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The Cambugan Watershed Protected Wildlife Corridor
With the help of generous donors like you, CFI has protected 254 hectares, over 600 acres of Cloud Forest in the Los Altos Range of Ecuador as part of the Cambugan Wildlife Corridor. There are still more parcels to be purchased (at $50 per acre) to complete the corridor and the daily vigilance to protect it which costs about $40,000 a year. We need your help to keep this effort strong! Click on the Help protect the Cambugan Watershed link to find out more about our partners in this effort and how you can participate.
Instituto del Bosque Nublado
We are fundraising the capitol campaign finances necessary to found an Institute site in the cloud forest region near the Mindo-Nambillo protected forest and the Cambugan Wildlife Corridor. We are focusing on increasing participation by looking for adventurous educators interested in coming to Ecuador for a year or more as founding members. The capitol needed to accomplish this project is $50,000 for first year start-up (covers land purchase and legal fees, construction of initial shelters, environmental survey and assessment, etc.) and $20,000 a year for three years following, making a total $110,000 over four years. After these four years the Institute is expected to be financially sustainable, only continuing to seek funding for special projects.
Please consider donating or holding fundraising events in your community to help us found the CFI Instituto del Bosque Nublado site in Ecuador. If you are interested in becoming a founding member Contact us.
Education for a Survivable Future
CFI believes that as part of educational preparation for the future it is important to academically define the body of knowledge that encompasses what is commonly referred to as sustainability. Sustainability, however, is a level we have already gone beyond and a more apt description is survivability. The intent of the âÃÂÃÂEducation for a Survivable FutureâÃÂàproject is to develop a curriculum standard that can be applied to all levels of education, formal and informal that teach the philosophies, tools, and practices that we must learn to survive the post carbon era and guide a gentle transition beyond a global corporate empire. The success of this project depends on the collaboration of a wide range of participants from diverse locations and backgrounds and experiences in many different areas. This website is the tool to connect participants, and the workspace to develop the project. Check back to the web page to see how it develops. If you would like to become involved, become a member of WISE.
Multiversity in Northern California
The Multiversity initiative is an exciting project to create a Sustainable Educational Community and farm in Mendocino County.
The term multiversity was coined to indicate that this is a multifaceted concept, not a unitary place. Learning will occur at multiple locations and in various media. It is our contention that learning/teaching should happen at the most appropriate site; not necessarily a specific campus. We also recognize the value of many learning activities that do not fall within the usual academic disciplines. Moreover, we believe that many skills that we find vital, are most known to, and should be taught by people who may not possess "official" credentials.
We are looking for other people and organizations in the community to join the initiative.
Projects under CFI's 501(C)3 Umbrella
Tax deductible donations for these organizations' can be made through CFI by donating online or mailing the donation along with a memo indicating the project for which it is intended. You will receive a thank you indicating our receipt and the fund to which it was applied.
Amazon MycoRenewal Project
Aims to reverse petroleum contamination by using mycoremediation and mycofiltration to breakdown petroeum hydro carbons which as a byproduct of the petroleum industry poison the environment and native communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Cleveland Ln. Community Garden
A multi-cultural community garden teaching and housing gardens for +/- twenty families living on Cleveland Ln. and surrounding neighborhoods in Ukiah CA.
Earth Cycles Radio
Earth Cycles Radio Provides a voice for North American Native Tribes' environmental issues by setting up community micro-power radio stations.
Herbal Medicine Chest Garden Project
Teaching people to grow and make their own simple herbal medicines from their home or neighborhood community garden.
Intergenerational Cultural Exchange
Cultures and cultural traditions are quickly disappearing around the world. Our mission is to bring elders and youth, and particularly women from different cultures and economic backgrounds together to foster understanding and cooperation through the teaching and performing of traditional and contemporary dance, music, and theater with an added component of visual and fine arts.
Organizations under CFI's 501(c)3 Umbrella
The list is in chronological order of affiliation. Tax deductible donations for these organizations' can be made through CFI by donating online or mailing the donation along with a memo indicating the project for which it is intended. You will receive a thank you indicating our receipt and the fund to which it was applied.
Club House Project
Revitalizing the historical Saturday Afternoon Club building as a cultural and social center for sustainable community.
Earth Films
Earth Films was founded in 1998. Earth Films uses documentary filmmaking, digital media and art to bring diverse, critical perspectives to pressing ecological and social justice issues.
Four Directions Solidarity Network
Provides sustainable resources to indigenous communties in Southern Louisiana to solve the problems associated with natural and man-made disasters. Encourages traditional wisdom and protects sacred places.
GULP Greater Ukiah Localization Project
Preparing the Upper Russian River Watershed for the post carbon era by facilitating economic localization.
Mendocino Environmental Center
An environmental and social justice resource center offering environmental education programs through community radio on KMEC 105.1 fm LP and online.
Mendocino Organic Network
MON is a local organization helping local farms and businesses in Mendocino County. Our aim is to assure a local healthy economy, environment and food system. Provides Mendocino Renegade a local eco-label Beyond Organic certification. This program is an affordable alternative to USDA organic certification.Redwood Valley Community Market
A grass roots community market place where local people gather to teach about economic localization and sustainability by selling and trading locally produced foods and crafts.
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