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Healthy soil plays a vital role in enabling resilient agriculture that produces abundant, secure, healthy food for a growing population. High functioning soils prevent runoff, erosion, degradation of water and air quality, and more, and have a direct impact on our changing climate by sequestering large amounts of carbon. They may also help improve the nutrient density of our food. By ignoring the needs of the vital living ecosystems directly beneath our feet, we can expect to lose much of the world’s topsoil within a single generation and see a needless rise in the accumulation of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.
Join us for a special two-part online event series where we’ll explore why soil health matters, how it’s related to our worsening climate crisis, and what individuals and communities can do to protect it.
Register for free: https://bit.ly/pci-dirtonsoil
JUNE 16 @ 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM PT
In the first half of our two-part online event series on Thursday, June 16, we’ll learn why soil matters and how the health of our soil has a direct correlation to the worsening climate crisis.
JUNE 23 @ 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM PT
During the second event, we’ll hear from experts working in this important field how individuals and communities can regenerate and protect healthy soil locally, nationally, and globally
Register for free: https://bit.ly/pci-dirtonsoil
***When you register, you’ll automatically be able to attend both sessions***
***Donate $25 or more to receive recordings of both events***
Tags: soil, ecology, conservation, nonprofit, sustainability
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Healthy soil plays a vital role in enabling resilient agriculture that produces abundant, secure, healthy food for a growing population. High functioning soils prevent runoff, erosion, degradation of water and air quality, and more, and have a direct impact on our changing climate by sequestering large amounts of carbon. They may also help improve the nutrient density of our food. By ignoring the needs of the vital living ecosystems directly beneath our feet, we can expect to lose much of the world’s topsoil within a single generation and see a needless rise in the accumulation of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.
Join us for a special two-part online event series where we’ll explore why soil health matters, how it’s related to our worsening climate crisis, and what individuals and communities can do to protect it.
Register for free: https://bit.ly/pci-dirtonsoil
JUNE 16 @ 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM PT
In the first half of our two-part online event series on Thursday, June 16, we’ll learn why soil matters and how the health of our soil has a direct correlation to the worsening climate crisis.
JUNE 23 @ 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM PT
During the second event, we’ll hear from experts working in this important field how individuals and communities can regenerate and protect healthy soil locally, nationally, and globally
Register for free: https://bit.ly/pci-dirtonsoil
***When you register, you’ll automatically be able to attend both sessions***
***Donate $25 or more to receive recordings of both events***
Tags: soil, ecology, conservation, nonprofit, sustainability
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Applications are now open for the Global Forest Watch (GFW) Small Grants Fund 2023 grant cycle ! The GFW Small Grants Fund seeks to build capacity of civil society organizations to effectively use GFW tools and data to reduce illegal or unplanned deforestation.
To learn more before you apply, join us for the 2023 GFW Small Grants Fund webinar on June 16 at 9:00am ET.
Register here: https://gfw.global/3atJIxf
During the webinar, we will provide an overview of the 2023 application process and host a live demo of the GFW platform and its near real-time data. There will be an opportunity for questions at the end.
Please visit the Small Grants Fund webpage for more information or contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions or feedback prior to the webinar.
Tags: Global Forest Watch (GFW) Small Grants Fund 2023 grant cycle, nonprofit, sustainability, nature, ecology, conservation
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Join us for our Historic Neighborhoods of Indianapolis series where we focus on different historic neighborhoods around town!
About this event:
How are Washington, DC and Indianapolis the same; and different? Learn about the 1821 plan co-developed by Alexander Ralston in 1821 for the City of Indianapolis modeled after L’Enfant’s plan for Washington, DC. This program will be presented by Meg Storrow.
About the Presenter:
Meg Storrow is a landscape architect and city planner who has worked on registering multiple properties on the National Register, including the Indianapolis Historic Park and Boulevard National Register Listing, the Fort Wayne Historic Park and Boulevard listing and the Columbus Indiana National Historic Landmarks Theme Study. She and her co-principal and husband, John Kinsella founded Storrow Kinsella Associates, an award-winning planning, urban design and landscape firm focused on strategies, places and connections in the public realm. Learn more about their work at: www/storrowkinsella.com.
