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Earth-care, People-care

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Submitted:	13/08/2013
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	Kilgore , Texas, US
Phone:	928-708-9959
Climate zone:	Warm Temperate

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Earth-care, People-care

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Philanthropic aid

Project Summary

This project involves youth in transition to adulthood and community partners working together to address issues of sustainability and care of the earth. We are currently developing a native tree farm in East Texas in conjunction with a food forest and garden.

Project Description

Students will learn to design and develop a native plant and tree sanctuary along with a forest farm and tree farm.

The fact that everything has a purpose and use will be an important theme for applications on various design levels.

Students will learn application of permaculture to help restore natural balance to the physical planet and as well as its people. This project takes a wholistic approach that includes personal and collective renewal, mental, physical and emotional rehabilitation and workforce development

Much of our work is positioned to respond to the challenge posed by the Brundtland Report- Our Common Future- the United Nations

This report concludes that:

“A world in which poverty and inequity are endemic will always be prone to ecological and other crises. … Sustainable development requires that societies meet human needs both by increasing productive potential and by ensuring equitable opportunities for all.”

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