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Natural Innovations

Posted: September 11, 2019 by MAEE Administration

Category: Natural Innovations

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Natural Innovations
Post Date: September 11, 2019
Resource Type:
  • Organization
Description:

History of Natural Innovations:
In 2003, after meeting with area individuals and organizations working in or interested in the community and its environment, a small group of passionate people decided to take the ideas and needs expressed to another level. In September of 2004, Natural Innovations Inc. was proud to incorporate as a 501 (c) 3 organization.

Shortly after, Natural Innovations welcomed and encouraged members from the environmental education community to assist in creating a strategic plan. With the completion of the strategic plan, a board of directors was established which works to honor the mission of Natural Innovations and achieve its goals.

Mission:
To inspire, model and teach people to become lifelong stewards of the earth.

Community-driven, Natural Innovations is committed to assisting individuals and organizations in developing a better understanding of the relationships and interdependence of human and environmental health.

Goals:
* Increase environmental literacy, the understanding of the relationship of the parts of a system and the interdependence of human and environmental systems;
* Help schools meet educational standards through environmental programming
* Increase communication and collaboration among organizations
* Promote environmental ethics
* Increase community involvement in environmental stewardship advocacy and education

Activities:
* Provide environmental education workshops
* Use public and private land resources as outdoor classrooms
* Promote awareness of the cultural significance of the community's environmental resources
* Provide leadership and networking opportunities
* Work with schools to assist with programming, funding, and utilizing outdoor classrooms
* Serve as a liaison between partners to maximize resources

Our focus area: Becker, Otter Tail, Clay and Hubbard counties - a unique transition zone
where prairie lands meet the west-central lakes region of Minnesota.

Contact Us!
Natural Innovations welcomes your input and involvement. If you would like more information, wish to become involved in Natural Innovations or area volunteer efforts or just have some questions, please contact us. Remember, donations to support our efforts are tax-deductible.

Natural Innovations ~ because one thing leads to another.

Author:
Topic:
  • Stewardship
  • Human Communities
  • Health
Audience:
  • Grades PreK-12
  • Public
  • All
Length in pages or time:
Fee?: 0
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Link: http://www.naturalinnovations.org/
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From this partner
  • Butterfly Life Cycles – Becker County
  • Fishing Bait & Tackle
  • Bird Seed Math
  • Aquatic Habitat for the Classroom
  • Bird Nest Boxes
  • Prairie Trunk – Detroit Lakes
  • Transfer Station Tour
  • Burn Barrels: The Good (or not so good), the Bad, and the Ugly!
  • Chemicals: Household Hazardous Products
  • Recycling/Waste Reduction
  • Sucker Creek Preserve Tour- Middle School
  • Water Quality and Mapping
  • Water Quality-Run Off
  • Water Quality-Septic Systems
  • Sustainable Communities: Wild Rice, Three Sisters Garden, Natural Medicines/Healing

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