Summary: <p>Today on Leonard Lopate At Large Leonard has a conversation with Wendy Brawer And Charles Krezell On Green Activism In New York</p> <p><a href="https://www.greenmap.org/greenhouse/id/about"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5093 alignleft" src="https://i1.wp.com/robinhoodradioondemand.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/download-52.jpg?resize=300%2C98&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="98"></a></p> <p>Eco-designer and public educator Wendy Brawer created of the <a href="https://www.greenmap.org/greenhouse/id/about">Green Map System</a>, the first resource of its kind, back in 1992 to raise local awareness of environmental issues in the New York area. In the years since, green maps have become a critical tool for conservationists around the world. Charles Krezell is the founder and president of <a href="http://www.lungsnyc.org/">LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens)</a> and is a member of DeColores Community Garden on East 8th Street, where he has been an active East Village gardener since 1996.<a href="http://www.lungsnyc.org/?page_id=978"><img class="alignright wp-image-5096" src="https://i2.wp.com/robinhoodradioondemand.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LUNGS_map_2017-web.jpg?resize=270%2C208&ssl=1" alt="" width="270" height="208"></a></p>
