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Groups participating in GreenPal activities.
< Japan >
NPO The Farm School
Our mission is to hand down Japanese agriculture to future generations
and to teach the importance of agriculture to urban communities. We
support this mission through various activities, including farming
classes, educational programs on farming, providing fresh agricultural
products and holding agricultural events for the community. |
NPO Musashino Satoyama Study Group
Our mission is to make unite people in a community -adults, children,
farmers, rural and urban residents- through programs. They include
a farming experience program, an agriculture support program, nature
watch programs, an environmental survey program, lectures and training
sessions based on the *Satoyama concept. |
NPO Ogawa-machi Foodo Center
Our mission is to carry out activities for the purpose of capacity
building, community building and life designing by utilizing Ogawa-town's
local people and its Foodo (climate). Activities include the 'Ogawa-town
Renewable Energy School' and 'Kitchen Garbage Composting' which are
noted nationwide. |
Adachi
Green Project
Adachi Green Project's mission is to provide an environment where
participants can "see" "learn" and "get involved
with" it, which will lead each of them as citizen to practice
"bottom-up ecological activities."
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*"SATOYAMA" is a Japanese term used to describe an integrated
natural system of rice paddies, fields, orchards, creeks and ponds
cultivated and utilized by local communities. Satoyma is a traditional
method used in Japan to create a sustainable, nature-based society
which enables a healthy coexistence between man and the environment.
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Neighborhood Parks Council (NPC/Urban Resource Systems Project)
The Neighborhood Parks Council (NPC) is a coalition of community-based
park groups to improve neighborhood parks throughout San Francisco.
Their mission is to create a renaissance in their park and recreational
systems and make them sustainable in the future. NPC coordinates volunteer
activities in the parks, and supports the groups to manage the parks
for fund-raising , public outreach, scheduling park clean-ups, and
planning special events such as concerts and festivals. |
Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE)
Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
nonprofit organization linking our Food, Farms, and Future. The mission
of SAGE is to broaden the constituency for sustainable regional food
and agriculture. We develop projects, programs, and materials on our
own initiative and for clients that help the public understand and
enjoy many benefits of sustainable agriculture. |
Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative(BCGC)
Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative brings together diverse
members of the community around a common commitment to urban agriculture
and access to healthy food for all residents of Berkeley. We are gardeners,
teachers, community activists, students, nutritionists, writers, public
office holders and others who share ideas, knowledge, vitality and
resources to increase local food production and improve nutrition.
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Berkeley Food Policy Council(BFPC)
The Berkeley Food Policy Council (BFPC) is a coalition of residents,
non-profit agencies, community groups, school district and city agencies
formed to increase community food access. The mission is to build
a local food system based on sustainable regional agriculture that
fosters the local economy and assures that all people of Berkeley
have access to healthy, affordable and culturally appropriate food
from non-emergency sources. |
The Edible Schoolyard
The Edible Schoolyard is a non-profit program located on the campus
of Martin Luther King Junior Middle School in Berkeley, California.
They provide urban public school students with a one-acre organic
garden and a kitchen classroom. Using food systems as a unifying concept,
students learn how to grow, harvest, and prepare nutritious seasonal
produce. |
Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency(BOSS)
BOSS is dedicated to helping homeless, poor, and disabled people
achieve health and self-sufficiency, and to fighting against the root
causes of poverty and homelessness. They provide cost-effective and
compassionate life-saving services to thousands of poor and homeless
people, moving them into safe housing and providing a network of opportunities,
services, and support. |
Ecology Center
The mission is to provide direct services and promote the environmentally
and socially reliable customs. Each program has the common purpose
which is general education about environmental issues, human rights
violation and practical solution to them. Programs include Environmental
Information Center (running library and holding varions classes there),
publishing Terrain Magazines, operating Berkeley Farmers'Market ,
Recycle Project (a weekly pick-up of cans, bottles, newsprint, mixed
paper and cardboard under a City of Berkeley contract). |
Food Systems Project
The Food Systems Project, a project of the Center for Ecoliteracy,
was initiated to: foster an ecological curriculum, bring an integrated
approach to child nutrition services, improve the quality of school
meals, create a garden in every school, and support the economic viability
of local sustainable family farms. The Project was instrumental in
drafting the Food Policy for the Berkeley Unified School District.
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Garden Project
The mission of The Garden Project is to provide structure and
support to former prisoners through on the job training in gardening
and tree care, counseling, and assistance in continuing education.
Regarding the result of this project, while statewide, more than 2/3
of former offenders will eventually return to jail, the Garden Project
is reversing those numbers so that 75% of participants do not return
to jail. |
Literacy for Environmental Justice(LEJ)
Our mission is to foster an understanding of the principles of
environmental justice and urban sustainability in our young people
in order to promote the long-term health of their communities. LEJ
engages urban youth in traditional environmental problems by drawing
concrete linkages between the state of human health, the environment,
and urban quality of life. LEJ staff members teach and/or employ young
people to research, design and organize educational, neighborhood
improvement projects. They also offer free educational programs for
public schools and paid high school youth leadership programs. |
SOLAR LIVING CENTER
The Solar Living Center, managed by the Solar Living Institute,
is a 12-acre renewable energy and sustainable living demonstration
site that is visited by nearly 200,000 people annually. The institute
is a non-profit educational organization established as a spin-off
from Real Goods Trading Company. They provide one- to nine-day workshops
on renewable energy, green building, sustainable living, ecological
design and alternative construction methods and promote sustainable
living through inspirational environmental education. |
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