.
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Transforming Communities through Greening
URI is a not-for-profit university partnership. Learn more and support this work.
Get Involved
URI offers paid Greenspace and GreenSkills internships for graduate students at Yale, as well as for New Haven high school students and ex-offenders.
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.
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.
Thanks to a partnership with the City of New Haven's Parks, Recreation and Trees Department we are happy to plant street trees for New Haven residents with our GreenSkills crews.
Greenspace Log
08/24/2017
Truman Street Clean/green ProjectEnd-of-season party for the Truman Street greenspace! Hotdogs on the grill, chips, cupcakes and watermelon! Carnival games for the kids, soccer and horseshoes, and a beautiful wrap-up to a successful season!
08/10/2017
Watson And BassettFor the last day, the team planted three Catmint and one Tiarella, watered all the plants, and cleaned up the park. What a great summer! Look for a mini-library next summer!
08/09/2017
Daisy StreetWhat a way to end the summer for this group. The Newhallville Ambassadors Youth Crew did a phenomenal job planting a Tilia cordata 'green spire', Little Leaf Linden tree in front of the senior center. They helped Ms Louise weed out the square in front and planted some Agastache. They also watered and mulched the whole area. La Tanya and her girls, Layla and Tianni were a big help, as was Ms. Dorthea. Ms. Louise baked some delicious brownies to celebrate! Thanks to Cindy and Matt for appearing just in time to help set up a shade tent for the team. After the volunteers left, Ms Louise and I took an inventory of the plants we planted and dreamed up some plans for the future, including a magenta knock out rose. A huge thanks to Ms. Louise for all her hard work, dedication, and knowledge sharing this summer. What an inspiration!
08/07/2017
Friends Of Farmington CanalThis was our final day of the summer, and the group went out strong. They finished planting the perennials and shrubs in the Oasis, completed the dust path, and added another yard of mulch to the oasis. We ended the day with a pizza party and appreciations to all. The group plans to keep meeting this summer to water and steward the site!