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 [...]
SEEDS After School is Growing by 36 Percent this Fall! Posted by SEEDS on Jul 27 , 2019 - 08:16 am SEEDS After School is going from 7 sites to 11 and is hiring for its NEW 2019 sites at Benzie Central Middle School, Betsie Valley Elementary School, Cherry Street Intermediate School, and Marion Elementary [...]
Behind the Scenes Posted by SEEDS on Jul 18 , 2019 - 08:00 am The Sara Hardy Farmers Market is a pillar of Traverse City's Downtown Development Authority. It is open Wednesday and Saturday mornings from the beginning of May through the end of October with 100+ vendors each year. Since 2011, SEEDS has been [...]
'Tis the Season for Some Conservation! Posted by SEEDS on Jul 02 , 2019 - 12:36 pm We're Ready! Over twenty corpsmembers are part of this year's SEEDS Youth Conservation Corps, located in Northern Michigan and Saginaw! SEEDS Corpsmembers receive training and career development, while earning above minimum wage. Members are professionally trained and insured. [...]
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 [...]
We have such big news! Posted by SEEDS on Jun 12 , 2019 - 01:43 pm Lucky Number Eleven! SEEDS After School keeps growing smiles! Thanks to grants by the Michigan Department of Education, SEEDS will continue seven of our current after school programs as well as to add four more! SEEDS After School provides [...]
Thirty eight percent and rising! Posted by SEEDS on Jun 03 , 2019 - 05:11 pm The City of Traverse is making progress towards its 2020 goal of meeting 100% of its operational electricity demand with clean, renewable energy sources. In 2018, Traverse City began purchasing the power generated by a local 1MW solar array. [...]
Bubbles Returns Home! Posted by SEEDS on May 28 , 2019 - 12:21 pm SEEDS After School students at Rapid City Elementary escorted their classroom Nme (Lake Sturgeon in Anishinaabemowin) to the Black River. They named the juvenile sturgeon "Bubbles" and supported the fingerling's growth until the fish grew close to a foot in length. In [...]
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