Join EarthCorps & the Green Seattle Partnership as we improve the health of an amazing urban forest in Southwest Seattle!
We will be removing invasive plants, planting native species and performing restoration site maintenance.

Huge fundraising event for Cope Environmental Center - need help setting up two days before and the day of.  Also need volunteers who have experience serving or working in restaurants to serve our gourmet meal.  All proceeds benefit all of our environmental education programs at Cope Environmental Center.  Call or email Stephanie at s.hays@copeenvironmental.org 765-855-3188.

This is an Free event that is open to every and anyone of all ages.

Raffle Items include:
4 Jack Johnson Tickets (Maybe More)
Autographed Jack Johnson Memorabilia
...Weekend Stay at the Postcard Inn
Wave Zone Skimboard
Case of Celsius Energy drink
*100% of the proceeds from the raffle will be donated to the Suncoast Surfrider Foundation

-Beach Clean up from 2-4pm

-Green Beach Activities and Sports from 4-7pm
Green activities, completion of the plastic wave (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Arg6xsyJCs), vollyball, cornhole, water balloons, WaveZone Skim Demo, Paddle board Demo, and more
-Surf videos played on a projection screen once it gets dark outside.
-Live Music from 1:30-10pm

www.suncoastsurfrider.org

Work with EarthCorps and the Green Seattle Partnership and the Friends of Seward Park as we continue to maintain our restoration sites, plant native tree and remove English ivy from this stand of old growth forest right in the city! Home to diverse wildlife and impressive trees, Seward Park is enjoyed by walkers, cyclists, and those who love the outdoors.

English ivy is a threat to the great trees that make Seward Park their home. It is a non-native invasive plant species with no natural predators or pests to keep it under control. The ivy poses a threat to places like Seward Park two ways, by creating “Ivy Deserts” which are areas so dominated by ivy that no other vegetation can survive and by adding weight to trees, making the trees more susceptible to toppling over and to disease. By manually ripping ivy out of the park, we are helping to prevent this invasive species from taking hold and spreading.

Keep Kansas City Beautiful, an affiliate of Bridging The Gap, is holding our third annual Dreamscape Makeover. (The Dreamscape Makeover offers the chance to win a sustainable landscape design, plants and installation worth a retail value of $10,000. Entry for the contest is now closed.) Volunteer to help install the landscape makeover, work alongside landscape experts and pick up tips for your landscaping at home! For more information, contact Melanie Allen at 816-561-1061, ext. 107 or melanie.allen@bridgingthegap.org.

Do you have a desire to educate others about steps they can take to live more sustainably? Bridging The Gap is looking for volunteers with significant public speaking experience or who are very comfortable with public speaking to schedule and give short presentations to community groups about specific solutions to our planet’s environmental challenges.
For future training dates, or to sign up, contact Amy Smith at 816-561-1061, ext.122 or e-mail amy.smith@bridgingthegap.org

Simple Living Institute hosts a Seed Exchange twice a year to promote home gardeners to grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs from seed.

Help plan, design, install and maintain sustainable gardens in Kansas City! Keep Kansas City Beautiful, an affiliate of Bridging The Gap, provides a four-week training program for area residents interested in forming volunteer teams of up to three people to build a sustainable garden. Schedules are suitable for teens and working adults. The S.O.S. training program begins Tuesday, August 17 at 5:30 PM.  If you are interested in completing this course and leading a stormwater solution project in your community within Johnson County, Kansas or the Green Impact Zone of Kansas City, Missouri, please contact Melanie Allen at melanie.allen@bridgingthegap.org or 816-561-1061, ext. 107.

Join EarthCorps and the Citizens for a Healthy Bay as we will be removing invasive English ivy and Himalayan blackberry at Skookum Wulge restoration site from 9:30 to 3:30 on May 30th. Please dress appropriately-long pants and long sleeves to protect yourself from blackberry thorns, sturdy boots and leather work gloves. CHB will supply all the tools and lunch.

Join EarthCorps and the City of Mercer Island as we assist this dedicated community in helping to restore this one-of-a-kind park on Mercer Island. Ellis Pond is the only year round pond habitat on Mercer Island and many bird and animal species call this pond home. The local neighbors have been stewards of the pond for many years and hope to completely restore this habitat. This spring, the work party will include removing invasive plants and general site maintenance activities.

Located in the Highlands neighborhood, this naturally wooded green space is 2.6 acres. Informal footpaths lead you through this beautiful area with its abundance of indigenous shrubs, plants and trees.

Today’s project is part of a larger collaboration known as the Green Kirkland Partnership (GKP). The GKP is a public private partnership between the City of Kirkland & the Cascade Land Conservancy. This partnership seeks to restore forested parkland in the City of Kirkland, create an informed, involved and active community of citizens, City staff, educators, business leaders, and conservationists, and ensure sustainability of our forested parklands through proper, long-term maintenance and community stewardship. Go to http://www.greenkirkland.org to learn more about the GKP.

Join EarthCorps and the Green Seattle Partnership as we restore the upland forest area of Woodland Park. At just over 90 acres Woodland Park is an exciting, multipurpose park and recreation space just southwest of Green Lake and north of the Fremont district. It is separated into two parts by Aurora Avenue.

East of Aurora, just south of Green Lake Park, the park is an ideal spot for picnics with picnic areas, barbecues, woods, pleasant grassy hills and pathways. It is also one of the city’s most active hubs for sports and recreation, including walkway paths, several playfields, tennis courts, lawn bowling, horseshoe pits, a skatepark, and a large, wooded dog off-leash area.

oin EarthCorps, Nature Consortium, the Green Seattle Partnership and the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation in efforts to restore the largest contiguous greenbelt in Seattle. The greenbelt is home to a diverse population of wildlife and provides an important corridor for migrating birds. Work with us and learn the secret to keeping this valuable resource viable habitat for animals and a great resource for humans.

We will remove ivy, blackberry and other invasive plants that are detrimental to the native habitat, plant native trees to restore the native tree canopy, and perform past worksite maintenance.

Work with EarthCorps and the City of Mercer Island Parks and Recreation Dept. to help restore Pioneer Park! Pioneer Park is 113 acres of forested habitat, the largest forested park on Mercer Island. This park is home to over 70 bird species and 12 different mammals, and offers the most extensive trail system on the island. The restoration goals for this park include planting native conifer trees; removing non-native plants, such as ivy, that prevent native plants from growing; and site maintenance activities.

Where: The NW Corner of Island Crest Way and SE 68th St.

The Walking School Bus, a program at Bridging The Gap,is planning for the 2010/2011 school year. Sign up now to walk a group of children to and/or from school as a volunteer Bus “Driver.” The program is being established in the following Kansas school districts: Tonganoxie; Louisburg; Shawnee Mission; Kansas City, Kansas; Olathe; Lawrence and De Soto. For more information, contact Katharina Poetter Krouse at 816-561-1061, ext. 131 or katharina@bridgingthegap.org

Online registration goes live for Ocean Conservancy’s 25th Annual International Coastal Cleanup.

In partnership with organizations and individuals across the globe, Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup engages people to remove trash and debris from the world’s beaches and waterways, identify the sources of debris, and change the behaviors that cause marine debris in the first place.

We’re proud to spearhead the world’s largest volunteer effort of its kind — International Coastal Cleanup — and hope you’ll join us on September 25th.

Go to www.signuptocleanup.org to register and find a Cleanup near you. Additional Cleanups are scheduled throughout the months of September and October and contribute to our annual data collection.