Earth Care International's mission is to educate and empower youth to create a thriving, just and sustainable world.
A 501 (c) 3 education and empowerment organization
Sustainability Awards Now Accepting Nominations
The Sustainable Santa Fe Commission Youth Advisory Board is seeking nominations
for the highly coveted 2010 Sustainable Santa Fe Awards for projects completed
during 2009. The ten nomination categories include best education project and youth-led project. MORE>>
Click here to nominate your favorite sustainability project!
The Sustainable Santa Fe Awards
are a joint project of the City of Santa Fe and Earth Care.
The 2010 Sustainable Santa Fe Guide is Here!
Pick up your copies at Real Food Nation, Koffee Klatch at the Hospital, all three Los Alamos National Bank locations, SF Community College, Genoveva Chavez Community Center, New York Deli, Lucci's Pizza, SF Chamber of Commerce, Plaze Cafe (both), Natural Grocer's, India House, Ace Hardware, Plants of the Southwest, Second Street Brewery, Tree House Cafe, Broken Spoke bike shop, Amanda's Flowers, Dahl Plumbing, Whole Foods & Wild Oats, Montoya Gov't Building, Reynolds Gov't Building, the Roundhouse, NM State Library, Main Library, Rob and Charlies, Annapurna, La Montanita Co-op, Solana Center Laundromat, Fort Marcy Complex, Starbucks on San Francisco St., 1st National Bank on the plaza, Santa Fe Hemp, Santa Fe Farmers Market, Critters and me, The Feed Bin, The Firebird, Bumblebees Baja Grill, or at Earth Care's office on Siler Road!
The Guide is also available in its entirety online!
http://www.sustainablesantafeguide.com
MAKE THE MOBILE TOOL SHED A REALITY!
Earth Care has received $3,000 from the Foundation for Sustainability and Innovation to fulfill our dream of spreading food production across the community through a mobile toolshed - BUT it's not quite enough funding to be able to launch the program.
This toolshed on wheels will be available to youth, community and
school gardens across Santa Fe, allowing everyone to share gardening
tools, resources, expertise, and even volunteers.
WE STILL NEED MATCHING FUNDS & DONATIONS
In order to make this a reality we are seeking matching funds, cash or in-kind for:
(1) Old Mail, UPS, FED EX, or other parcel delivery vehicle
Sturdy, good quality and long-lasting Garden Tools such as:
Shovels
Picks
Hoses
Rakes
Clippers
Pruners
Gloves
Lumber, car paint, tool racks - to retrofit the inside of the van.
We anticipate the Mobile Toolshed to be available for use by April, 2010.
Thanks to all who have already donated!
For more information on this project or to donate contact: Angela Harris,
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or 983-6896
We love you Rose!
 In the eloquent words of Rose Simmons, our community will work towards realizing her inspirational vision of a "world where all creatures are treated with equal respect and care and where we all realize how interconnected and interdependent all of us truly are."
If you would like to make a contribution to Earth Care International in Honor of Rose please click here.
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Our Programs
Youth Allies is a multi-level civic engagement, leadership, and community organizing program providing opportunities for young people to discover their voices, act on their convictions for a more just and sustainable world, and realize their full potential as individuals, community members, and stewards of the earth. The Youth Allies Leadership Institute is a partnership with Santa Fe Mountain Center and many other community-based organizations in northern New Mexico. To learn more about the Youth Allies Leadership Institute, Youth Allies Organizing Program, and the Youth Allies Network, click here.
Earth Care's youth programming also includes coordination of the City's Youth Advisory
Board to the Sustainable Santa Fe Commission, and Green Collar Jobs
training at YouthWorks.
 Earth Care works with teachers to integrate sustainability education in their schools and across school districts through the Teacher Institute for Sustainability Education and Service-Learning. The Institute includes a 5-day summer institute and follow-up throughout the school year and is open to K-12 educators.
Sustainable Santa Fe: A Resource Guide is a free magazine published annually by Earth Care. In October we print 35,000 copies for distribution all over Santa Fe and beyond. Articles, art, and photos highlight the incredible work of individuals, organizations, businesses, and others in our community to create a thriving, just, and sustainable world.
Sustainable Santa Fe is available at Real Food Nation, Koffee Klatch at the Hospital, all three Los Alamos
National Bank locations, SF Community College, Genoveva Chavez
Community Center, New York Deli, Lucci's Pizza, SF Chamber of Commerce,
Plaze Cafe (both), Natural Grocer's, India House, Ace Hardware, Plants
of the Southwest, Second Street Brewery, Tree House Cafe, Broken Spoke
bike shop, Amanda's Flowers, Dahl Plumbing, Whole Foods & Wild
Oats, Montoya Gov't Building, Reynolds Gov't Building, the Roundhouse,
NM State Library, Main Library, Rob and Charlies, Annapurna, La
Montanita Co-op, Solana Center Laundromat, Fort Marcy Complex,
Starbucks on San Francisco St., 1st National Bank on the plaza, Santa
Fe Hemp, Santa Fe Farmers Market, Critters and me, The Feed Bin, The
Firebird, Bumblebees Baja Grill, or at Earth Care's office on Siler
Road!
Andy Otterstrom of Creative Couriers, LLC delivers the magazine to these locations via bicycle.
The 2010 Sustainable Santa Fe is now available online !
Advertisers, writers, and fans please visit http://sustainablesantafeguide.com/ for more.
Got an idea or feedback for Sustainable Santa Fe? Contact Angela Harris at
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Weeks of Service:
Earth Care engages youth, teachers, schools, and the greater community
in service-learning campaigns throughout the year to forward the City's
sustainability goals and meet critical community needs in health, food
security, and the environment.
Sustainabilty Education Task Force: Coordinated by Earth Care, the Task Force advocates for the integration of
sustainability education in K-12 schools to increase student motivation
and engagement and improve educational success. We accomplish this
through public
education campaigns, the creation of incentives,
support, and recognition,
providing information and resources, and linking efforts within Santa Fe and to
national and international initiatives. Members of the Task Force include educators, non-profit leaders, and youth.
Food Project:
Through the Food Project Collaborative, Earth Care and partner
organization are preparing the next generation of food entrepreneurs,
farmers, and food activists. |
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