New Youth
Conservationists
Making a Difference in the City
Imagine spending your weekend knee-deep in the Bronx River, surrounded by new and old friends working together to protect and preserve beautiful spaces. You don’t have to leave NYC to find wildlife.
Christodora’s award-winning New Youth Conservationists (NYC) program meets on weekends to perform weeding, planting, and clean-up tasks, conduct ecological research and enjoy field trips to natural sites around the city.
“We are able to escape buildings and buses…to step outside, clean up a place our entire community shares, and feel we have made a difference.”
NYC Program Sessions
Middle school students | Saturday
Project LIT
Middle school students in Project LIT (Leaders In Training) discover nature through hands-on activities and community service projects.
High school students | Saturday
GoGREEN
High school students in GoGREEN (Getting Researchers Environmentally Engaged Now) participate in fun citizen science research and stewardship.
All participants must register for NYC by submitting
the following signed forms:
Permission Form
Medical Release Form
Transportation Release Form
