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 Mass Cultural Council Grant:  Art Connecting Youth on Climate Change

FACING CLIMATE CHANGE ​RESTORING ENVIRONMENTS PLANTING NATIVE Trees

Pottery bowls, vases, cups - beautifully crafted by Maria-Jose Garcia and Ethan Lima on sale at our local events, and Yankee Homecoming. Check here for auction posting on BetterWorld.org. 

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The students with their teachers and leaders spent a day walking around the area of the our one acre plot of land, learning the names and characteristics of the trees.  Then they cleaned the vines off the Nandi Flame tree. It looks beautiful.  Play the photo sequence to all all photos. 

Rise Kenyan Youth Leaders Speak

ART FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE

Newburyport  Mural Workshops

 JOIN OUR FREE WORKSHOPS:
 A YOUTH PUBLIC ART MURAL
 ENVIRONMENT & ITS SURVIVAL
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"LIFE IN OUR SEA AND MARSHES". JOIN WITH LOCAL ARTISTS Alan Bull, Maria-Jose Garcia, Ethan Lima, and Rebecca Hale.   DATES: June 17, 24 &  July 9, 16
 Small Solutions Big Ideas is leading this initiative with the support of  Massachusetts Cultural Council Funding.
Our Connect Kids programs have create opportunities for Global Connections with youth in Kenya.  These youth together will create art and bring more urgency to our efforts to meet the climate change.
Youth are invited to participate in free workshops where they will learn from naturalists about the wildlife around us and the dangers to their survival. Kenya Youth will dial in for conversations and shared art. 

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​Small Solutions Big Ideas is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering Kenyan youth through technology. Our mission is to provide schools in Kenya with important resources, such as laptops and tablets, which have revolutionized education in the Western World. We address community needs during school break workshops. We are based in Newburyport, MA and Bungoma, Kenya. Our Kenyan Project Leader is Bonaventure Masika serving  schools in the Bungoma region hill villages. 

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​We'd like to thank supportive Newburyport businesses
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  -  Greg Coles African Dancers            - Brown Sugar by the Sea 
         - David Hall and The Tannery              - River Walk Brewery.        - The Newburyport Art Association                                           
-  New England BioLabs                         - Greetings by Design