Snowshoes & Smiles Posted by SEEDS on Apr 10 , 2020 - 01:27 pm Get Me Outside! Above: Kindergartener DJ and 3rd Grader Noah hit the trails on snowshoes at Fife Lake Elementary SEEDS After School. So many screens and so much inactive sitting! What to do on a wintry day? At Fife Lake Elementary, [...]
Join Our Earth Day Team! Posted by SEEDS on Mar 23 , 2020 - 02:49 pm It's EcoChallenge Time! It's that time of year again, and this is a special year. Earth Day is turning 50! And we are so excited to take action and organize another EcoChallenge team. This will be our third EcoChallenge. [...]
Keeping Food on the Table Posted by SEEDS on Mar 17 , 2020 - 07:34 am When we heard all schools in Michigan would be closed until after spring break, we worried. How would students remain food secure without the meals the school day provides? Even without a global pandemic, one in six children in [...]
Alumni Feature: Breeahna Pullis Posted by SEEDS on Mar 10 , 2020 - 10:21 am Breeahna Pullis SEEDS EcoCorps Crew Member, 2012 Season "My experience at SEEDS made me realize I definitely wanted to pursue a career in carpentry." Out of every ten construction workers in the United States, only one is a woman. That's [...]
Introducing EcoCorps! Posted by SEEDS on Mar 04 , 2020 - 09:03 am SEEDS EcoCorps, previously known as the SEEDS Youth Conservation Corps, is a green collar career exploration program. We provide an earn-while-you-learn format to support skill, leadership, and career development. Crew members gain valuable work experience while serving their local communities. "EcoCorps more [...]
More Science. More Fun. Posted by SEEDS on Feb 28 , 2020 - 09:32 am Above: Madison holds out an intact skull discovered inside the owl pellet that she was dissecting. SEEDS After School at Cherry Street Intermediate School in Kalkaska It is tough to find time for Science at an elementary school. Only 50% [...]
Kids Powered by Produce! Posted by SEEDS on Feb 26 , 2020 - 07:50 am Produce is Power Above: Emma shows off her bowl of yummy greens, "Snap peas are my favorite vegetables, but I also really love cucumbers!" - Kaleva Norman Dickson Elementary School in Manistee Count Walk into a SEEDS room and you [...]
Solar-Battery Storage: Micro-Solutions! Posted by SEEDS on Feb 12 , 2020 - 05:10 pm Storing Sunshine for Night Lighting Above: Morgan Vondruska assists with the installation of solar pathway lighting at Historic Barns Park. Morgan started with SEEDS as an AmeriCorps VISTA and was subsequently hired to our Youth Conservation Corps for the installation. In [...]
The Corps Contribution Posted by SEEDS on Jan 31 , 2020 - 09:37 am 1,288 acres in Kalkaska will open to the public this year, and the SEEDS Youth Conservation Corps helped make it happen! On the Upper Manistee Headwaters, The Milock Family Preserve was previously a Boy Scout camp, and is now the second [...]
A Dozen Ways We Tackled Climate Change in 2019 Posted by SEEDS on Dec 27 , 2019 - 08:11 am 12 Local Solutions To Tackle Global Climate Change Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to reach record highs. Local solutions to this global challenge can look like the following. Included are links to the science and [...]
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