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| Last updated on October 28, 2008 |
EarthCorps' mission is to create a global community through local environmental service.
Our programs focus on four main areas:
Environmental Restoration: We work with dozens of partner organizations to restore our environment to a natural balance and to maximize safe public access to open spaces while minimizing negative environmental impacts.
Training and Education: Our program participants are young adults, ages 18-26, who are seeking to gain hands-on experience in the environmental field. All of our programs involve intensive field skills training combined with classroom and field education.
Cross Cultural Understanding: We bring young adults from environmental non-profits (NGO's) around the world to receive conservation training, exchange ideas, and practice teamwork and leadership skills with their US peers.
Volunteerism and Community Involvement: Our participants serve the community for 6-12 months as part of EarthCorps. In addition, we encourage volunteerism by engaging thousands of local community volunteers on restoration projects every year.
Description:
We work with 10,000 youth and community volunteers to complete 100,000 hours of work in our region each year. Our programs focus on several areas: environmental restoration, youth development, community volunteerism, and cross-cultural understanding.
Environmental Restoration: We work with dozens of partner organizations to restore our environment to its natural state and to maximize public access to our open spaces while minimizing impact on the environment. Work includes planting trees, building hiking trail, and restoring salmon habitat.
Community Volunteerism: Corpsmembers serve ourcommunity for 6-12 months during our program. We encourage volunteerism and community involvement on a larger scale, supervising 10,000 volunteers annually.
Cross-cultural Understanding: We bring young people from around the world to participate in our program. The international aspect of our program has a profound impact on the young people we serve- not only from countries such as Kenya, Guatemala, Nepal, and Russia, but also the young people from our region with whom they work.
History:
Founded in 1993, EarthCorps is creating a global community through local environmental service.
The vision for EarthCorps evolved out of Peace Trees, a nonprofit that began in 1988 and continues today as Peace Trees Vietnam.
Cascadia Quest was founded with a commitment to improving cross-cultural understanding while making a significant impact on restoring our local environment.
King County Councilwoman Cynthia Sullivan worked with Cascadia Quest to found the King County World Conservation Corps in 1995, a public-private partnership that brought young people aged 18-24 from King County together with their peers from around the world to learn about and restore our environment.
In 2000, we changed our name from Cascadia Quest and the King County World Conservation Corps to EarthCorps. 2000 was also a year of rapid program growth as we expanded our programming from 6 to 12 months and added new programs- doubling the size of our organization in the process.
We are currently working to expand outreach activities to involve as many people in restoring our local environment as possible. We have a special committment to providing opportunities for underserved youth.
Contact people:
Office fax number: 206-322-9312
Address:
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6310 NE 74th St #201E
Seattle, WA 98115
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Web Site: http://www.earthcorps.org
Directions:
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Turn right into Sand Point Magnuson Park (entrance is across from the 7-11 on Sand Point Way NE). Take an immediate left after entering the gate, you will now be traveling parallel with Sand Point Way NE. Follow this. . . (more)
Nearest Bus Stop: #74 and #75 |
Miscellaneous Information
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