Category: growwhereyouare
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One Love in Jamaica
In this past 6 months, resident papa of m.a.m.a. earth, Eugene Cooke, has had the pleasure of working with One Love Learning Foundation in Jamaica. Their mission is loving and empowering children by providing them with the tools to satisfy their basic needs while facilitating communication with other children around the world to eliminate cultural…
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Local Food & Film for Thought at Center for Living Peace
Title: Local Food & Film for Thought Location: Center for Living Peace, Irvine, CA Link out: Click here Description: Join us at Center for Living Peace to celebrate Earth Day by watching Southern California’s first screening of “The Greenhorns”, (Film Running Time: 50 minutes) a documentary film that explores the lives of America’s young farming…
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Grow Where You Are! at Tuskegee Institute
Title: Grow Where You Are! Location: The Carver Museum at Tuskegee Institute Link out: Click here Description: Tuskegee, Alabama: In celebration of the beginning of National Health Week, the National Park Service is sponsoring a “Grow Where You Are!” gardening workshop on Saturday, March 31st with Eugene Cooke. The program will be held at the…
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Grow Where You Are! Girl Scouts LA
Title: Grow Where You Are! Girl Scouts LA Location: The Learning Garden, Venice Beach High School, CA Link out: Click here Description: What better way to celebrate the Spring than learning how to garden! Join the m.a.m.a. e a r t h team as they share lessons about HOW to garden but more importantly WHY…
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Grow Where You Are! in Huntington Beach, CA
Title: Grow Where You Are! Location: The Living Temple, Huntington Beach, CA Link out: Click here Description: Join us for this talk by urban farmer, Eugene Cooke, who has been helping people to grow food at homes, schools, churches, community centers, urban farms and more here in the United States, Jamaica, Kenya and Tanzania. He…
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Meditations on the Garden
2012. What seeds will we plant? What will we sow? My very favorite teacher, Dr. Caroline “Isis” Fuqua said, “Whatever you plant, you’re going to have to eat.” A big component of m.a.m.a. e a r t h is the work of resident papa, Eugene Cooke, urban farmer and the Grow Where You Are! movement.…
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promoting positive action with A Taste of Fall
m.a.m.a.e a r t h is lending a hand to support the launch of The Positive Plate, an Orange County based sustainability program, helping restaurants, food trucks, and caterers implement individualized and comprehensive sustainability plans. This mission is dedicated to “strengthening the relationship between individual and community health by encouraging healthy consumer behaviors and lifestyle choices…
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Sow Some Seeds of Peace and Grow Where You Are!
Calling all students, parents, educators, activists and conscious community members! Eugene Cooke, urban farmer and first papa of m.a.m.a. e a r t h, returns to California at the end of this month bringing a brand new lecture/virtual journey through Kenya, East Africa. Local food systems are developing worldwide and Eugene spent the first quarter…
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help the world and get a chance to win an autographed guitar from Bruno Mars!
m.a.m.a. e a r t h’s intention has always been to make it EASY for folks to make a change for the better no matter their age, background or financial situation. Starting today until September 16th, m.a.m.a. e a r t h is raising money on IndieGoGo.com to help us with our missions in the…
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in the garden with dr. cornel west
TV personality Tavis Smiley and Princeton professor Cornel West have been on a road trip called the Poverty Tour to highlight the plight of the poor people of all races, colors, and creeds so they will not be forgotten, ignored, or rendered invisible. Poverty Tour bus trips, which included stops in D.C. and Chicago have been aimed at bringing…