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Chesapeake Bay Watershed Eco Tour Overview

Wholeness for Humanity. Chesapeake Bay Watershed Eco Tour Overview. Greg Drury Director, Wholeness for Humanity Administrator, Chesapeake Bioneers gd_WFH@earthlink.net www.WholenessforHumanity.com tel: 202-686-9813. National Bioneers Mission.

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Chesapeake Bay Watershed Eco Tour Overview

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  1. Wholeness for Humanity Chesapeake Bay Watershed Eco TourOverview • Greg Drury • Director,Wholeness for Humanity • Administrator, Chesapeake Bioneers • gd_WFH@earthlink.net • www.WholenessforHumanity.com • tel: 202-686-9813

  2. National Bioneers Mission • To disseminate environmental solutions and strategies to national and global audiences to educate, inspire and equip individuals, groups, companies and institutions toward effective action to restore the Earth and her peoples • To develop and spread model economic strategies for ecological agriculture, environmental restoration and community self reliance that conserve biological and cultural diversity, and strengthen traditional, indigenous and restorative farming practices • To promote understanding of the human-nature relationship and revitalize our cultural and spiritual connection with the natural world

  3. Goals of the Eco Tour • Engage the public • Encourage “green” behaviors • Create synergy among participants • Duplicate in other watersheds

  4. Messages and Themes • Environmental gardening and lawn care • Alternative transportation • Public health • Healthy lifestyles for a healthy environment

  5. Educational EntertainmentSkits followed by Q&A’s • Environmental gardening and lawn care • Protect Children • Bike to work, shop and travel • Recognition of public health threats • More to come

  6. Making it Happen • Proposed towns to visit • Timelines for tour logistics • Building the partner base • Planned events • How volunteers can help

  7. Subject to change

  8. Timeline for Tour Logistics • Tour operator selected (9/06) • Participating schools, town meetings, garden centers (3/07) • Registration package completed (6/07) • Educational Entertainment Performances (ongoing)

  9. Planned Events • Pogo Organic Farm kickoff (07/22/06) • Service event, Baltimore Co., MD (9/2/06) • Anacostia bike and river ride (10/07/06) • GreenFest (10/14-15/06) • UDC Conference (10/20-22/06) • City of Annapolis Eco Tour (Spring 2007) • Chesapeake Bay Watershed Eco Tour (09/07)

  10. How Volunteers Can Help • Recruiting partners • In-kind support • Organizing and promoting events

  11. Do the same in other watersheds in 2008 • Great Lakes Ecosystem • Gulf of Mexico • Long Island Sound • South Florida Ecosystem • Puget Sound Basin

  12. Event Organizer and Partners • Tour Coordinator • Greg Drury, Director, Wholeness for Humanity • dedicated to increasing accessibility to holistic health, environmental stewardship, social justice, and peace • Partners • Pogo Organics, Beneficial MicroOrganisms • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • Washington Area Bicyclist Association • Flexcar • City of Annapolis • More to come

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