The Baltimore Connecting Children to Nature (BCCN) team held its second annual Nature Nurtures Workshop Series from June 18, 2021 – July 8, 2021 to provide Trauma-Informed Care trainings, workshops on integrating nature into daily practices, youth perspectives on healing in nature, and…
Author: Ava Richardson
“Compost Matters–But Food Matters More”
Baltimore City has been partnering with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) since 2018 to eliminate food waste through the Food Matters program. The team has been working towards increasing composting in the city, but more importantly is promoting the…
Summer 2020 Interns and Fellows!
Throughout the Summer of 2020, the Office of Sustainability was fortunate enough to work with 3 Fellows–Jessica Flynn, Bryan Thomson, and Favour Okhuevbie–and YouthWorks Intern Zaniya Williams. The rest of the Planning Department also had 3 additional fellows–Tiaira Robinson, Jeremy…
Nature Nurtures Symposium Recap
On March 7, 2020, the Cities Connecting Children to Nature (CCCN) team held its Nature Nurtures Symposium to provide Trauma-Informed Care trainings, workshops on integrating nature into daily practices, youth stories, and networking opportunities to its attendees. The event, held at Digital Harbor High School, was attended by 159 members…
Webinar on Becoming a ‘Green’ YouthWorks Site
On December 6, 2019, Baltimore’s Cities Connecting Children to Nature team hosted a webinar on becoming a “Green” YouthWorks host site. The webinar is part of a larger strategy to increase youth exposure to nature-based environmental careers, and targets environmental…