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"To improve people’s lives by helping communities protect, conserve and manage the natural resources upon which their long-term well-being depends"

Fort Collins, CO, USA
female, age 109
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Speaks: spanish, english
Joined May 22, 2008

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Joined	May 22, 2008	Activist Aspirations	Rabid
Here for	Meeting Friends, Professional Connections, Support a Cause
Group Host of	none yet
Groups	Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund - Electing Pro-Wildlife Leaders, Earth Day, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

Hometown	Fort Collins, CO
Homepage	http://www.treeswaterpeople.org
Birthday	April 22, 1900
Languages	spanish, english
About Me	Trees, Water & People is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was founded in 1998 by Stuart Conway and Richard Fox, and is staffed by a group of dedicated conservationists who feel strongly about helping communities protect, conserve, and manage the natural resources upon which their long-term well-being depends. Our work is guided by two core beliefs: * That natural resources are best protected when local people play an active role in their care and management; and * preserving local trees, wetlands, and watersheds is essential for the ongoing social, economic, and environmental health of communities everywhere. TWP develops and manages continuing reforestation, watershed protection, renewable energy, appropriate technology, and environmental education programs in Latin America and the American West. TWP's international programs have been recognized nationally and internationally, receiving the Ashden Award for Renewable Energy, as well as awards from Kodak, The Conservation Fund, and etown, the nationally syndicated environmental radio show. TWP's programs have been featured on National Geographic Television, National Public Radio, and in the Christian Science Monitor.
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Wild Fact About Me	Cooking over an open fire every day, in the confines of an unventilated kitchen, has been compared to smoking five packs of cigarettes a day. TWP's improved stoves include a chimney that vents smoke out of the home. Emissions testing conducted on our stoves indicates that the chimney, by removing the toxic smoke, also reduces carbon monoxide and particulate matter by more than 80%. Improved stoves are also safer, greatly reducing the risk of burns, especially in small children. TWP's improved stoves also help families economically. In Guatemala, for example, the fuel-efficiency of our stoves translates into an average cost savings of $10.50 a month per family (from an average income of less than $100/month; 70% of the population of Guatemala earns less than $2/day). Commercial tortilla makers in Nicaragua who use the improved stoves can re-invest the money they save into their businesses.
My Philosophy	TWP and our local partners have built more than 20,000 fuel-efficient stoves in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala. In 2003 we also began introducing the stoves in Mexico, Brazil, and Bolivia, and in 2007 we began building stoves in Haiti. TWP received the prestigious Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy in 2005 and a $132,000 grant in 2006 from the US Environmental Protection Agency to expand our successful micro-enterprise stove project in Honduras. Key to the stove programs' success is training local people how to build, use, and maintain the stoves themselves. Once one stove is built in a community, word spreads quickly, and it's not uncommon to have waiting lists of women eager for the benefits the stoves offer. TWP's fuel-efficient stoves are a great example of sustainable, appropriate technology that helps both people and their environment.
What Gives Me Hope	Each of our forest-saving, fuel-efficient stoves saves an average of 1 ton of carbon emissions per year. Over the stove's minimum projected lifespan of 5 years, that translates into a savings of 5 tons of carbon dioxide. The stoves also benefit whole communities by reducing deforestation, which in turn can help prevent erosion and landslides, and protect water supplies.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by	Increase the amount of environmental education programs and have it available to everyone.
What/who changed my life and why
What Bugs Me	not replanting trees to offset paper use, not offsetting carbon use, The destruction of rural areas, Litter Bugs!!, injustice, indifference, cruelty
Passions	people, water, trees, peace, other cultures, nature, making a difference, LIFE!!!, learning, environment, Energy Healing And Love, earth
Inspirations	the wind, the sound of the ocean, the sun coming up, the beauty of nature, peacemakers, nature, life itself, happiness, good people, courage, blue skies
What Scares Me	War - Cruelty - Greed - Indifference, Ignorance and evil, global warming, Disrespect for others
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Quotation	For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. ~ ~ Martin Luther ~
Interests	wildlife, Travel/Adventure, Gardening/Farming, environment, ecology, crafts, environment
Books	Anything to do with animals and nature
Music	all kinds
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Favorite Foods	Yummy...luvs all food
Favorite Places	woods, rivers, parks, mountains, home
Can't Live Without	sunshine, peace, nature, love, laughter, good food, friends and family, freedom, air
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	Henry Red Cloud and Richard Fox Visit the Wind River Reservation (Dec 21) Earlier this week Richard Fox, TWP’s National Director, and TWP’s Lakota partner, Henry Red Cloud, visited the Wind River ... more »
	CWA Honors Richard Fox with Leadership Award (Oct 28) On his recent trip to a meeting of the Colorado Watershed Assembly (CWA) in Vail, Assembly members surprised TWP’s Natio... more »
	Henry Red Cloud in Washington, D.C. (Oct 26) Henry Red Cloud, TWP’s Pine Ridge Coordinator and the founder of Lakota Solar Enterprises (LSE), has been recognized as a 2009... more »
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Oct 17, 2009 9:58 PM
B. M. (92)	Photo by Nick Brandt......... Just fabulous photography!! Plant trees for life.......
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B. M. (92)	Ken Burns, one of the very best pictoral historians of our time! Plant trees for life........
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B. M. (92)	Plant trees for life........
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Carolyn T. (235)	Hi, friend ~ heard you were having a fine day, lol!
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B. M. (92)	They took all the trees And put them in a tree museum And they charged all the people A dollar and a half just to see'em. Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone. They paved paradise And put up a parking lot. Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi Plant trees for life.....
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