Updates on Trash & Kilowatts! Posted by SEEDS on Mar 18 , 2021 - 09:58 am Reducing Landfill Wastes! SEEDS is part of a cohort looking to change our local relationship to waste, and we couldn't be more excited! We are focused in 2021 on figuring out how to unlock more value from 'organic waste' [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
For centuries, the energy marketplace has been focused on: Centralizing power structures (large-scale power generation, financial controls); Exponential growth in the demand for electricity and extractive additives (think fertilizer and…
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 [...]
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. [...]
Top 20! Posted by SEEDS on Apr 30 , 2019 - 01:19 pm Top 20! Our Drawdown EcoChallenge team scored #17 out of 1000+ teams! We asked, you delivered! Our 20th anniversary wish was to rank in the top 20 teams of this year's global Drawdown EcoChallenge, and because of you, we did it! [...]
Meet Alissa, Captain of Team SEEDS Posted by SEEDS on Apr 18 , 2019 - 09:16 am Alissa Aparicio has been an Americorps VISTA with SEEDS and loves working with children. She adds value to SEEDS Teaching & Learning programs in the Brethren area and engages with the local community. Motherhood inspired her passion to [...]
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