Tag: <span>parks and recreation</span>

Accessible Green Spaces: How a Park Could Change Your Life

  It’s a beautiful spring day. The flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and you want to go for a stroll around a park or picnic on the grass, maybe with your dog, or your kids, or your grandmother. Are you close to a park with picnic tables and …

Lessons Learned from NYC Parks & Recreation

Interning at the NYC Parks Department left me with three take-home gifts: new connections, perspective, and an eco-friendly bag made of recyclable materials. To sum up what I learned from my five month internship would take me a while, but I’ll highlight what I found to be most important. Sharing …

Clean Up in Aisle NYC

After spending a year studying at Bard and living in the beautiful Hudson Valley, it has taken me quite some time to transition back into the concrete jungle that is New York City. I started my internship on June 5th with an informative orientation at “The Arsenal” in Central Park, …