Greenworks: New Cohort Fund

Greetings all,

Over the past few months, our Cohort 1 participants have been busy putting their projects into action, or laying the groundwork to do so in the next few months.

• Clean Rivers (Ukraine) - the Clean Rivers team has traveled multiple times from Lviv Polytechnic University to Bolekhiv in the Carpathian Mountains to talk with local students at Precarpathian Professional College of Forestry and Tourism and train them in sustainable project design.  They have also begun mapping the Sukel' River in the region to better understand its geology and sources of pollution.  The team has had conversations with other local groups, including Plast and local sawmill operators to build greater community involvement in the clean-up effort.
• Beeworks (Brazil) - the Beeworks team has been busy laying the groundwork for the project to commence in the upcoming weeks.  Currently, the team has been teaching students about extension projects and effective project design and we will be taking some students to our agroforestry community partners in Guapiruvu next weekend to learn more about the community and our their projects will help them.  During this trip, we will be chatting closely with families interested in hosting beehives as the project kicks off.
• Greenworks Ternate (Indonesia) - the Greenworks Ternate team is building a weeklong workshop based on our project design curriculum to offer to students in the next month to identify promising projects that can then be supported and developed during the rest of the year.
• Astrosustainability Incubator (USVI) - the science club has been meeting regularly to develop concepts for better outreach on the island of St. Thomas, but have put efforts on hold now that the semester is over.  They will resume in the fall when classes begin again.

As always, thank you for your generous donations over the years that have helped bring these projects to life.  We hope you continue your support as we gear up to onboard new members for 2025.  July Bonus Day is a perfect opportunity to make a large matching gift to help support our growing network.  We'll provide more details later.

With gratitude,

Lev