PUSH Blue is a full-service, community-based Sustainable Eco-landscaping contractor that specializes
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Since 2009 PUSH Buffalo has been working diligently in establishing and promoting green infrastructure throughout the City of Buffalo. Following the success of our neighborhood-scale projects on Buffalo’s West Side Green Development Zone, PUSH’s community development arm the Buffalo Neighborhood Stabilization Company started PUSH Blue in 2013 - creating a team of talented people to address the sus
tainable landscaping needs in and around Buffalo. Today, PUSH Blue continues to bring education, expertise, experience, and a thorough understanding of sustainable design and implementation to every project that we undertake. We focus our work on projects that are responsible to our communities, our clients, our workers, and our environment. PUSH Blue has been a leader around addressing Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) and promoting ecological landscape practices. PUSH Blue has been responsible for a range of managed landscape projects that have included the construction of rain gardens, green roofs, permeable parking pads, bioswales, environmental stormwater solutions on vacant lots, and large-scale community gardens. PUSH Blue also recently completed bio-retention installations on 221 sites (19 acres) post-demolition sites throughout the City of Buffalo in partnership with the Buffalo Sewer Authority. PUSH Buffalo in all of its work has been engaged in resiliency planning and engagement including a wide array of efforts around education, outreach, and planning to communities through the City of Buffalo. Within the green infrastructure and eco-landscaping space that has included development of outreach materials, a rain barrel distribution program, and training programs for green infrastructure training and maintenance. PUSH Buffalo currently employs an eco-landscaping team that has extensive training and experience in implementing sustainable landscape systems and stormwater management projects. Every member of our PUSH Blue crew both receives and can provide green training and education to support holistic consideration and implementation of each of our projects. Such efforts are part of PUSH’s overall community jobs pipeline strategy of engaging low-income workers of color and disconnected workers in the effort to establish an equitable community-controlled green economy. Contact us to see how the work that we do can benefit your home, business, or other projects!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! PUSH Buffalo's 2022 Annual Meeting will take place Saturday, February 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at School 77 (429 Plymouth). Hear updates from PUSH departments and vote for this year's board candidates (bios at bit.ly/pushannualmtg). Voting is open to current PUSH members. We can't wait to see you!
Have you heard the news? Dawn Wells-Clyburn has been named PUSH Buffalo's new Executive Director! Dawn has been a fixture at PUSH for more than a decade, having recently served as our Deputy Director. Read more here:
Dawn Wells-Clyburn, 49, stepped out from behind the scenes earlier this month to begin her new job as the successor to Rahwa Ghirmatzion, who led the organization for the past five years.
BUFFALO RESIDENTS IN NEED OF SUPPORT:
Go to pushbuffalo.org/blizzard-resources-and-important-info/ to access a Resource Guide with important updates about mutual aid relief, recovery efforts, contact numbers, and more.
There is currently an urgent need around medical care/medications, food/nutrition and housing.
Any resident having a medical/life threatening emergency should call 911.
Anyone in need of critical assistance should call the Erie County blizzard assistance line at 716.858.SNOW (7669) for serious, non-life threatening medical issues, such as needing access to dialysis or cancer treatment. If you have trouble getting through, KEEP TRYING until you do.
Please stay safe, and offer your support if you are able. In solidarity...
This guide has been organized by ANCHOR partner organizations (CoNECT, PUSH Buffalo, Buffalo Urban League, Native American Community Services, Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition, and more) to provide city residents with need-to-know info about storm recovery services.
Happy Halloween ! Don't forget to join us this afternoon at School 77 for Trunk or Treat from 4-7PM! Bring your whole family, wear your scariest costumes 👻 🎃, and come on down for ALL THE CANDY 🍬 🍭, games, and refreshments. We'll see you soon!
Time lapse of our cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) being “potted up” to larger pots.
Time lapse of preparing the pre-mixed potting soil we use (Good Earth brand) for our native perennials to be “potted up” from their plug trays to larger pots. They grow up so fast! 🌱 🪴
Some pics of PUSH Blue’s native plant green house operation on Rhode Island, PUSH Blue and PUSH’s property maintenance friends/coworkers learning about native plant production by our friends at Lyceum at Silo City, captures of our collaboration with Grassroots Gardens to install accessibility “grass mats” at their base location on Broadway, and some random pics of PUSH Blue in action!
