19 Restoration Highlights from 2019 Posted by SEEDS on Dec 11 , 2019 - 02:03 pm “This is the best job I’ve ever had! I loved learning new skills and the chance to serve my community.” - Elliott Smith, 2019 Corpsmember seen above removing Baby's Breath at Elberta Beach. 19 Restoration & Regeneration Highlights from [...]
SEEDS = Environmental Leadership Posted by SEEDS on Dec 05 , 2019 - 07:32 am Moving Needles in the Right Direction SEEDS Energy & Environment programs focus on quantifying change and proving the practical feasibility of reducing energy used, garbage landfilled, and increasing the carbon sequestered. Dana Pflughoeft, a political science and environment [...]
We got the Gold! Posted by SEEDS on Nov 27 , 2019 - 10:00 am SEEDS-led Kilowatt-Hour Challenge helps City win the gold! Remember this newsletter about the City of Traverse City's staff-wide energy efficiency challenge? The Kilowatt-Hour Challenge led to the City earning Gold in the 2019 Michigan Green Communities Challenge! SEEDS has worked [...]
Meet SEEDS in Saginaw Posted by SEEDS on Oct 11 , 2019 - 08:49 am Pictured above from left to right: Corpsmembers Jacquan Thomas, Cornelius Phelps III, and Daeveon Clemens. This year's SEEDS Youth Conservation Corps partnered on projects in Saginaw to provide included habitat management, historical preservation, and public parkland improvements. Check out this [...]
The Amazing Race for STEM! Posted by SEEDS on Sep 12 , 2019 - 08:47 am This summer, SEEDS After School at Kaleva Norman Dickson Elementary created an Amazing Race for STEM, setting up challenge stations that students tackled in teams of five. "Of course STEM was the focus. More importantly though, we wanted to [...]
Trees: Let's Tend More! Posted by SEEDS on Sep 05 , 2019 - 07:48 am Want to reverse global warming? Tend to a tree! Trees and other woody plants are superb at taking carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it in their trunks, roots, and in the soil. Earth's lungs are also earth's "carbon sink". [...]
Traverse City Staff Take on a KiloWatt-Hour Challenge! Posted by SEEDS on Aug 14 , 2019 - 12:12 pm For one month this summer, City staff were encouraged to take electricity efficiency into their own hands! In striving towards its 100% renewable electricity goal, the City Manager, Marty Colburn, endorsed a City-wide Staff kWh Challenge [...]
Meet Ben, a 2016 Graduate Posted by SEEDS on Jun 21 , 2019 - 07:26 am Ben Kolk was a student in SEEDS After School. Now, he's a mentor to the next generation of students! We never know what moments will have the biggest impacts, so we love hearing from past participants! Ben was a [...]
20 Reasons to Give $20 for SEEDS 20th Anniversary Posted by SEEDS on Jun 17 , 2019 - 03:30 pm 20 Reasons to Give $20 for SEEDS 20th Anniversary 1. Matching Funds! If you are a new donor or haven't given in a while, your gift will be tripled with a 2-1 match! Your $20 [...]
Acting Natural: How the Sidewalk Ends Posted by SEEDS on Jun 12 , 2019 - 05:37 am By Will Nichols, SEEDS Volunteer Biomimicist by profession, physicist by training, nerdy by nature, Will is passionate about how systems are designed and how systems work. The theme of Acting Natural is to highlight ways nature can help [...]
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