Congratulations to Groundwork Trusts in New Orleans, Providence, Lawrence and Hudson Valley on winning EPA small grants to work on urban waters restoration in their communities! See press release here for more information about the grants and the other recipients.
The Mill Creek Restoration Project will be transforming itself to Groundwork Cincinnati – Mill Creek and joining the Groundwork network in June 2012. GWUSA welcomes the new Trust into the network and looks forward to joining forces in restoring the Mill Creek river watershed and its surrounding communities. Click here to read about a recent EPA visit to the Mill Creek watershed.
Groundwork Trusts from San Diego, Dallas, Denver, Milwaukee, Washington, DC, Yonkers, Bridgeport, and Buffalo were at River Rally in Portland, Oregon, from May 4-7, 2012, where they made many connections with activists and colleagues working on restoring community rivers and lakes across the country. Groundwork representatives also met with EPA officials, including Lisa Jackson, Administrator of EPA. And thank you, Groundwork Portland, for being a fabulous host of our Groundwork colleagues, and for coordinating the service project with the Muslim Community Center of Portland for River Rally. Click here to see photos.
From Groundwork Denver, here are some gifts you can give the earth this weekend:
1. Swap out the last of your incandescent bulbs with CFLs or LEDs.
2. Start a compost pile in your back yard.
3. Bike, walk or take the bus instead of driving for one trip.
4. Shop at a thrift store for something you were going to buy new.
5. Plant your spring garden.
And a give yourself a gift:
Take a walk, enjoy the blooming trees, the bright sunshine and all of the beauty of planet earth.
Have a Happy Earth Day!
In recognition of Groundwork Anacostia DC’s work connecting communities to the Anacostia River, Dennis Chestnut, ED of GWARDC, was awarded a photograph of the Anacostia River signed by DOI Secretary Ken Salazar, DOT Secretary Ray LaHood, EPA Deputy Adminisrator, Senator Ben Carden (MD),Congresswoman Donna Edwards (MD), Congresswoman Norton (DC), Governor Martin O’Mally (MD), and Mayor Vincent Gray (DC), at the America’s Great Outdoors Urban Waters event held on the banks of the Anacostia River on Friday, November 4, 2011. Check out the WAMU Broadcast 11/4/2011 Bladensburg Waterfront Park AGO Urban Waters Event.
Check out Roger’s interview with Le’alani Schaumburg of National Parks Service. Roger Osorio is a 4-year GWHV Green Team member who just began his college career! The photo here is of Roger at GWUSA’s 2010 conference in Washington, DC. Please click here to read the interview.
From Peter Payton, GW Dallas E.D.’s motorbike tour of Groundwork Trusts across the country — he found this Tip of the Month in Los Angeles. Check it out: Want Clearner Air? Park in the Shade!
The Groundwork network and its federal partners gathered in Denver and up in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, for GWUSA’s Annual Assembly and Youth Summit from September 14-18, 2011. Everyone agreed it was an inspiring, informative, and fun coming-together of old friends and new. We have some fabulous photos to share, we hope you will take a minute to check them out.
and GW Hudson Valley’s photos.
For GW San Diego Youth Leader Genevieve Parker’s take on her experience at the Youth Summit, check out her blog post here.
Read about our Green Teams’ wide-ranging and fun National Park partnership plans. Click here to check out the Summer’s first Greenbeat newsletter!
At National River Rally 2011, water protection advocates from across the nation came together June 3-6 in Charleston, South Carolina, a city with a long history, sitting at the confluence of five rivers, and boasting the longest cable-stayed bridge in the Western Hemisphere. Groundwork Trusts from Buffalo & Hudson Valley (both from New York), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wyoming County, West Virginia, and Denver, Colorado, were present.
At River Rally GW Trusts advocates -
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