Eco-'Cuse Explorers | Partnership for Onondaga Creek

Thursday April 5, 2012 by Aggie

Eco-'Cuse Explorers Learn about GI

On March 24 Young Eco-'Cuse Explorers (YECE) had their second session at the Dunbar Center. They learned about the problems with storm water runoff and the importance of good storm water management. With the older youth of the Onondaga Earth Corps, the YECE played with a watershed model watching how runoff can pollute our waterways. Then they explored how Green Infrastructure can help keep this pollution in check.

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Wednesday November 28, 2012 by Aggie

2012 YECE Update

The 2012 Young Eco-'Cuse Explorer (YECE) program ended with 9 children (11-14 yrs old) going to NYSDEC's summer camp in Adironacks and then doing hands-on projects in the fall with our partner groups Onondaga Earth Corps (OEC) and Onondaga Environmental Institute (OEI). Together, we planted a demonstration rain garden off Newell Street and planted trees in Kirk Park, an initiative of Cornell Cooperative Extension. These Saturday activities finished our 2012 program.

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Wednesday March 14, 2012 by Aggie

Team Building for Eco-'Cuse Explorers

On Saturday, Febraury 11 at the Dunbar gym, the POC, Onondaga Earth Corps and Onondaga Environmental Institute led a team building session for the ten Young Eco-'Cuse Explorers between the ages of 11 - 14.

Each month the youth will gather to learn about Green Infrastructure (GI). They will learn from OEI and OEC staff and OEC youth (15 -19 years old) who are trained and hired to install GI. The POC and OEC hopes the Eco-'Cuse Explorers when they age out of the younger program will apply for a job at OEC. Besides the monthly program in Syracuse, during the summer the Explorers will go to a DEC week-long camp in the Adirondacks to further their environmental education

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Young Eco-'Cuse Explorers

Street:: 1453 S. State St.
City:: Syracuse

Contact Info

Aggie Lane

315-478-4571

aggielane@verizon.net

This is the second youth session. They will learn about how the nature helps us control the pollution caused by urban stormwater.

Team Building Session for Eco-'Cuse Explorers

Street:: 1453 S. State St.
City:: Syracuse
Postal Code:: 13205

Contact Info

Aggie Lane

478-4571

aggielane@verizon.net

The Partnership's Young Eco-'Cuse Explorer Program begins with a team building session. The morning session will also include a discussion about environmental injustice in Syracuse and about service as described in MLK jr. sermon on the Drum Major Instinct.

Wednesday January 25, 2012 by Aggie

NYSDEC Awards POC and Its Partners a 2012 Environmental Justice Grant

The Partnership for Onondaga Creek (POC) and Onondaga Earth Corps (OEC) are pleased to announce the award of $49,967 by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to their joint project called “Growing Syracuse’s Next Generation of Environmental Justice Leaders”. Out of 123 state applicants, the POC/OEC project is the sole winner for the Central New York region. The award will be administered by the groups’ fiscal sponsor, the Onondaga Environmental Institute.

“OEI is pleased to serve as the fiscal sponsor on this project,” stated Onondaga Environmental Institute President Edward Michalenko. “The project’s goals to empower youth to be active participants in creating positive change for their communities and the environment aligns nicely with OEI's mission to advance environmental research, education, planning and restoration in Central New York. Amy Samuels, OEI’s Education and Outreach Coordinator, is excited to provide youth technical training and mentoring.”

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NYSDEC awards Environmental Justice grant

Wednesday January 25, 2012 by Aggie

The NYSDEC granted $49,967 to the POC, the Onondaga Earth Corps and our fiscal sponsor Onondaga Environmental Institute. This two-year grant will help the POC run our Young Eco-'Cuse Explorer program.

Eco-'Cuse Explorer Registration

Sunday January 22, 2012 by Aggie

Regsitration for the POC's Young Eco-'Cuse Explorer Program continues unitl Feb. 8. This year-long environmental education program is for 11-14 year olds. If interested call Aggie Lane at 478-4571.

Friday July 29, 2011 by Aggie

Urban youth go to DEC's Camp Pack Forest

For the last three summers, the NYSDEC has provided camperships to Partnership for Onondaga Creek for Syracuse's urban youth. This year on July 10, Maresh, Anthony and Sherwin went to Camp Pack Forest for a week-long experience for 15-17 year olds. And on July 24, Jakev, Eric, Abby and Danielle went off to Camp Pack Forest for a similar week but this time the experience was for 12-14 yr. olds.

Besides the camperships valued at $325, this year the DEC helped with transportation providing a van & driver. Previous years, the POC had to worry about how to get the children to camp. Since it is three hours away by car, near the Vermont border, the POC was very grateful for the help!

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Sunday June 19, 2011 by Aggie

POC strategy meeting

On May 21 from 9 am to 2pm, Partnership members reviewed its mission and the issues that it is committed to.

With facilitating help from Bob Graham and Jessica Maxwell, the POC examined its mission and the issues that the group wants to work on. We also looked at sustainability and community recruitment. Some useful ideas and recommendations came out of this meeting, namely, how to share the burden of various initatives and how to recruit more community members and train our future EJ leaders.

See the attached summary document for this meeting.

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