environmental awareness

Saving Our Earth Starts Now

April 22 is Earth Day. It seems that with each passing year, it becomes more important not to just participate in events on that day, but to incorporate into our own lives critical practices that will allow our Earth to sustain itself for our children and their children. (For more on Earth Day generally, here’s one good link). At our multicultural camp, environmental awareness and respect for the natural environment is one of the core values that we emphasize at camp. We take seriously our relationship withtheenvironment and convey that […]

Saving Our Earth Starts Now: Save the Bees

With each passing year, it becomes more important to incorporate into our own lives critical practices that will allow our Earth to sustain itself for our children and their children. At our multicultural summer camp, environmental awareness and respect for the natural environment is one of our core values. We take seriously our relationship with the environment and convey that attitude to our campers. In addition to providing learning opportunities through experiential education, we teach the campers service to the environment by modeling good practices that are respectful of the […]

Making Mindful Food Choices

As we try to be more mindful of what we are feeding our families (and campers), increasing our families’ intake of fruits, veggies and whole grains should be easy right? We’re starting to get more readily available information regarding genetically modified (GM) foods—from shows such as Dr. Oz, to other media outlets. So, are GM foods safe or harmful? GM foods and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been around since the early 1990s. While regulatory authorities have approved GM food that is on the market, some people are concerned that […]

Environmental Mindfulness – The Story of Stuff

On my drive towards a recent camp event, I was listening to a little radio blurb about how our world population is increasing. It reminded me that, as camp people—especially at a program that tries to be intentional about empowering our campers in all aspects of their growth—we have a vested interest in protecting our Earth’s limited resources, which are in jeopardy of being forever ruined during our lifetimes. When you have twenty minutes or so, take the time to watch this video (“The Story of Stuff”) if you haven’t yet seen […]

Saving Our Earth Starts Now

Saving Our Earth Starts Now: Save the Bees

Making Mindful Food Choices

Environmental Mindfulness – The Story of Stuff

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