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Below is a list of our active projects. >> For each there are Project Pages <<CHEARS projects are conceived, developed and implemented by volunteers. Jump to current CHEARS projects and/or contact their participants by selecting a link below.
Jump: CEL/CVA, CHESTORY, Environmental Films & Community Discussions, GCAN, GFF, Greenbelt Green Man Festival, Wild Meadows Farm, Stone Soup Music, TapRoots, Three Sisters Demonstration Gardens, Flows 
CEL/CVA — Chesapeake Environmental Literacy and Chestory Virtual ArchiveProject Homepage — http://www.chesapeake-envliteracy.org Project Coordinator — Concetta Laskey The Center for the Chesapeake Story: Chesapeake Environmental Literacy aims to foster a generation of people who are more connected with the environment by combing science and the Arts in fun, informative ways. Workshops are customized and tailored upon request, and our website contains a variety of resources. Training workshops are also available for educators who are interested in what Environmental Literacy means to them.
 
CHESTORYProject Homepage — http://www.chestory.org/index.htm Project Coordinator — Joan Clement Chestory was originally founded by Tom Wisner and Sara Leeland in 1999 for the purpose of bringing the artist in each of us to express our role in the ongoing story of Chesapeake life and culture; and creating resources for all who want to bring their communities into deeper relationship to the Chesapeake river lands. In January, 2010, Chestory was adopted by Chears to carry on Tom Wisner's legacy and Chestory's mission. Recent and current activities are as follows. Current projects include: creating the Chestory Archive of Regional Story and Song (sponsored by the Calvert Marine Museum), publishing a songbook of Tom’s music for children, and making available at various venues in the Chesapeake region an art exhibit featuring Tom’s art and the art work of the children he taught called: “Art of Healing the Chesapeake: A Tribute to Tom Wisner”. The art exhibit is currently on display at the Calvert Marine Museum thru February, 2010.
Environmental Films & Community DiscussionsProject Homepage — http://chears.org/projects.php?id=70 Project Coordinator — Robert Cahalan Since fall 2007, CHEARS develops and presents films related to the health of the Chesapeake bioregion. Our purpose is 1) to foster co-learning and community of endeavor among participants about timely environmental and social justice issues; 2) to foster local and sustainable food alternatives. 3) to support and fund raise for local, national, and international endeavors that are consistent with our goals.
GCAN — Greenbelt Climate Action NetworkProject Homepage — http://chears.org/projects.php?id=69 Project Coordinator — Lore Rosenthal GCAN's mission is to educate residents about climate change, how they can change their behavior and take political action.From September to June monthly meetings are held at the Greenbelt Community Center on the Second Wednesday of the month. Gcan 2-9-11
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GFF — Greenbelt Food ForestProject Homepage — http://www.greenbeltfoodforest.com Project Coordinator — Kimberly Walsh Establishment of a community-wide food forest in different areas of Greenbelt using permaculture strategies to promote healthy ecosystems, healthy food production, water capture and storage, building, and energy use.
Greenbelt Green Man FestivalProject Homepage — http://chears.org/greenman/home Project Coordinator — Richard McMullin The Green Man Festival in Greenbelt started in May of 2005. It has been held on Mother's Day Weekend for the last seven years.
Wild Meadows Farm — Permaculture DesignProject Homepage — http://wildmeadowsfarm.com/ Project Coordinator — Kimberly Walsh The word "permaculture" was coined in 1978 by Bill Mollison, an Australian ecologist, and one of his students, David Holmgren. It is a contraction of "permanent agriculture" or "permanent culture." While not easily defined in a few words, Mollison notes that "Permaculture is a design system for creating sustainable human environments." It has also been defined as: "the use of ecology as the basis for designing integrated systems of food production, housing, appropriate technology, and community development. Permaculture is built upon an ethic of caring for the earth and interacting with the environment in mutually beneficial ways." (The Permaculture Drylands Institute, published in The Permaculture Activist, Autumn 1989). Some key principles of permaculture as listed by Holmgren, are:
Stone Soup MusicProject Homepage — http://chears.org/stonesoup Project Coordinator — Richard McMullin Music that celebrates and enlightens about the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
TapRootsProject Homepage — http://www.TapRootseducation.org Project Coordinator — Anthony DiMeglio Taproots began as an experimental program at Greenbelt Middle School (GMS) in January 2011 with the purpose of investigating the benefits of a specialized curriculum that focuses on critical thinking, hands-on interactivity and scientific inquiry. TapRoots centers its curriculum on agroecology, and strategically utilizes the physical environment to stimulate student interest and comprehension. At the conclusion of the initial project period, spanning from January through June 2011, project leaders and project partners determined that the pilot curriculum had been successful and decided to revamp and expand for next year.
Three Sisters Demonstration GardensProject Homepage — http://chears.org/gardens Project Coordinator — Maggie Cahalan On a per acre basis, urban runoff contributes twice the excess nutrient and toxic load to the Bay that agrcultural areas contribute. Aided by Permaculture principles a CHEARS strategic objective is to significantly reduce urban and suburban run off by changing our dominant monoculture lawn-based form of landscaping.
Flows — Water Quality TracingProject Homepage — http://chears.org/flows Project Coordinator — Robert Cahalan Place Based Education and Research Project---Follow the water from a spring on Wild Meadows Farm near the Eastern Divide in Pennsylvania as it joins Bobs Creek, then observe its transformations as it joins successively Dunnings Creek, the Juniata River, the Susquehanna River, the Cheseapeake Bay, and finally the Atlantic Ocean. Activities also include the Chincoteague Bay, neighbor to the Chesapeake Bay, sharing the same Atlantic Ocean waters.
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