Hello! We’re taking a look back into some of what PUSH Blue and Mayor Summer Youth accomplished this season! Here are pics of us planting native shrubs perennials (grown right in our very own hoop house on Rhode Island St. near “5 points intersection”).
PUSH Blue and MSY explored topics like green infrastructure, the benefits of native plants, how to properly plant and tend to natives plants, what is a “weed”, and we explored one of two community gardens that PUSH Blue maintains to learn about rainwater harvesting, and taste-tested some local seasonal, and culturally significant veggies. More pics to come!…
Woohoo! We're happy to share that West Side Homes has been named by Buffalo Spree as "Best Sustainable Project" of the year! West Side Homes recently broke ground on the first of 49 affordable, net-zero housing units on the West Side. We'd like to congratulate the entire West Side Homes team, including Amun Ra and Dawn Wells-Clyburn (both pictured below at the award ceremony), Sarah Burger, Rahwa Ghirmatzion, Jen and Monica at MM Consultants, Chris Ollinick at CHW, Eco-Logic, Stieglitz Snyder, and Christa Construction.
, can't decide what's for dinner? Come out and support our local Black-owned restaurants and food and beverage vendors during Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals’s Black Restaurant Week. Visit https://blackrestaurantweek716.com to see this year's participants and simplify this week's dinner plans 🍽️!
🏀 As you are getting ready to watch the don't forget to register for our Climate Carnival 3-on-3 basketball tournament on 6/11 from 11AM -3PM at Mass Ave Park. Entry is FREE but the top 3 teams walk away with cash prizes. Register now 👉 bit.ly/cc3v3bball
Hey all! Come on down to PUSH’s second annual Climate Carnival this Saturday, June 11th from 11am - 3pm! There will be food trucks, climate justice organizers, music/DJ, arts and crafts, youth programming, local produce, AND guest performance by Puppets of Palm Nusantara from Indonesia & Gamelan Performance (noon-2pm) !!
PUSH Blue is looking for a leader to join our sustainable landscaping team! The position includes duties like plant installation, mowing, green infrastructure repair and maintenance, general groundskeeping, and planning, designing, documenting, and coordinating all of PUSH Blue’s contracts and activities. If that's you, apply now at PUSHBuffalo.org/jobs!
We're hiring! The Sustainable Landscape Coordinator is one of three key team members that design, install, and maintain green infrastructure and sustainable native landscaping across the City of Buffalo.
Position closes soon - apply today!
For PUSH Buffalo, building the New Economy means restoring old cultural traditions of caring, sacredness, and cooperation that have existed in the economies of indigenous peoples, communities of color, and other marginalized communities for thousands of years. We do this by working alongside our com...
Please take a moment today to sign the petition at Change.org. We want the State of New York to designate the Outer Harbor as parkland and create a beautiful, world-class state park there. Let’s permanently protect this precious asset for the public and keep it from getting developed, sold off, and privatized.
Sign here 👉 www.change.org/p/designate-buffalo-s-outer-harbor-on-lake-erie-coast-as-parkland?fbclid=IwAR08PfdCLHIBohzYx4qHZ52OlE3ghyU-wzJRWJFI4Rwx-hAPw6qIGscp_fw
Come join us to learn the basics of heat pumps, and ask your questions!
In 2019 New York passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), which includes a timeline to reduce and eliminate our use of fossil fuels. Heat pumps are an energy efficient, all electric system that can provide heating and cooling.
If you currently heat with electricity, propane or oil, heat pumps can save you money! Come learn about these systems if you are interested in installing them, or curious what options are out there to get your household off of fossil fuels.
There will be plenty of time for questions!
Register to join at this link: https://bit.ly/heatpumpbasicsoct
Take a glimpse at some of what PUSH Blue has been up to on the West Side! We’ve been busy restoring old rain gardens and garden beds by wedding out non-natives and planting native perennials (except the hostas!), and have much more in store before Buffalo enters winter! Stay tuned y’all!
Our team had the most amazing time yesterday, digging into Urban Ecological Restoration at Silo City and Tifft Nature Preserve with other local practitioners. Very grateful for these amazing folks and looking forward to the new collaborations that were sparked.