About this Series:
This event is part of a series presented by the Indianapolis Propylaeum focusing on different historic neighborhoods of Indianapolis. From Meridian Place, to Ransom Place, to Lockerbie, and more. Local experts and enthusiasts will discuss the history, architecture, and historical significance neighborhoods throughout Indianapolis and will share photos and stories from past and present.
About the Propylaeum:
The Propylaeum is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Our mission is to be the place that celebrates and connects women. We value women’s leadership, arts and culture, and historic preservation.
For more information please visit https://www.thepropylaeum.org/
Tags: Indianapolis, History, nonprofit, Indianapolis Propylaeum
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Power Plant Grants support — on an annual basis — visual artists who live, work, or run spaces in Indianapolis with project grants ranging from $2,000 to $10,000. Applications for this round are due by July 10, 2022.
Each year — based on selections by an independent panel — up to 10 individual artists or teams will receive up to $6,000 and an artist-run space may receive a grant of up to $10,000.
This is an online session to go through the application, budget form and answer questions. This year’s jurors are LaShawnda Crowe Storm, Amy Kligman and Ish Muhammad. The grants are made possible by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Tags: art, nonprofit, grants, Big Car, Garfield Park, supporting visual artists who live, work, or run spaces in Indianapolis with project grants
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Conducted by Music Director Matthew Kraemer
A collaborative celebration with Dance Kaleidoscope returns showcasing Bernstein, Brahms, Handel, and Kilar. Winner of the 2017 American Pianist Awards, Drew Petersen, joins the ICO and DK dancers with Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major. Musical performances are set to David Hochoy’s choreography for a vibrant artistic experience.
Contact the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra at 317-940-9607 for personalized service with ticketing questions.
Tags: Live Music, classical, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, nonprofit
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Join us on May 11 at 7pm ET for a virtual exploration of beaver ecology and management in the Hudson Valley. Presented by Mike Fargione, Cary wildlife biologist and Manager of Field Research & Outdoor Programs, and Dan Aitchison, Senior Curator of Wildlife for the Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Conservation.
Topics to be covered include:
- Beaver as ecosystem engineers and keystone species
- 101 on how beaver alter watersheds
- A historical perspective on beaver in New York State
- Beaver recolonization of Cary Institute: A case study
- How to coexist with beaver and mitigate conflicts
Dan Aitchison has worked in the wildlife field since 2009, as the Senior Curator of Wildlife for the Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. His work has focused on the study of target wildlife species and monitoring their impacts, creating and implementing adaptive management programs and strategies to mitigate human/wildlife conflicts, public education, developing working relationships with local research organizations, and acting as a liaison between the county, state and federal wildlife agencies.
Mike Fargione manages Cary Institute’s natural areas and coordinates property access and outdoor public programs. Research interests include: local predator-prey relationships, interactions between human actions and wildlife populations, and finding ways to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts. Among his active projects are managing deer impacts on forests using habitat management and controlled hunting, using trail cameras to understand wildlife distribution and abundance, and investigating the ecological role of man-made nest boxes as wildlife resources.
Tags: nonprofit, ecology, Cary Institute, sustainability
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Just Futures and Justice Funders invite you to join our three-part webinar series on social justice investing. Wall Street and the 1% have built an investing infrastructure that allows the rich to get richer through extraction and theft. But a growing number of social movement actors are finding alternative ways, often rooted in cultural traditions of BIPOC communities, to leverage and grow community wealth and economic power through regenerative investing strategies. We call this social justice investing.
This webinar will provide an introduction to social justice investing, explain how it’s different from mainstream ESG investing strategies, and provide some insight into how one group is implementing it on the ground.
This session will be recorded. Auto-generated closed captioning in English will be available.
Tags: Just Futures and Justice Funders, nonprofit, Social Justice Investing
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Many people speak these days of a racial reckoning. But a true reckoning requires a willingness to shake up the status quo. This year, both NPQ—in partnership with Prosperity Now—and Shelterforce each published multi-part article series on how to close the racial wealth gap. Here we bring writers from both series to address the question: What must be done?
This 90-minute in-depth webinar, jointly organized by NPQ and Shelterforce, brings together four field leaders to discuss central questions regarding economic justice, racial justice, and strategic approaches to closing the wealth gap. Our panelists are:
Gary Cunningham, CEO of Prosperity Now, a national racial and economic justice nonprofit headquartered in Washington, D.C. Prosperity Now is invested in transforming our economy to work for everyone.
