Margarita Lopez NYCHA Board Member A Force for Nature (Through NYCHA)

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Margarita Lopez NYCHAMargarita Lopez is an important member of the New York Community because she is a board member at NYCHA

NYCHA (the New York City Housing Authority) houses more than 400,000 New Yorkers in 334 public housing developments around New York

She is in charge of NYCHA’s Resident Green Committees and is the environmental coordinator

GreenNYCHA At NYCHA

Margarita Lopez is a board member and the Environmental Coordinator.

She is in charge of NYCHA’s Resident Green Committees (RGCs).

Margarita Lopez supports GreenNYCHA with resident community members.

NYCHA Resident Green Committees

Promote NYCHA’s sustainable environmental plan

Aim to reduce and conserve energy resources

Create green collar job opportunities for NYCHA residents

The Power is in Your Hands RGCs needed

resources NYCHA partnered

with desigNYC and the Rooster Design Group to create the Green Guide: The Power is in Your Hands

“The design is critical to success. If you don’t pick it up, [then you never open it], then the message I have for you is never heard.”- Margarita Lopez NYCHA

Planters Grove NYCHA Chairman

John B Rhea spoke with Margarita Lopez at the opening of the Planters Grove.

NYCHA partnered with Planters to create the community garden.

NYCHA + NYPA New York Power

Authority donated ten 100% electric trucks to NYCHA through the Clean Transportation program.

The NYPA helps NYCHA improve energy efficiency and cut unnecessary energy costs.

Margarita Lopez with NYPA and NYCHA representatives.

SpeakingGreen Lecture Series“We have fulfilled our objective. We are now ready for the next level, which is to call for a national conference on the greening of public housing.”- NYCHA Board Member and Environmental Coordinator, Margarita Lopez

Green City Force“My time at the NYCHA Emergency Preparedness Festival in Far Rockaway was amazing. It showed how the people of that community were determined to plan and prevent another disaster like Hurricane Irene.”- Jaquan Reid, Brooklyn, NY

Margarita Lopez is a force of nature, for nature.

Works Cited: Margarita Lopez NYCHA Environmental-

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