Feb 19, 2009 – Manual Arts High School: Jake Gyllenhaal inspects seedlings for the school garden

As a kick-off to their green school initiative, Global Green USA was joined by Jake Gyllenhaal for Green Service Day at Manual Arts High School.

Gyllenhaal and Global Green CEO Matt Petersen inspected a garden, composting effort, and other initiatives taking place at the school. The organization hopes to raise money to help schools around the country become more sustainable and add programs that teach green skills for future jobs.

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By Urban Omnibus
The Architectural League of New York

Urban Agriculture: East New York is a documentary video in five chapters that explains how East New York’s urban agriculture movement evolved. Each chapter is dedicated to one piece of a complicated process: a portrait of a veteran local farmer in her garden; a trip to the East New York farmer’s market; a look at asset mapping analysis by the Pratt Center; land transfers from HPD to Green Thumb; and the investment in the neighborhood’s youth made by agricultural organizers and experts.

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