Jeremie Greer, co-founder and co-executive director of Liberation in a Generation, an organization incubated by PolicyLink, which is building the power of people of color to totally transform the economy.
john a. powell, director of the Othering & Belonging Institute and professor of law, African American, and ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Anne Price, president of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, which strives to shift power and agency in economic policy by centering those closest to the problems in developing solutions.
This webinar will explore:
- What are the leading conventional approaches for addressing the racial wealth gap? Why do they fall short?
- What are ways in which wealth continues to be extracted from communities of color, further deepening the racial wealth divide?
- How do rising student and medical debt impact the racial wealth gap?
- How does the tax system affect the racial wealth gap?
- What is “targeted universalism”? How does it build on—and differ from—an equity approach?
- What would a “targeted universalist” approach to addressing the racial wealth gap look like?
- Does reducing the homeownership gap close the racial wealth gap? Why or why not?
- What are we learning in the field—from community development leaders and others—of how to build wealth in low-income and BIPOC communities?
- What is the role of reparations in addressing the racial wealth gap and setting the groundwork for a more just economy?
Whether you’re a nonprofit leader, board member, or engaged in community-based organizing, this webinar will provide you with real-life examples and lessons learned that can inform your work in your own community.
Register to learn how nonprofits and movement activists are advancing strategies to address the economic and social inequalities of our time!
The moderators for this webinar are NPQ senior editor of economic justice Steve Dubb and Shelterforce editor in chief Miriam Axel-Lute. Miriam has been an analyst of housing justice and community development issues for over 20 years. Steve has worked with cooperatives and nonprofits for over two decades and has been both a student and practitioner in the field of community economic development.
Tags: nonprofit, workplace diversity, new economy
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On May 4 at 7pm, explore results from The Tick Project, a six-year study that was the first to test if environmentally-safe interventions could reduce ticks and the diseases they carry at the neighborhood level. In this virtual event, project directors Felicia Keesing of Bard College and Rick Ostfeld of Cary Institute will review the study design, methods, results, and lessons learned along the way, with ample time for audience Q&A.
The Tick Project was conducted in Dutchess County, New York, home to some of the nation’s highest rates of Lyme disease. The study was designed to determine whether Met52 fungal spray and Tick Control System bait boxes, used separately or together in yards, could reduce tick numbers, tick encounters, and neighborhood risk of contracting Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. More than 2,380 people (and 849 pets) participated, representing 24 neighborhoods. Dozens of researchers monitored ticks on participating properties and households completed biweekly surveys about tick encounters.
After processing mountains of data, long-awaited results are in. TCS bait boxes were found to reduce the number of ticks in people’s yards by about half, while the Met52 fungal spray had little effect. Neither control resulted in fewer tick encounters by people or a reduction in Lyme and other tick-borne diseases in treated neighborhoods. Incidence of tick-borne diseases in pets was lower by about half on properties that were treated with either the boxes, the spray, or both.
The Tick Project set a gold standard for methods in the fields of disease ecology, vector control and integrated tick management. The study is a reminder of the importance of personal protection and vigilance in the fight against tick-borne disease.
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The Tick Project was conducted in partnership with Bard College, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New York State Department of Health, and Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health. The research was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation and the support of a network of generous donors.
Tags: ecology, environment, nature, sustainability, nonprofit, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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We’ve taken some notice that COVID has suddenly become a topic referred to in the past-tense. As mask mandates evaporate and people begin meeting in person en masse, we ask you: How should Kheprw and community move forward? Join this week’s community conversation and share in our discussion of COVID’s remaining impacts and if we can truly see COVID as a time gone by.
Tags: COVID, Kheprw Institute, nonprofit
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On Apr 28 @ 11am, join us for a free, virtual Scientific Seminar, Insights into Forest Ecology from Drone Remote Sensing.
Forests are globally important for their role in cycles of carbon, water, and nutrients. However, knowledge of forest structure and function has been limited by the availability of historical measurements and data. Traditional field methods are often time-consuming, limited in spatial extent, and inaccurate for measuring large trees. Traditional remote sensing methods are often limited in spatial and/or temporal resolution, precluding the study of organismal ecological processes. In this seminar, Dr. KC Cushman will highlight how emerging methods from drone remote sensing can connect the scales of traditional field and remote sensing studies, and provide new insights into forest ecology.
