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EarthLinks at the Roots: A Look at Sustainability
Welcome back to EarthLinks at the Roots. Today’s post explores what sustainability means in our daily lives. Click here to see the rest of the At The Roots Blog Series. What does it mean to be truly sustainable? “Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of responsibility, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of stewardship, the responsible management of resource use.” - Though I normally wouldn’t cite Wikipedia, this definition is thought provoking, and as you can tell,...
Read MoreEarthLinks at the Roots: Ask a Participant- Sustainability version
Welcome back to EarthLinks at the Roots. Today’s post is first in the sustainability segment of the blog series. Click here to see the rest of the At The Roots Blog Series. Throughout this blog series, I have discussed the issue of homelessness and poverty, issues that affect participants at EarthLinks, but do not define who they are. EarthLinks participants are very Earth savvy and have much to offer. Moreover, who knows about the EarthLinks program as much as participants? This video is dedicated to asking EarthLinks participants different questions about sustainability, their advice,...
Read MoreCommunity Links, April 14: Protecting Pollinators
learn | build | sustain | grow PEOPLE + THE PLANET Saturday, April 14, 2012 2828 Larimer Street, Denver 10:00am to 3:00pm As the days grow warmer and the sun gains strength this Spring, you’ll no doubt see more pollinators out and about! This is the perfect time to learn about these special creatures, so for this month’s Community Links, we’ll focus on Protecting Pollinators! We’ll gather in the EarthLinks Workshop at 10:00am for a workshop about native pollinators, how to protect Mason Bees, the benefits of beekeeping, and ways to create a “pollinator...
Read MoreEarthLinks at the Roots: Urban Poverty
The first part of the series on homelessness has come to an end, and I genuinely hope you have learned something along the way. However, before I move on to second section of the blog on sustainability, I feel that it is important to discuss urban poverty. If this is your first time visiting the blog and you would like to see more on the homelessness aspect of this blog series, please: Click here to see the rest of the At The Roots Blog Series. As many of you know, EarthLinks provides “a work program for people who are homeless and low-income to learn skills and create Earth-friendly...
Read MoreEarthLinks at the Roots: What Can You Do About Homelessness?
Thank you for reading EarthLinks at the Roots! The previous posts have all covered topics involving homelessness: defining homelessness, understanding the causes of homelessness, and even discovering what is being done to end homelessness. We hope that with all of the information you have learned throughout this blog series, you feel motivated to act or that you have found inspiration to continue your already avid activism. This blog is dedicated to creating solutions as an individual. We hope you can gain something from it. To learn more about homelessness: Click here to see the rest of the...
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