Sustainability

From Historic to Sustainable: How One Park Slope Resident Transformed Her Home

Like many Park Slopers, Stephanie Doba is concerned about sustainability. She long ago replaced all her light bulbs with LED’s, subscribed to a wind- and solar-generated electricity supplier, and upgraded her house’s insulation, but she wanted to do more. So for the last several years she has been transforming her 10th Street home, which she […] read more >>

Turn Your Holiday Tree Into Mulch at Mulchfest 2022

Join the PSCC on Saturday, January 8 for Mulchfest 2022! Bring your holiday tree to the Third Street entrance of Prospect Park between 10:00am and 2:00pm, where it will be turned into environmentally-friendly mulch you can take home free of charge. Complimentary hot chocolate will be served while you wait. We need volunteers to help […] read more >>

“Plug NYC” Brings Electric Vehicle Charging to the Slope

As part of its “80×50” program—whose goal is to reduce green- house gas emissions 80% by the year 2050—the City of New York has embarked on an ambitious program to encourage electric vehicle ownership and to build the technology infrastructure to support it. In June 2021, the Department of Transportation launched “PlugNYC,” a program of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations spread across the five boroughs, including 120 curbside stations serving parked cars as well as higher voltage stations in certain city owned parking lots. read more >>

Sustainability Day Success

Over 350 people gathered on Saturday, November 6th to pick up litter from sidewalks, weed and mulch tree pits, drop off e-waste, or shred personal documents during the Civic Council’s Fall Sustainability Day. Using the John Jay Educational Campus as home base, volunteers spent the day cleaning and beautifying the tree beds and sidewalks along […] read more >>

Join Us for Sustainability Day! November 6th from 10am-2pm

Join us for our annual fall beautification, recycling, and clean-up event. FREE document shredding and e-recycling will be available! read more >>

Spring Civic Sweep

Make a clean sweep of our neighborhood by joining the Park Slope Civic Council at the annual spring beautification, recycling and clean-up event – the 2021 Spring Civic Sweep on Sunday, April 25, from 10 am to 2 pm. read more >>

Volunteer with PSCC and Prospect Park Alliance at Mulchfest!

On Saturday, January 12, or Sunday, January 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., bring your holiday tree to the Third Street entrance of Prospect Park or the Park Circle entrance at Parkside Avenue and Prospect Park Southwest. Your tree will be turned into environment-friendly mulch, which you can take home free of charge for your own garden. read more >>

Have a Green Halloween!

Have a Green Halloween! Suggestions from the Sustainability Committee: On Halloween, we all love to be a little spooked, but what’s really frightening is the estimated $5 billion dollars Americans spend on costumes, candy and decorations, much of which ends up in our landfills. So we’ve brewed up some tricks and links to help Park […] read more >>

Mulchfest Once Again a Great Success!

On Saturday, January 7, and Sunday, January 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the 3rd Street and Park Circle entrances to Prospect Park were filled with local residents bringing their Christmas trees to be turned into environment-friendly ground cover, enjoying a cup of hot chocolate and departing with a bag of mulch for their […] read more >>

’Tis the Season to be Greener

This Holiday Season, be eco-conscious. It’s a gift that keeps on giving. read more >>