REGISTER
More info + registration at Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/insights-into-forest-ecology-from-drone-remote-sensing-tickets-256270500967/
Tags: nonprofit, ecology, Cary Institute, sustainability
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Conducted by Music Director Matthew Kraemer
Sterling Elliott, the youngest Sphinx Competition Winner in history, is featured on Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major. New York Concert Review acclaims “(The) very fine young cellist Sterling Elliott played …with perfect intonation, style, and total involvement.” Inspired by two great works of art, living composer Anna Clyne’s Sound and Fury, sets the stage while Richard Strauss’ Metamorphosen powerfully concludes the evening.
Contact the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra at 317-940-9607 for personalized service with ticketing questions.
Tags: Live Music, classical, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, nonprofit
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Join our Youth Ambassadors for their Arts for Earth Day Challenge during Earth Week culminating in a virtual showcase of the projects via Zoom.
Each Youth Ambassador will be creating an arts challenge the either helps educates, advocates or brings life to materials headed for the landfill.
Everyday we will be sharing a YA’s art project in hopes that you’ll be inspired and join in creating.
The Zoom event will be a chance for YAs and anyone that has join in the challenge to share their work. Don’t worry if you weren’t able to create anything during the week. The YAs will be doing a demonstration so you can create during the event.
This is a youth centered and led event. Perfect for the whole family. Registration is required, just clink the blue JOIN EVENT button at the top of this page.
Tags: Earth Day, Earth Charter Indiana, nonprofit, sustainability
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Since 2008, the Indy Winter Farmers Market has been the longest-running and only winter market in downtown Indianapolis that connects farmers to community members. The goal of the winter market is to help bridge the gap between the community, local farmers, and food producers.
The Indy Winter Farmers Market returns for its 13th market season at The AMP Marketplace located in the 16 Tech Innovation District at 1220 Waterway Blvd.! The market runs every Saturday from Nov. 6, 2021, through April 30, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
In an effort to increase food access we offer a Triple-Match SNAP program, which allows shoppers to turn $20 into $60 of fresh food and produce. It’s a simple idea that everyone deserves access to fresh foods!
At the market, you will find some of Indiana’s best local produce farmers, artisan food producers, including sustainably raised meats and dairy products, unique baked goods, preserved and fermented foods, and more! Bring family and friends and enjoy live music, good food, and let your kids play in the kids area!
Tags: sustainability, nonprofit, Indy Winter Farmers Market, food miles, farm to table
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Learn how to terminate cover crops in a no-till vegetable garden.
Free presentation via Zoom
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYodeqpqz4qEtHa6TNFsqftvHUap0nv5AnL
Join Kevin Allison of the Marion County SWCD for an in-depth look at:
– Cover crop termination
– Tarps for bed prep and weed control
– Use of compost and mulches
– No-till vegetable planting
– Growing Biodiversity
This session is 1 hour long but participants are welcome to stay longer for additional discussion and Q&A. This work is supported by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The USDA-NRCS is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.
Tags: nature, cover crops, gardening, nonprofit, Marion County Soil & Water Conservation District
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On Apr 7 @ 11am, join us for a free, virtual Scientific Seminar, The Role of Aquatic Food Webs in Contaminant Cycling, Transport, & Toxicity.
Traditionally under-considered, the influence that biota exert over environmental contaminant behavior is emerging as an important driver of contaminant persistence and legacy impact. This influence involves processes that span all levels of biological organization and manifests as a complex set of interactions between food webs and contaminants that can attenuate efforts to reduce contaminant burdens. It is becoming clear that these interactions will need to be accounted for in environmental policy making and management, which presents an opportunity for collaboration at the interface of basic and applied research.
In this presentation, Dr. Jess Brandt will explore the influence of biota on contaminant dynamics in aquatic ecosystems through an overview of two recent projects about 1) the spatial and temporal patterns of selenium cycling in the Gunnison River, Colorado, and 2) spawning migrations of Pacific salmon as biological pumps of nutrient and contaminant subsidies to North America. The talk will also highlight the questions that motivate the research program in the Brandt Lab at the University of Connecticut.
