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Check out this awesome successful Kickstarter Project for the expansion of an urban farm on vacant land in Providence, Rhode Island: The Garden of Eatin Urban Farm.
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With funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Wildlife Conservation Society is administering a $3.1 million Climate Adaptation Fund.
Under the program, the WCS will be providing grants “for applied, on-the-ground projects focused on implementing priority conservation actions for climate adaptation at a landscape scale.”
Pre-proposal applications are due by 5:00 p.m. MST on Friday, March 30, 2012.
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via Shes Alive… Beautiful… Finite… Hurting… Worth Dying for. – YouTube.
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LAND CONSERVATION AND ADVOCACY TRUST, INC.
NAMED FINALIST IN TOYOTA 100 CARS FOR GOOD PROGRAM
Toyota to Donate Vehicle to Local Nonprofit Organizations Based on Public Votes
FRAMINGHAM, MA – JUNE 27, 2011 – Framingham-based organization, Land Conservation Advocacy Trust, Inc. (“LCAT”) is one of 500 finalists in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program, which has been awarding vehicles to 100 nonprofit organizations based on votes from the public beginning May 9, 2011.
Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program will showcase five non-profit organizations each day for 100 days on Toyota’s Facebook page, facebook.com/toyota. Visitors to the page can vote once a day for the organization that they feel is most deserving of a new Toyota vehicle.LCAT will be one of the five organizations highlighted for voting on Monday, July 11, 2011.
Local residents are encouraged to support LCAT and their quest for a new Toyota. LCAT is a new, small nonprofit in start-up mode looking to make its mark in the local community. LCAT would use a vehicle of its own in support of its two flagship programs. For the Community Food Project, a vehicle would be a tremendous help to shuttle volunteers and workers from schools and from people’s homes (especially the developmentally disabled who can’t drive themselves) to and from the program location. The vehicle would also help with some of the dirty work of agricultural production and re-purposing and revitalizing neighborhood land: transporting building materials, removing trash, debris, and demolished material, transporting people, seed, manure, soil, and, finally, delivering produce to markets and restaurants.
About the Land Conservation and Advocacy Trust, Inc.
The Land Conservation and Advocacy Trust (“LCAT”) was formed to conserve and preserve open spaces, farm land, historic architecture and natural resources so that everyone may enjoy them, now and forever. Our vision is to create the opportunity for anyone, anywhere to have access to local landscapes, wild spaces and ecosystems that are healthy, productive and permanent features of their community. This vision is based upon our core belief that ability to meaningfully and regularly interact with a living landscape is vital to one’s physical, emotional and spiritual health.
Founded in 2008, the LCA Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Framingham, Massachusetts and works with local conservation and preservation interests throughout the United States.
LCAT activities are focused in order to:
Some future goals of LCAT are to:
About Toyota.
Toyota (NYSE: TM) established operations in the United States in 1957 and currently operates 10 manufacturing plants, including one under construction. Toyota directly employs nearly 30,000 in the U.S. and its investment here is currently valued at more than $18 billion, including sales and manufacturing operations, research and development, financial services and design.
Toyota is committed to being a good corporate citizen in the communities where it does business and believes in supporting programs with long-term sustainable results. Toyota supports numerous organizations across the country, focusing on education, the environment and safety. Since 1991, Toyota has contributed more than $500 million to philanthropic programs in the U.S.
For more information on Toyota’s commitment to improving communities nationwide, visit http://www.toyota.com/community.
Media Contact:
Steve Meltzer
Land Conservation and Advocacy Trust, Inc.
873 Concord Street
Framingham, MA 01701
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