Ecology
Submitted by Brookewil on Mon, 02/11/2008 - 18:21.
At a recent Homeowners Association meeting, dozens of community members expressed concern with an unused, uncared-for, unsightly piece of school property that collects trash and seems to encourage troublesome loitering of teenagers. We believe we can turn this area into a positive part of the community that encourages integration of school curriculum, neighborhood ties, nature appreciation, and pride in self.
Our group is planning, raising funds, and will be laboring to begin a school/community park in hopes of increasing respect for nature and pride in the community.
Submitted by flyfreeasabird on Fri, 12/21/2007 - 00:48.
The Edible Forest Garden Demonstration Project sets up public models for citizens to remove their lawns and replace them with and edible forest gardens and to learn how to lessen their carbon footprint by eating locally grown food (the average food is trucked 1500 miles to get to our table).
Starting at schools (k-12), and front yards on main streets, we are putting in these forest gardens and educating students and citizens about what a forest garden is and how it helps our environment.
We are working with Neighborhood Associations to get Edible Forest Gardens planted in each neighborho
Submitted by diningforeducation on Tue, 12/04/2007 - 17:08.
MISSION STATEMENT:
We are committed that Seattle students will develop their own understanding of food and energy through direct experience with the community.
DINNER:
In Seattle on January 12th 2008, local communities of educators, builders, chefs, legislators and students will gather to discuss the future of environmental education in Seattle highschools.
Our goal is to discuss what is already in place and what people are doing that works and apply that to the future of education.
Submitted by josha on Tue, 10/02/2007 - 16:24.
The Sustainability Workshop Series is an effort led by the ad-hoc community group, Global Awareness Local Action (G.A.L.A.), to provide experiential learning of basic homesteading techniques like composting, sourdough baking, canning, utilizing renewable energy, biofuel production, wool spinning, wine making, native foraging, and bioregion education. The goal of the Sustainability Workshop Series is to empower individuals to become more locally self-reliant in a fun, practical, and meaningful way.
How is the G.A.L.A. Sustainability Workshop Series fun?
Submitted by HannahMorgan on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 16:04.
The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards (SAMS) is a local community group in Appalachia, VA dedicated to stopping the destruction caused by surface coal mining.
I work with SAMS, a group of local activists who are outraged by the devastating effects of surface coal mining in the coalfields of Southwest Virginia.
Surface coal mining, also known as strip mining, often takes the form of "mountaintop removal" which is exactly what it sounds like.
Submitted by Sail Caribbean on Wed, 02/14/2007 - 22:34.
Sail Caribbean has been operating teen summer adventures in the Caribbean for 27 years. Join our community service program in Carriacou and you'll earn 40-50 service hours, while living at the Kido Ecological Research Station on a wildlife sanctuary in the Grenadine islands. Serve as a mentor to local youth, participate in a United Nations development project, tackle environmental preservation projects and head out on nightly patrols to rescue endangered sea turtles! With your new friends, learn island traditions and cook local foods.
