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Communities Take Root Orchard Grants
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Communities Take Root Orchard Grants
Amy Posted on | August 22, 2010 | No Comments Is there a food bank, community center, homeless shelter, or other location in your community that could benefit from a free orchard? The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) and Dreyer’s Fruit Bars are planting orchards across the country in a collaborative program called Communities Take Root (CTR). Through this program, communities compete in a nation-wide vote to win a complete community orchard. The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation is dedicated to planting fruitful trees and plants to alleviate world hunger, combat global warming, strengthen communities, and improve the surrounding air, soil, and water. In 2010, twenty-five communities won orchards for public parks, community gardens, food banks, homeless shelters, and community centers. The FTPF is seeking applicants for 2011. The first 125 qualified applicants will be in the running to win a free orchard, including free community workshops on planting, pruning and caring for fruit trees. If you know an organization or community group that would benefit from this wonderful opportunity, please download the application & learn more about this year’s orchard program. All approved applicants will be in the running for an online vote to determine the winners. If you know a school that may be interested in having an orchard, check out FTPF’s Fruit Tree 101 school orchard program. PeopleTowels loves bringing awareness to great organizations such as The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation because their work builds better communities by improving our environment. We hope in the future to see FTPF orchards across America, around the world, and in your community. CommentsCountdown to Earth Day 2010: The Rock Cries Out to Us TodayJill Ettinger Posted on | April 22, 2010 | No Comments You know that feeling you get when the family is gathered around the Christmas tree too early to even see clearly as excited children rip open packages? It’s a special moment when we’re with family, and even more meaningful when they’re experiencing joy. This morning, on Earth Day, it feels a little bit like that for me. I know most people are working. Earth Day is not a bank holiday, and many people and corporations will make wasteful choices today, just as if it were any other day. Even still, I sense our growing transformation of community. The birds outside my office window are chirping louder than usual. The sun feels different. The future awaits us, anxiously and with pleasure. What began forty years ago as a vision by a U.S. Senator has transformed into festivals, businesses, media campaigns (and little blogs like this one) around the world, pondering what it means to be part of this planet–as opposed to living atop it as we so often delude ourselves into thinking. There are an infinite number of facts, suggestions and practices worth mentioning about how we tread on our planet. The good folks at EarthDay.org have that covered, and most often our blog here discusses practical ways we can all decrease our footprint. Today we feel inspired. What does it mean to be an Earthling? To roam where the dinosaurs once ruled, where ice covered land, where oceans ebbed and flowed? To want to care for the Earth means respecting, loving and appreciating all its magic and mystery. So today we’ll celebrate Earth Day with some beautiful words. Enjoy your day. And your Earth. The Rock Cries Out to Us Today A Rock, A River, A Tree CommentsCountdown to Earth Day 2010: The Story of Cap and TradeJill Ettinger Posted on | April 21, 2010 | No Comments We’re big fans of Annie Leonard. Her approachable style delivers just the right touch of comfort with the otherwise unpleasant news about humanity’s devastating behavior. If you haven’t seen the Story of Stuff video yet, you’re one of the few. It’s viral reach is over 2 million and growing, which is good news for the planet. Another great video that Annie put together deconstructs cap and trade. It’s an especially relevant topic for us here at PeopleTowels as we’re quite invested in keeping trees in the ground, where they belong. As we’re now just hours from the 40th Earth Day celebration, we are keeping with the theme and sharing some info we hope you’ll find useful. If you can, spend a few minutes with Annie as she untangles the Cap and Trade system so eloquently. Comments |
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