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Happy National Apprenticeship Week!
Hi Friend! Apprenticeships are a proven training method for employers to build a talent pipeline of highly skilled, educated employees and are one of the many ways that SEEDS is creating a solution to...
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Tips for an eco-friendly holiday season!
Ways to salvage nutrients and live more sustainably By Jennifer FlynnEcoCorps Program Director If you’ve just got too many leftovers, ingredients, and scraps from the holidays, there are many...
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Those Who Give: Meet Kristin Page!
The SEEDS community is teaming with passionate individuals committed to making our communities more resilient. We would like to introduce you to Kristin Page, who has brought her years of experience...
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Exploring Industrial-Scale Composting & Biochar
BY: Sarna Salzman SEEDS Executive Director Composting is a rewarding and environmentally-conscious practice that anyone can engage in to contribute positively to the planet. Composting involves the...
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Why Composting Matters: Meet Tabitha Lee!
Tabitha Lee made a New Year’s Resolution to reduce the waste that she and her partner produce, but living in Traverse City complicated things. She reached out to SEEDS on Facebook, and one bucket of...
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Check out SEEDS leadership
The best leaders realize that learning never stops. There are always opportunities to grow your skills like listening to your team, providing valuable feedback and balancing accountability with...
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For the love of food!
Nutrition education is a staple dish of our EcoSchool program, which served more than 1000 students during the 2022-2023 school year. Our staff members teach gardening, composting, cooking, and the...
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Electrification Profile: Carver Street Housing Development
BY: SARNA SALZMANJon Stimson is the Executive Director of Homestretch, a regional developer of affordable housing. He recently sat down with Sarna Salzman, SEEDS Executive Director and a Homestretch...
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Compost: Hot and steamy all year long!
The compost piles at the SEEDS Farm at Historic Barns Park have been steaming all winter, despite the cold weather! Composting often does stop or slow down during this time of year, so we found ways...
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Youth get confidence & joy from SEEDS
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The Corps Craze!
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From student to teacher
Britney Brintzenhoff was ecstatic when she saw a job posting for site supervisor at SEEDS EcoSchool in Kalkaska Upper Elementary. She was happy about the opportunity to work with kids as a step...
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Our 7.5 million dollar announcement
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25 Years of EcoSchool: Prioritizing Youth
Youth engagement has always been a top priority for SEEDS because we believe that investing in youth is critical for the world today and for the world tomorrow. In 2009, our youth programming exploded...
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25 Years of EcoStrategies: Local Climate Action
With degraded soils, annihilated microbiota, polluted waters, and fragmented community connections, the work ahead of us is too important and too urgent to simply wait for great kids to grow up and...
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25 Years of EcoCorps: Building Green Careers
SEEDS is proud to be a green-collar employer! We believe that connecting environmental action to employment is a powerful way to generate big impacts. We specialize in providing local jobs, including...
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We’re Celebrating 25 Years of SEEDS!
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The Great Northern Michigan Compost Crawl
Nine 'Compost Crawl' stops celebrated composting initiatives across the region Michigan has a garbage problem. Up to 38 percent of all trash in landfills is organic material such as food scraps and...
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