What a day! Thank you to this beloved community for showing up on Friday for PUSH Buffalo's 2nd Annual Solidarity Day! Though the day started out windy and rainy, by the time we got to Mass Ave. Park, the sun came out, the wind died down, and we had ourselves a party! From African drumming and dance, to family arts and crafts, to delicious soul food, and fresh garden produce, the PUSH community showed up and showed out. We can't wait for more safe gatherings in the coming months – it was powerful to see you all, and share this space together! Photos by Unai Reglero
Voting ends Sunday! Please check out this project we are partners on and cast your vote! This is a small step towards environmental justice in these frontline neighborhoods which have borne the negative impacts of extractive industries for too long. 🌱✊🌱
Voting opened Monday for residents in seven Western New York zip codes to help New York State determine how $1 million in grants will be distributed.
Join us in the African American Heritage Corridor this Saturday! The day is all about community, water, food, health, and green infrastructure. We'll have our Sewer in a Suitcase as well as native plants and other giveaways. We've missed all of you - come say hi!
As we take this day to celebrate our planet and renew our commitment to taking care of the Earth, we would encourage everyone to join us by taking time everyday to make this world a little cleaner and greener. At PUSH Blue everyday is Earth Day!!!
3:00-3:05 Welcome Land ack (5 min)
3:05-3;10 revolutionary love (5 min)
3:10-3:30 Heid Jones (20 min)
3:30-3:40 Breakout rooms (10 min)
3:40-3:50 Climate and Housing Justice (10 min)
3:50-4:05 Performance (15 min)
4:05-4:10 GSNC ( 5 min)
4:10-4:25 Membership Denice Barr/close ( 15 min)
4:25-4:30 Close (5 min)
One of the driving principles at and is that what we do to the planet 🌍🌎🌏, we do the people and life who cultivate it. Our farmers are facing another challenging season. Let us never forget their unique relationship with the land, and how that relationship serves our communities. This , , and , our friends at the Justice Alliance are launching the social media campaign. We're urging you and your organization if you care about the planet to take action by taking on the challenge!
At a time when traditional face to face organizing is not possible, YOU, our members, continue to build community solutions that are long-lasting and address the root causes of our current crises. This week, as many celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we honor you and the frontlines. We re...
Everyday is Earth Day! We are celebrating all week long. As we prepare for warmer weather and spend more time outside, opportunities to engage in outdoor activities abound. Although many outdoor festivals have been cancelled or postponed, most state parks are keeping their grounds open during daylight hours seven days a week. If nature preservation and conservation spark your interest, there are many ways to have an immediate impact. In fact, our friends at Buffalo Niagara Waterkeepers have an invitation for you.
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https://bnwaterkeeper.org/solo-sweep/
Solo Sweep Apr 20, 2020 | BLOG, EVENTS, NEWS While it’s a shame that we can’t get together in the spring for a group cleanup, there are plenty of opportunities around WNY. Here are some safety tips to get you started: Please pay attention to the following safety tips! -Wear gloves -Pr...
Everyday is Earth Day! This year's theme for Earth Day is "Climate Action." As spring blossoms all around, we are reminded that the Earth is beautiful and aware. Our planet has already responded to our "at home" lifestyle proving that even in a time of crisis, there is hope for the future and a pathway to healing. Please visit us on Facebook daily as we celebrate Earth Day 2020 all week!
http://www.climateaction.org/news/coronavirus-the-immediate-effect-on-climate-change
We're bringing on our seasonal crew! Please check out the descriptions for a Sustainable Landscape Coordinator and Sustainable Landscapers, and share widely.
The Director of Organizing will supervise and manage those within the Organizing Department, which includes Housing, Climate Justice and Field Organizing, Data and Logistics Coordinator, Tenant Advocacy, Grant Street Neighborhood Center staff and Street Team and Youth Action team staff in order to b...
New Year's resolution to deepen your reading in water issues? Only us? Here's one good place to start!
Trend offers perspectives from eminent voices, in a range of disciplines, who are seeking to inform and improve our world.
Green infrastructure to build community wealth, not spur displacement!
In Portland, inspiring stories of how resident leaders — mostly lower-income, non-English-speaking, stay-at-home mothers — push for change in their community.
We love the variety of techniques showcased in this project!
One of your neighbors posted in Neighbor Posts. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)
When we look at a map that's divided by the straight lines of state borders and highways, we're looking at it all wrong.
