climate camp — The Climate Chronicles

The Strange Saga of the Shoes: Climate Camp 2016

It is a strange mystery, these two shoes, the kind of thing that makes you smile and think, well, think that anything is possible, just in case you, like me, sometimes get the feeling that our problems are too complicated to solve.

Jim PoyserAugust 1, 2016Bee Public, Climate Recovery, Freewheelin' Bikes, Indy Urban Acres, The Nature Conservancy, Three Carrots, carbon emissions, climate camp, climate change, peace learning center

Happy birthday to Heaven ... and other IndyGo adventures

This time, I took students from School 48 to Indy Urban Acres on IndyGo, a win win for Mother Earth.

Jim PoyserSeptember 18, 2015Freewheelin' Bikes, Indy Urban Acres, School 48, Tyler Gough, carbon emissions, climate camp, climate change, indygo, sustainability

A Climate Camp on bicycles

Freewheelin' is a natural partner for our work and shared interest in empowering youth and building self resiliency. And so it was a perfect fit for our most recent Climate Camp day camp.

Jim PoyserSeptember 6, 2015Eskenazi, Freewheelin' Bikes, White Pine Wilderness Academy, carbon emissions, climate camp, climate change

Climate Camp: For the love of trees and goats

This camp was held at Paramount School of Excellence, and I hope to hold more day camps at schools and community centers around the city — and beyond.

Jim PoyserAugust 16, 2015Mother Tree, Paramount, carbon emissions, climate camp, climate change, jerome delbridge, julia levine, mat davis

Our biggest Climate Camp yet!

In terms of sheer numbers, this is our biggest Climate Camp yet. In fact, we doubled the number of Campers from last year's initial Climate Camp, so this movement of combining climate science with civics and the arts is growing.

Jim PoyserJuly 25, 2015Chris Cruzan, Climate Recovery, Freewheelin' Bikes, Indy Urban Acres, White Pine Wilderness Academy, bees, climate camp, climate change, indygo, peace learning center

Our biggest Climate Camp yet, part two!

This Climate Camp was so vast, with so many adventures and photos, I had to break this blog into two sections. Hope you followed us here from there.

Jim PoyserJuly 25, 2015Climate Recovery, Our Children's Trust, Paramount, Second Helpings, carbon emissions, climate camp, climate change, fruit loop acres, peace learning center, story of change, story of stuff

A Climate Camp overnight in South Bend

My friend Charlotte Wolfe, a farmer who runs Prairie Winds Nature Farm, thought it would be a good idea to hold a climate camp on her farm just south of South Bend in Lakeville.