Lenora Romero with violin students, photo by Tomas Wolff
"Music Lessons for Everyone," a MountainView Telegraph article by Laurie Clark on iCreate, its mission, Music Outreach, and free violin and guitar lessons in Mountainair.
Monday, December 5, 2011
#Mountainair #CommunityGarden Fall Report
Garden Manager Joan Embree writes,
Addie, Joan and Rebecca completed the official close-down of the 2011 "instant" Community Garden on Oct. 29. We emptied our donated containers of their dirt, putting the dirt into our three existing beds, pulled the remaining plants, put them into the composting pile and saved some seeds to see if they will be viable next season. Then we re-dug the central bed, adding spoiled straw and cured goat manure with the soil from the pots and planted garlic in the central bed and covered it with straw. Straw bales on site were placed to buffer the bed from southwest winds, with three rosemary plants left in the bed to see if they could survive the winter. Addie took the remainder to her hoop house to winter them over.
Prepping for the 2012 season included making tentative plans for the location of 4' by 4' and 8' by 4' plots that will be available to individuals, families, community groups, and businesses. We encourage those who "adopt-a-plot" to grow healthy food for themselves and their families, to sell at the Mountainair Farm and Garden Market, or to donate to local food banks. The Community Garden will provide water, manure, and gardening advice to those who sign up.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Captain Planet Foundation Grants
FYI ~ community based environmental education emphasis but not limited to school programs. Right up the iCreate and community garden mission alley but could also be fit for other environmentally conscious community groups with 501/3c status and an education mission
The Captain Planet Foundation (CPF) provides grants to schools, as well as community-based environmental and educational organizations — no grants are made to individuals or businesses.
Grants from the Captain Planet Foundation are intended to:
- serve as a catalyst to getting environmental activities in schools and communities.
- inspire youth to participate in community service through environmental stewardship activities.
The Captain Planet Foundation primarily makes grants to U.S.-based schools and organizations with an annual operating budget of less than $3 million. CPF will fund unique and innovative projects that do not precisely match the grant guidelines but otherwise promote the foundation’s mission of hands-on environmental activities. Applications that are outside of this description or do not meet the grant guidelines will not be considered.
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