Three and a half years after the city demolished all of East River Park below Houston, a good-sized section reopened on Memorial Day. People streamed over the Delancey Street footbridge to play basketball and tennis in the new courts. By lunchtime, picnickers grilled corn and sausages on the stationary barbecues. More people lounged on the…
Category: artificial turf
Grassroots for “Touch Grass” bill
The “Touch Grass” bill introduced by City Council Member Christopher Marte will improve our health and air quality by requiring NYC Parks to use real grass instead of hot, unhealthy plastic artificial turf. We need grassroots support to grow our grass 1) Contact your City Council Member, and urge them to co-sponsor and actively support the bill. Also ask them to support the increased…
Synthetic Grass
Unhealthy and Unwise and HOT Click here to DO something about it. And see below for why we need to stop artificial turf: Stop installing artificial turf ball fields in New York. Here’s why: 1) Ouch Athletes suffer more foot and ankle injuries, and female athletes also experience more ACL tears on artificial turf fields….
Unnatural
According to New York City officials and some elected representatives, we need artificial turf fields more than we need to protect the climate of NYC and the earth. NO. We need more real grass playing fields and other open, natural spaces for the health and joy of more New Yorkers and for the future of…
We Need Real Grass
Even the National Football League wants to get rid of synthetic turf. Natural grass sports fields would improve our environment and health as the new East River Park rises. Instead the city is installing unhealthful and climate damaging artificial turf. It is also being installed in other fields and playgrounds in our neighborhood and throughout the city and the…