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Visiting Scholars Openings at Deep Springs College, Nevada

"The desert has a deep personality; it has a voice. Great leaders in all ages have sought the desert and heard its voice. You can hear it if you listen, but you cannot hear it while in the midst of uproar and strife for material things. 'Gentlemen, for what came ye into the wilderness?' Not for conventional scholastic training; not for ranch life; not to become proficient in commercial or professional pursuits for personal gain. You came to prepare for a life of service, with the understanding t… Continue

Added by Heather Lukacs on October 28, 2009 at 5:20pm — 1 Comment

Falling Sky Farm receives the Glynwood Harvest Wave of The Future Award

Below is the press release. To learn more about the Glynwood Foundation, visit glynwood.org GLYNWOOD’S 2009 HARVEST AWARDS HONORS INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE SUSTAINABLE FOOD MOVEMENT Marshall, AR Farmers Cody Hopkins and Andrea Todt of FALLING SKY FARM awarded Wave of the Future Award Cold Spring, NY, October 8, 2009 -- Glynwood, the not-for-profit organization whose mission is to save farming in the North East, has announced the winners of its 7th Annual Harvest Awards. The Harvest Aw… Continue

Added by Cody Hopkins on October 21, 2009 at 9:37am — No Comments

Students Call For Action On Climate Change

Two peers and myself organize a day long action training called "Countdown to Copenhagen" to help students learn about and get involved in advocacy campaigns to stop climate change. U of T wrote an article about our training. Pretty cool! http://www.news.utoronto.ca/student-life/students-call-for-action-on-climate-change.html Students call for action on climate change Organized training session for student environmental activists By Tammy Thorne, posted Friday, October 9, 2009 Two U of T st… Continue

Added by Jessica Bell on October 10, 2009 at 11:44pm — No Comments

The Cost of Addiction

Across the USA, many of us now take for granted our ability to cover long distances in short periods of time. I routinely schedule weekend trips to places over 100 miles away from my home and I'll do the 20-mile round trip to my parents' house for a cup of coffee. Environmentalists have given plenty of attention to our cultural addiction to cars. The focus has been on fossil fuel consumption and the associated pollution that contributes to smog, acid rain, and (of course) climate change. The m… Continue

Added by Pete Land on July 16, 2009 at 1:03pm — 2 Comments

Paul Hawken's 'Hopeful' 2009 Commencement Address

"YOU ARE BRILLIANT, AND THE EARTH IS HIRING. The earth couldn’t afford to send any recruiters or limos to your school. It sent you rain, sunsets, ripe cherries, night blooming jasmine, and that unbelievably cute person you are dating...." Read on for the complete Commencement address. Undoubtedly, the Wild Gift IS part of the hopeful, caring movement to which he refers. :-) Paul Hawken's Commencement Address University of Portland, May 3rd, 2009 When I was invited to give this speech, I was a… Continue

Added by Heather Lukacs on May 25, 2009 at 1:52pm — No Comments

Berkeley Sees Local, Sustainable Food As Solution to Climate Change

I worked with a great group of people to make sure that Berkeley included policies in its climate action plan that reduced greenhouse gas emissions from the food system. We were successful in including a number of policies that will provide support for the creation of a local, sustainable food system. It's an exciting first step and one of the first of its kind in the country, and I hope it serves a model that other groups in other cities and states can take and build upon. Read the Op-Ed I wro… Continue

Added by Jessica Bell on May 22, 2009 at 11:43pm — No Comments

Wild Gift Board Member installs first Wind Turbine in Lake County, IL

Check out the link: http://www.pioneerlocal.com/libertyville/news/1548282,libertyville-turbine-043009-s1.article Continue

Added by Jenna Ringelheim on May 13, 2009 at 4:57pm — No Comments

Harrowing Escape on the Yukon River

Back in August 2002, as a Wild Gift pilot recipient, I spent three weeks living on the banks of the Yukon River with a homesteader named Andy Bassich. We hunted and fished, laid the foundation for his cabin, and cared for his 24 sled dogs. Last week, Andy was in the news when the icy river rose dramatically and nearly swept him, his girlfriend, and the dogs away. Newspaper and radio coverage: Anchorage Daily News… Continue

Added by Pete Land on May 12, 2009 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

Secretary Salazar Creates New Office of Youth at Interior

“The new office will build our programs, expand opportunities for young people, teach them to hunt and fish, and help us coordinate our efforts across the bureaus,” Secretary Salazar said. Read about Salazar's recent 100-day progress speech below or his background here. "Raised on a remote ranch without electricity or telephone, Salazar learned the values of hard work, family, and faith. Thanks to his parents’ lessons, he and his seven brothers and… Continue

Added by Heather Lukacs on May 5, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Wine to Water

