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Can learning how to restore the prairie help a community learn how to heal itself?
I had the great privilege to be invited to a meeting between the Fifth Ward Enrichment Program and the Great Plains Restoration Council where both organizations sought common synergies to leverage on behalf of people and the planet. Jarid Manos, the organization's founder, has a unique vision - heal thyself as you heal the planet - more speci... Continue reading Can learning how to restore the prairie help a community learn how to heal itself?
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Tweet This PostYear 2 of summer environmental program at FWEP
Another summer program and two classes have "graduated" from the Fifth Ward Enrichment Environmental Program. Class 1, the middle schoolers learned about their Ecological Footprint. Class 2 learned about Sustainable Communities. Thanks to the deft guidance from Creative Change, a Michigan based educat... Continue reading Year 2 of summer environmental program at FWEP
Working the base of the pyramid in under served areas
I spent a couple of hours today at the Fifth Ward Enrichment Program Teen Center. They've added an environmental component to their summer program that gives at-risk-youth life skills and role models.What impressed me was the level of awareness these boys had about climate change, global warming and the economic instability we're now facing in Amer... Continue reading Working the base of the pyramid in under served areas