A stunning new map from Imgur user Fejetlenfej shows the complex network of rivers and streams in the contiguous United States, highlighting the massive expanse of basins across the country.
We're hiring! This is your chance to play a crucial role in PUSH Blue's growth. Please share far and wide!
The PUSH Blue Enterprise Manager (EM) oversees the development of PUSH Blue’s expanding green infrastructure, stormwater management, and sustainable landscaping social justice enterprise business. The EM will be responsible for overseeing existing stormwater management projects, creation of educat...
We're excited to see this project progress!
The Western New York Land Conservancy is developing The Riverline based on a vision created by the community. Once completed, The Riverline will transform the former…
Last month, members or our team were learning and teaching at the One Water summit with others involved in holistic water management across the country. Check out our blog post for more!
24Oct PUSH Attends U.S. Water Alliance Summit in Austin, Texas Posted byLaura Evans0 Last month, PUSH Buffalo participated in the U.S. Water Alliance’s One Water Summit in Austin, Texas. The theme of the Summit was “One Water, One Future” and brought in people from across the country who work ...
See you at the polls!
Races, candidates and story lines from municipalities throughout Buffalo Niagara.
We enjoyed all the speakers at last night's TEDxBuffalo event, but particularly our community partner Jill Jedlicka from Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper talking about citizen power in the Blue Economy!
Anybody else get extra excited about storm water management when it rains? Just us? 😇 This morning is a bit gloomy, but we're making planting plans and thinking about spring!
Our team spent some time getting more native plants onto our School 77 grounds this week! We love being surrounded by native species that help us be in right relationship to the land.
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What did we do today? Ensure the survival of several species. How did we do it? Give this video a watch. #pushbluewny #nativeplants #nativeplant #waterconservation #waterislife #watershed #education #training #buffalony #buffalove #restoration #rehab #environment #science #habitat #pollinatorgarden
Today we entered phase 2 of our project. The riverbank is mostly done. Today we started working on the pollinator garden we're putting in. Did you know we make all our own soil to make sure the plants and seeds we plant have the best chance? #pushbluewny #nativeplants #nativeplant #waterconservation #waterislife #watershed #pollinatorgarden #pollinators #savethebees #buffalony #buffalove
It's Monday. We know that it can be hectic. Difficult. Stressful. So please join us for relaxation minute with beautiful sights and sounds of a breathtaking prairie garden in the heart of the Queen City. There. Now do you feel better now? #mondaymotivation #nativeplants #buffalony #buffalove #silocity #relax
Live after the storm - all that rain has an, impact on our waterways
PHEW! That was a lot of rain Buffalo! So much rain that it was in fact a RECORD! The previous record was held in 1893! Thankfully since then we have made lots of advancements in stormwater management. Here is our off-grid greenhouse capturing rain to use to water our plants. We use these plants to put them in our rain gardens and bioswales, which also keep run off out of our water systems. Pretty cool stuff! #pushblue #buffaloNY #stormwater #rainfall #recordrain
We will be offering a PAID training for those interested in green infrastructure, native plants, habitat restoration and ecology! Applications due by February 28th! #Pushbluewny #greeninfrastructure #nativepants #paidtraining
Did you know that we collect *36 TONS* of food waste a year from the Lexington Co-op and turn it into amazing compost, also available at the Co-op and Urban Roots? Thus keeping it out of landfills, reducing CO2, and fighting climate change? #pushbluewny #compost #foodwaste #didyouknow #climatechange
Friday Fact: Maris, our Program Director at PUSH Blue, tells us about echinacea purpurea, aka the purple coneflower, and it's fascinating medicinal properties! #fridayfact #purpleconeflower #coneflower #echinacea #nativeplant #pushbluewny
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. To plant a COMMUNITY garden is to INVEST in the FUTURE. Share if you'd like to see more community gardens in your neighborhood! #garden #pushblue #gardening #communitygarden #urbanfarming
What is permeable pavement? It is a great alternative to cement & asphalt that keeps pollutants and high volumes of water out of our sewer systems and watersheds!
What's that sound? That is the sound of RAIN! Rain falling on the roof, running into gutters, and staying OUT of the sewer system! #rain #rainyday #drought #water #waterconservation #rainbarrel #conservation #gutter #sustainability #sustainable
What is the most important asset in your community to catalyze change? Ladies & gentleman, the one and only - Bob Cook!
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