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Liz Christy
Liz Christy (date - date) was an environmental activist in the Lower East Side in New York.

She was one of the founders and member of the Green Guerrillas in the early 1970s, garden activists known for throwing "seeds bombs" in various areas of NY, Lower East Side in the hope to increase greenery in unloved and abandoned lots in the city.

Together the group created the Bowery Houston Farm and Garden (later renamed after Liz Christy) in 1973 and encouraged others to grow community gardens to reclaim urban land and bring communities together.

The legacy of the Green Guerrillas in New York can still be seen today in the 600 community garden lots still active and thriving in the city.