St. Lucia We Love
/in Caribbean, CaribbeanSEA, Clean Water, st lucia, Uncategorized/by NaomiThe title of the catchy calypso song from a few years ago, St Lucia, We Love, really captured the essence of this trip to our Caribbean home base. While the traffic was horrendous, the place and people were simply wonderful. I learned about regattas by being a helper for the Yacht Club’s Mango Bowl Regatta, thanks to Lily! Two experiences made the trip exceptional. One was all about our young people who have grown up into smart, caring young adults who are doing great things in their communities. It made my year to talk to and watch Neige, Kimberly, Keiwa, Kievan, and Pernill in action making their country a better place! The other is working with the
kids of today who are participating in community or school environmental clubs and who have such great enthusiasm and joy in being together under the watchful eyes of a caring teacher like Valerie or our fabulous colleagues in the Peace Corps, Sean and Sarah, or our very own Nadia! Our reusable grocery bags were a big hit! The Marigot kids earned money for their projects by selling them all so very fast! Now we are working with a small grocer to also sell them for us. The grocery stores in St. Lucia no longer give out plastic bags, so this is great timing!
If we all just loved St. Lucia (or our own country) just a little bit more, then maybe our waters would be clean again and the plastic bags and straws and bottles wouldn’t be covering our ocean gyres. Love St. Lucia!
Gardening for Wildlife means protecting the creek!
/in Clean Water, Conservation, Kids, TenneSEA, Uncategorized/by Mary Beth SuttonMay is garden for wildlife month…..and that fits perfectly with our initiatives in Mountain Creek Watershed! We are partnering with the Chattanooga Area Pollinator Partnership (https://chapollinator.org )and Red Bank Elementary with a nice grant from Tennessee American Water Company to create a pollinator flyway down the Mountain Creek valley to the Tennessee River. Read more
Sapelo Island Teacher’s Workshop has been funded by VW!
/in Clean Water, Conservation, Education, teaching, TenneSEA, Tennessee Valley, Uncategorized/by Mary Beth SuttonThanks to VW Chattanooga, the Sapelo Island Teacher’s Workshop run by our wonderful Jim Watson is happening once again! Dates this year are June 8-12 and applications will be available soon. You must attend a meeting with Jim to be eligible to apply. We will let you know when the application meetings are as soon as we set them up! Read more
2016 End of Year Appeal
/in CaribbeanSEA, Clean Water, Conservation, Education, HELP!, Uncategorized/by Randal HaleIt’s time to think about water. Our Southeastern streams dried up during this drought and many communities were on severe water restrictions. Our mountains burned. We are so thankful for these first rainy days in months, but our need to protect our water will never end. Will you help? Read more
Protect Mountain Creek Urban Wildlife Sanctuary and Outdoor Education Hot Spot
/in Clean Water, Conservation, Domestic, Donations, Education, Gear Closet, Kids, TenneSEA, Tennessee Valley, Uncategorized, Water Quality/by Mary Beth SuttonKids 4 Clean Water Bass Tournament – July 16
/in CaribbeanSEA, Clean Water, Kids, Tennessee Valley, Uncategorized/by NaomiGREAT VW sponsored workshop on Sapelo Island!
/in Uncategorized/by Mary Beth SuttonThanks to VW and our teacher leader, Jim Watson, we had a fantastic workshop on Sapelo Island. Check out the prezi and watch for more pictures. THANKS, VW!!
Prezi Link:
http://prezi.com/9jbvqbtqgph3/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

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