GREEN
CITY
FORCE
Building the future.
GCF’s Call for a NYC Climate Corps (NYCCC) Green City Force recommends that the Mamdani administration establish a NYC Climate […]
Service Corps
Program
Overview
The Service Corps is GCF’s flagship AmeriCorps service and training program. Corps Members serve full-time to gain the skills, certifications, and experience required to launch sustaining career pathways while serving NYC public housing communities.
Team GCF did it! Our runners have gone the distance—help bring it home! This past Sunday, all four of our […]
Congratulations, Cohort 30! We’re so proud of your many achievements, grit, and blossoming as leaders – and look forward to […]
Graduate Testimonial
“I’ve always been interested in horticulture, but I lacked the actual hands-on experience I felt was necessary to seriously get into the field.“
NYCHA Residents
RESIDENTS
OF NYCHA
The Service Corps designs and drives closed-loop environmental initiatives across the New York City Housing Authority and NYC. From Farms at NYCHA to Love Where You Live, GCF serves NYCHA residents and NYC communities through local leadership and community buy-in. Learn how you can get involved, take home fresh produce, join the Service Corps or refer a friend or family member.
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Social Enterprise
SOCIAL
ENTERPRISE
PROGRAM
GCF Social Enterprise initiatives employ GCF alumni in next-step career opportunities through project contracts ranging from energy-efficiency to urban forestry to waste management. Recent initiatives have included energy auditing, tree inventory and assessment across NYCHA’s urban tree canopy, and zero-waste with GCF alumni-owned and founded Compost Power.
Our award-winning GCF Illuminators program helped thousands of low-income New Yorkers reduce their energy bills every year in partnership with energy service providers and NYSERDA. Staffed and operated by GCF alumni, the Illuminators executed large-scale energy audit and retrofit projects in low-to-moderate-income single and multi-family housing.
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