A group called ioby.org (which stands for in our backyards) is raising money for a number of environmental projects in Brooklyn. Here's a note from its founder, Erin Barnes:
Hi Louise
(stands for in our backyards) an online microphilanthropic initative
that connects New Yorkers to environmental projects in their
neighborhoods. Brooklyn residents have a number of projects to get
involved with http://ioby.org/projects/brooklyn
and can support them by donating or volunteering. We have volunteer
opportunities coming up on Sept 19th as part of Climate Week NYC http://www.climateweeknyc.org/events/2009-09-19#61 and one is in Prospect Park Lake by the Prospect Park Alliance initiated by Brooklyn resident Tami Johnson.
But there's two other Park Slope projects I want to bring your attention to:
The
first is a community garden small-scale solar project that they want to
expand and use as a workshop to teach others in the neighborhood about
applying solar to their buidlings. They need $9,921 and volunteers to
help make the project happen http://ioby.org/projects/brooklyn/solar-arbor-615-green
The second is Compost o Rama at the Old Stone House on 5th. The
middle school wants to build a composter for the community to use later
in the fall for rotting jack-o-lanterns and leaf waste. They need
$1,380 and volunteers. http://ioby.org/projects/brooklyn/compost-o-rama
Let me know if you have questions about ioby, what we do, or about
the projects. We're a completely volunteer-run nonprofit out of
Prospect Heights so it might take us a little while to get back to you,
but I'm happy to help when I can.
All the best,
Erin