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- Earth Day 2009: Over 12,000 trees planted across northern Michigan during EarthKeeper Tree Project
- Interfaith 2009 EarthKeeper Tree Project Column #6: "Growing Faith" by Catholic EarthKeeper Kyra Fillmore
- Interfaith 2009 EarthKeeper Tree Project Column #5: "Seeds, Signs and Symbols" by Rev. Jon Magnuson, EarthKeeper Initiative co-founder
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(Marquette, Michigan) – Starting with a three-foot white spruce tree on Earth Day 2009, over 12,000 trees were planted by the interfaith Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper Team across northern Michigan and in Minocqua, Wisconsin thanks to volunteers at ove…
Thank you JayleneH,
The EarthKeepers really appreciate your comment.
I will be posting our video on the actual tree planting today.
The Tree Project officially ended yesterday tho the bulk were planted during the first weekend of May.
I bring this…
It’s a nice project! Trees do not only beautify the surrounding and serve as source of income; it also plays a vital role in absorbing carbon dioxide… Bart Ehrman has been getting a lot of flak. He is the author of the book, "Jesus Interrupted," whi…
- It's Underway Update!! Rainbow greets Northern Michigan EarthKeepers as they prepare 12,000 trees for planting on Sunday, May 3; first tree blessed on Earth Day 2009
- Earth Day 2009: Bishops, other faith leaders bless and plant first of 12,000 trees during the interfaith Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper Tree Project
- It's Underway Update!! Rainbow greets Northern Michigan EarthKeepers as they prepare 12,000 trees for planting on Sunday, May 3; first tree blessed on Earth Day 2009
- It's Underway !! EarthKeepers across northern Michigan prepare 12,000 trees for planting on Sunday, May 3; first tree blessed on Earth Day 2009
- A Great Lakes Ripple Effect: By EarthKeeper Columnist Carl Lindquist, co-founder of the EarthKeeper Initiative
- Citing the Important Things: by EarthKeeper Columnist and Zen Buddhist Head Priest Rev. Tesshin Paul Lehmberg
- Earth Day 2009: Bishops, other faith leaders bless and plant first of 12,000 trees during the interfaith Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper Tree Project
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- I ‘m a news reporter, writer & investigative journalist specializing in street news, & Indigenous, civil rights & environment reporting
Began career over 30 years ago as a teenager in Augusta, GA after moving south during high school.
I was co-coordinator of the 1986 original James Brown Appreciation Day in Augusta, GA, where the Godfather of Soul was always trashed by the local media.
Mr. Terence Dicks was co-coordinator & served as chair of the Augusta Human Relations Commission & a member of the Georgia Clients Council.
Mr. Brown taught us to "fight the good fight" by battling all forms of racism & evil while not uttering a bad word about those who try to block justice, respect, fairness & kindness to all.
As a child, I lived in the Harbert, Michigan home built by late poet Carl Sandburg, where he penned greatest works like Chicago poem & Lincoln papers.
The huge home had roof sundeck & a cool walk-in basement safe.
My parents remodeled the fourth floor that sits atop a Lake Michigan bluff & found items that belonged to Mr. Sandburg concealed in the walls including prescription bottles (with name), reading glasses, & a small, thin metal stamp with his name.
I've worked for dozens of newspapers, radio & TV stations in GA & MI.
I ‘m volunteer media advisor for several interfaith environmental projects involving Native Americans across Upper Peninsula of MI including the Turtle Island Project, the Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative, EarthKeeper Initiative & the Manoomin (Wild Rice) Project.
The Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project restores bee/butterfly habitat to help pollinate plants around the Midwest following the disappearance of billions of bees. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community youth & Marquette teens build butterfly houses & plant 26,000 native plants that help pollinators survive.
Earth Healing Initiative participated in the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge in April 2008; & helped organize interfaith participation across eight states for the 100 plus recycling projects involving millions of pounds of electronic waste (recycled) & millions of pills/pharmaceuticals (properly disposed).
Under EPA grant, EHI did free media services for the cities/groups/tribes, videos, press releases.
EarthKeepers have many environmental projects.
The latest is planting 12,000 trees across northern Michigan for Earth Day 2009
From 2005-2007, EarthKeepers held annual Earth Day Clean Sweeps at 24 free drop off sites across northern Michigan that collected over 370 tons of household hazardous waste since 2005 (total time: 9 hours/3 hours each year).
The 2007 EarthKeeper Pharmaceutical Clean Sweep collected over one ton of drugs plus $500,000 in narcotics; 2,000 residents participated, many brought old drugs for family, friends & neighbors.
In 2006, 10,000 people dropped off over 320 tons of old/broken computers, cell phones & other electronic waste, all was recycled. In 2005, residents turned in 45 tons of household poisons & vehicle batteries.
The Manoomin Project teaches at-risk teens to respect nature & themselves.
American Indian guides escort teens to remote lakes & streams in northern Michigan to plant & care for wild rice.
The teens did water quality & other tests to determine best conditions for wild rice to survive.
The Turtle Island Project (TIP) was co-founded in July 2007 by Rev. Lynn Hubbard & Rev. Dr. George Cairns of Chesterton, IN, United Church of Christ minister & research professor for the Chicago Theological Seminary.
Goals: Protect environment & respect culture/heritage of Indigenous peoples like Celts & American Indians.
TIP believes American Indians should be heard unedited by whites - because whites don't have the knowledge or right to speak for Native Americans.
I owe career to late mentor Jay Mann (Jan Tillman Hutchens), an investigative reporter in Augusta, who liked the books "Illusions" & "Jonathon Livingston Seagull."
I love to fish, hunt, camp & skydive. And Delta Chi fraternity member.
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Interfaith 2009 EarthKeeper Tree Project Column #6: "Growing Faith" by Catholic EarthKeeper Kyra Fillmore
This is the sixth of seven EarthKeeping columns that were published in numerous Upper Peninsula newspapers abou
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Interfaith 2009 EarthKeeper Tree Project Column #5: "Seeds, Signs and Symbols" by Rev. Jon Magnuson, EarthKeeper Initiative co-founder
Posted on May 21, 2009 at 9:47am —
Interfaith 2009 EarthKeeper Tree Project Column #4: "The Giving Tree" by Jill Martin, Presbyterian EarthKeeper
Presbyterian EarthKeeper Jill Martin of Ford River Township in Delta County writes the fourth of sev
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Earth Day 2009: Over 12,000 trees planted across northern Michigan in May 2009 by Upper Peninsula EarthKeepers; as project ends forest fires destroy untold thousands of trees
Over 12,000 trees planted by Northern Michigan interfaith EarthKeepers during early May across 400 miles of northern Michigan and Minocqua, Wisconsin
Raging forest fires underline importance of planting trees
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Posted on May 21, 2009 at 9:30am —
It's Underway Update!! Rainbow greets Northern Michigan EarthKeepers as they prepare 12,000 trees for planting on Sunday, May 3; first tree blessed on Earth Day 2009
It's Happening! And it's colorful!
Update as rainbow marks start of EarthKeeper Tree Project: Across northern Michigan 12,000 trees bagged, delivery for Sunday, May 3 record planting
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Posted on April 30, 2009 at 9:00pm —
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- At 9:30pm on April 26, 2009,
Paul Coleman said… - Hi Greg: We'll be thinking of you in Michigan on May 3rd.
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