REGISTER
More info + registration at Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-role-of-aquatic-food-webs-in-contaminant-cycling-transport-toxicity-tickets-255400097567
Tags: ecology, environment, nature, sustainability, nonprofit, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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Free Program. Additional opportunities available to support IHS as we continue collecting, preserving, and sharing Indiana’s history.Registration closes 2 hours prior to the start of the program.
To register, visit: https://indianahistory.org/events/history-happy-hour-hispanic-influence-on-northern-indiana/
Emiliano Aguilar, Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University, joins us to discuss the effect Mexican and Puerto Rican communities have had on East Chicago. Highlighting research he has completed for his dissertation, Building a Latino Machine, he will discuss the Concerned Latins Organization as well as how the Latino community has transitioned into a Latino political machine and influenced Northern Indiana.
Tags: nonprofit, Indiana Historical Society, Hispanic Influence on Northern Indiana
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TWO WAYS TO EXPERIENCE:
Drop a note here and we will send you the ZOOM link
OR
watch LIVE on the Writers Guild at Bloomington page
WEDNESDAY, APR 6
6pm EST
featuring poets
John Burroughs, Tony Brewer, john compton
Music by saxophonist Catherine Sikora
Sponsored in part by the Indiana Arts Commission, Bloomington Arts Commission, and the Bloomington Urban Enterprise Association – Indiana
JOHN BURROUGHS of Cleveland served as the 2019-2021 Beat Poet Laureate for the state of Ohio. He is a dynamic performer who has wowed audiences from Oakland to New York City and myriad points in between. His more than a dozen books include Rattle and Numb: Selected Poems, 1992-2019 (2019, Venetian Spider Press) and Loss and Foundering (2018, NightBallet Press). Since 2008 as the founding editor for Crisis Chronicles Press, publishing over one hundred books by esteemed writers from around the world.
TONY BREWER is a poet, live sound effects artist, and event producer from Bloomington, Indiana. He frequently collaborates with the experimental audio collective Urban Deer Recording Co. and appears on the albums Paris Suite (2017) and The Six Realms of Rebirth, due out later this year. He is the author of 7 books – the latest is Pity For Sale, just out from Gasconade Press. https://tonybrewer71.blogspot.com/
JOHN COMPTON (b. 1987) is a gay poet who lives in Kentucky. He has published 2 books and has 5 chapbooks published and forthcoming: [books]: trainride elsewhere (Pressed Wafer, 2016); stranger in the attic of clouds (dead man’s press inc, 2021); [chapbooks]: that moan like a saxophone (kindle, 2016); ampersand (Plan B Press, 2018); a child growing wild inside the mothering womb (ghost city press, 2020); i saw god cooking children / paint their bones (blood pudding press, 2020); to wash all the pretty things off my skin (ethel zine & micro-press, 2021). He has been published in numerous magazines and anthologies.
Tenor and soprano saxophonist, improviser, and composer CATHERINE SIKORA was first electrified by the sound of air vibrating in a metal tube when, as a child, she heard the wind playing tones and overtones in a metal gate. She has devoted her life to researching the magic of that sound with her saxophones, particularly in her solo work, which forms the main backbone of her creative output. Her latest album is Corners, recorded live in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on a beautiful Sunday in May 2021, and is available along with her other albums on bandcamp: https://catherinesikora.wordpress.com
Tags: Live Music, Jazz, spoken word, poetry, writing, nonprofit, Writers Guild at Bloomington, art
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71% of the planet is the ocean yet we have explored less than 10% of it. The ocean is a powerful feature and produces the oxygen we breathe and helps regulate the climate we depend on. In this lesson we will discuss the study of our oceans and learn about the incredible features it is home to.
Lesson includes: why the ocean is salty, how do waves and tides work, trenches and hydrothermal vents, tectonic plates & boundaries, gyres & currents.
To register for this class and other morning lessons please follow the link to google forms: https://forms.gle/HDJtZbE8oFFVqCeC7
If you are interested in afternoon lessons please follow the link to google forms:
https://forms.gle/DuFdfSKwFne7LUZS6
You will be sent a link to join via zoom as the event date approaches.
Tags: Ecology, environment, sustainability, nature, nonprofit, Reef Relief, Marine Life, oceans