I saw a story about this on CNN.com this morning while I waited to board a flight to our Wild Gift board meeting. A cool project that sounds very Wild Gift-esque! Wine to Water Continue

Added by Pete Land on May 1, 2009 at 1:07pm — 1 Comment

Fayette County (WV) Young Farmers Program "to encourage enthusiasm for the farming tradition"

“This year we’ve all learned about the importance of creativity and self-reliance in uncertain economic times,” said Savanna Lyons, a volunteer who is coordinating the program. “Farmers are creative entrepreneurs. They know how to experiment, to deal with the variability of the seasons and to survive in difficult times through strong relationships in their communities. The qualities of a good farmer are qualities that serve a person throughout his or her life, and are qualities of a citizen who… Continue

Added by Heather Lukacs on April 30, 2009 at 1:39pm — 1 Comment

Together Green

Hi all - This was just passed along. Maybe keep an eye on it for next year! ***Applications for the 2009 TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership Program are due April 15*** TogetherGreen, National Audubon Society’s exciting conservation initiative is accepting applications for the 2009 TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership Program. This is the second year of a 5-year initiative designed to build conservation leadership, engage people in conservation action, and achieve lasting conservation resul… Continue

Added by Jenna Ringelheim on April 14, 2009 at 1:18pm — No Comments

SOUL Summer School

SOUL Summer School June 15th to August 6th 2009 San Francisco Bay Area SOUL Summer School is an intensive 8-week introduction to community organizing and social change, designed for young activists who have been involved with social justice organizing for at least one year. SOUL is dedicated to building the skills of young women, young people of color, working class, and queer people as the next generation of leaders in the social justice movement. SOUL Summer School provides a structured time… Continue

Added by Jenna Ringelheim on April 7, 2009 at 11:15am — No Comments

Update from Bob in India

Excerpted from www.bobsarah.blogspot.com Tour of India One - Auroville As prefaced, we traveled to Auroville from Sri Lanka on the 5th of February and remained the rest of the month, our purpose to visit a Wild Gift project called Convergence (www.thepointofconvergence.org), a residential program in experiential environmental education created by leader Iain Duncan. Wild Gift (www.wildgift.org) is the nonprofit organization Bob founded that supports Iain and other new leaders, age 21-30, who h… Continue

Added by Jenna Ringelheim on April 6, 2009 at 11:27am — No Comments

Pres. Obama Signs Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009

What will we as a nation choose to hold sacred and what will we sacrifice? Might there be a way to hold all places sacred? To care for landscapes as they provide for us? I am continually inspired by those who steward the lands where they work and live. Thank, you. And, as I wait for the dogwoods to bloom above the cliffs in the New River Gorge (ojalá), Obama has signed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009. I recommend watching this video. http://www.c-span.org/Watch/watch.aspx?Progra… Continue

Added by Heather Lukacs on March 31, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Van Jones Speech at Good Jobs, Green Jobs

You must watch Van Jones Plenary Speech from the Good Jobs, Green Jobs event held February 4-6 in Washington, DC! If you have yet to hear him speak, it will be well worth your 14 minutes, I assure you. From the ghettos to the barrios to the Appalachian mountaintops, he challenges us to work together to heal our world and our relationships. "And the sacrifice zones of the gray economy will be the sacred zones of this green economy that we are building." I especially appreciate his shout out in so… Continue

Added by Heather Lukacs on February 24, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Campus InPower has FIRST Campus Green Fee Success: Congrats UCSD!!!

Hooray! Campus InPower had its first official success today, with the passage of "The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF)" at UC San Diego. TGIF was lumped into a larger fee campaign called "Better Faster Stronger", which raised fees roughly $20 per quarter to support a variety of initiatives, from diversity training to student groups to sustainabil… Continue

Added by Rachel Barge on February 9, 2009 at 2:16am — 2 Comments

Bush Protects 195,280 Sq. Miles of Wilderness!

Yep, you read that correctly. Our outgoing president isn't exactly known as a conservation advocate, but today the White House announced that he will protect 195,280 square miles of wilderness -- at sea. Covering nine sites over three areas in the Pacific Ocean, it will be the largest marine protected area in the world. Sportfishermen are enraged and we're already hearing "Yeah, but..." from environmentalists who have spent the past eight years feeling oppressed by his policies. My gut reacti… Continue

Added by Pete Land on January 6, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Search and Shop the Internet - they donate!

What if Wild Gift earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can! GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up! GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall wh… Continue

Added by Jenna Ringelheim on December 1, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Wild Gift Certificates Available NOW!!!

The holidays are coming... are you tired of buying "stuff" that people don't even need? Interested in giving to a great cause, but want to know where your money is going? Consider buying Wild Gift Certificates in honor of your friends and loved ones. In accordance with the 501(c)(3) tax… Continue

Added by Jenna Ringelheim on November 17, 2008 at 9:40pm — No Comments

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