EarthKeepers II Project Coord. Kyra Fillmore Ziomkowski on 30 interfaith community gardens in U.P. | Earthkeepers II

# EarthKeepers II Project Coord. Kyra Fillmore Ziomkowski on 30 interfaith community gardens in U.P.

EarthKeepers II (EK II) Project Coordinator Kyra Fillmore Ziomkowski explains creating 30 interfaith community gardens (2013-2014) across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan that include vegetables and native species plants that encourage and help pollinators like bees and butterflies.

The video was shot on April 5, 2013 at the Big Bay Point Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast in Big Bay, MI during a meeting of EK II representatives.

An Interfaith Energy Conservation and Community Garden Initiative Across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Restore Native Plants and Protect the Great Lakes from Toxins like Airborne Mercury in cooperation with the EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, U.S. Forest Service, 10 faith traditions and Native American tribes such as Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

10 faiths: Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Jewish, Lutheran, Presbyterian, United Methodist, Bahá’í, Unitarian Universalist, Zen Buddhist

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In Partnership with the United States Forest Service and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community with support from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation.

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In January 2013, leaders from ten faith traditions representing 250 congregations joined together to increase energy conservation and to establish community gardens across Northern Michigan.

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- Presbyterian
- Lutheran (ELCA)
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- Buddhist
- Baha’i
- Unitarian Universalist
- Quaker (American Friends)
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- United Methodist
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