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Investing in Cross-Cultural Leadership

June 29, 2012 By admin

Investing in Cross-Cultural Leadership Welcome to Bridgeport, a sage-scented town of 2,200 in north central Washington’s apple and cherry country. Tucked in a crook of the Columbia River, Bridgeport is just a mile west of the Chief Joseph Dam. Bridgeport leaders are full of new ideas why their school enrollment has risen every month in […]

Filed Under: Aquatic Center, Children, Families and Learning, Community Development and Design, Family Entertainment and Activities, Lifelong Learning, Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Project, Program - community, Public Schools, Schooling, Washington, Youth, Youth Leadership

Creating Connection and Community

June 29, 2012 By admin

Creating Connection and Community On Washington State’s western coast, the Hoh River Reservation encompasses 443 acres of natural abundance. The Olympic rainforest, Pacific Ocean and the Hoh River have sustained generations of Hoh River people on their ancestral land. In the tribal village, 120 community members make their home in two neighborhoods, the upper and […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Civic Literacy & Leadership, Community Development and Design, Family Entertainment and Activities, Fish, Fishing, Gathering and Hunting, Harvesting Nature, Lifelong Learning, Multi-Generational Recreation Center, Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Project, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Shellfish, Washington, Youth, Youth Leadership

The Best-Kept Secret in Northwestern Minnesota

June 29, 2012 By admin

The Best-Kept Secret in Northwestern Minnesota Red Lake Falls — “A scenic community committed to learning, growth, compassion and heritage.” The mission says it well. One leader, who is one of those rare individuals who lives in the house his grandparents built, calls his town “the best-kept secret in northwest Minnesota.” He describes how you […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Civic Literacy & Leadership, Community Development and Design, Lifelong Learning, Minnesota, Northern Minnesota, Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Project, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Rural Business Development, Youth

Jack Ehrhardt

June 29, 2012 By admin

Going Quiet Kingman, Arizona · By Charlie Laurel Jack Ehrhardt and his contracting company, ACE Builders, built the first “Earthship” in Arizona for a client in Dewey in the early 1990s. An Earthship is a self-sustaining, passive solar home made from used tires packed with dirt, cans, bottles, and other discards. The home was designed […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - small (<20 employees), Children, Families and Learning, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Lifelong Learning, Recycled Materials, Renewable Energy, Reused Materials, Solar, SW book, Wind

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