The Economic Times

In 1995, Bette Midler launched NYRP to restore neglected spaces in New York. 30 years later, it has planted 200,000+ trees and restored 350+ green spaces for New Yorkers

Thirty years after Bette Midler began picking up trash in a New York park, the New York Restoration Project has developed into an organization whose work reaches deeply into the citys environmental and community landscape. Its history shows how an apparently modest actcleaning up a neglected public spacecan develop into a sustained movement involving volunteers, residents, gardeners, environmental specialists, government agencies and community organizations.