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ATLANTA, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Enterprises announced that nearly $180,000 has been donated to 54 different environmental nonprofits through the Cox Conserves Heroes program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20070925/CLTU013LOGO-a ) Created by Cox Enterprises and The Trust for Public Land (TPL), Cox Conserves Heroes is an awards program that honors everyday volunteers who work to create and preserve shared outdoor places in local communities. The winners...
Restorative practices appear to be an effective alternative to exclusionary and punitive zero-tolerance behavior policies mandated in many schools today. So reports Laura Mirsky in an article in the December 2011 issue of The Prevention Researcher, a quarterly journal that focuses on successful adolescent development and serves professionals who work with young people. Mirsky interviewed educators and students at schools using restorative practices. She concludes that "although formal...
Industry Leaders Make Social Association Relationship Management a Reality, Enabling Secure and Private Collaborative Social Networking for Associations and Their Members Columbia, MD (PRWEB) December 08, 2011 ACGI Software®, the trusted leader in association management software (AMS), today announced it has partnered with Higher Logic, the leader in social media and collaboration solutions for nonprofits and associations, to provide an integrated software platform for social...
120 new parks opened last year, but overall parks employment dropping WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Trust for Public Land has released its most recent data on city park systems from across the country, showing that the 100 largest cities added more than 120 parks in the past year. "Urban parks are more important than ever as cities grow larger and denser," said Will Rogers, The Trust for Public Land's President. "Though budgets are tight everywhere, urban...
The infamous “six degrees of separation” is shrinking apparently. Facebook, and researchers from the Laboratory for Web Algorithmics of the Università degli Studi di Milano in Milan Italy, have determined that the average number of people who separate any two individuals in the world is actually 4.74, Steven Musil of CNET is reporting. The original six degrees of separation testing came from Stanley Milgram’s 1967 “small world experiment”, which drew on 296 volunteers and pegged...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a grant to the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust (LANLT) to expand educational resources and programs related to community gardening and urban farming. This project will continue USDA's efforts to combat malnutrition while supporting local and regional food systems. "The simple act of planting a garden can help unite neighborhoods around a common effort and inspire communities...
ATLANTA, Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Channel 2 WSB-TV, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land (TPL), announced Na'Taki Osborne-Jelks as Atlanta's 2011 Cox Conserves Hero. As her nonprofit of choice, the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance will receive $5,000. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20070925/CLTU013LOGO-a) Osborne-Jelks was nominated for her efforts to revitalize a 26-acre urban forest preserve and nature center in the middle of a low-to-moderate income community...
NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Quitman Street Community School kindergarteners joined members of the community today to celebrate the completed expansion of the Central Ward school's playground. The new play space increases the existing playground space at the school by more than a third, the School, The Trust for Public Land, and Newark Public Schools announced. In 2000, The Trust for Public Land (TPL) developed a 35,000-square-foot playground at the Quitman Street...
SEATTLE, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockerz, the leader in rewarded social expression, and SHFT, a multi-media platform founded by film producer Peter Glatzer and actor-filmmaker Adrian Grenier, today announced the debut of "Young Farmers," a documentary-style series that follows the farm-to-table values of 10 young people. The series explores a key aspect of the environmental movement through each farmer's unique influences and motivation for growing their own food. "Young Farmers"...
PHOENIX, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Communications, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land (TPL), today launched Arizona's first annual Cox Conserves Heroes awards program. Two individuals will be recognized as Arizona's Cox Conserves Heroes, and a total of $14,000 will be donated to local environmental nonprofits. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20070925/CLTU013LOGO-a) The Cox Conserves Heroes program asks local residents to nominate volunteers in their...
