Site Visits
RI Environmental Justice League
http://ejlri.wordpress.com
The EJ League is a non-profit led by RI residents. Our mission is to build power in the communities most affected
by environmental burdens by developing leaders to take action to promote safe and healthy environments for all in our homes,
schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods.
The Steel Yard | RISD Second Life
http://www.thesteelyard.org
Acts as a catalyst in the creative revitalization
of the industrial valley district of Providence. The Steel Yard converted a shop into an industrial arts facility and education
center. That and the surrounding site now accommodates classes and projects in welding, blacksmithing, ceramics, jewelry,
glass casting and foundry art.
http://2ndlife.risd.edu
RISD
Second Life is a student-run materials exchange program designed to keep useful scraps out of the trash. Participants may
bring their left-over supplies to the trailer at 31 Canal st. and trade for items of like value; or leave a donation if they
have nothing to barter.
Apeiron Sustainability Festival
http://www.apeiron.org
Our mission is to transform Rhode Island
into a sustainable state where the needs of the present are met without compromising the needs of future generations. By promoting
sustainable living practices we act as a catalyst to creating healthy communities.
The
Festival will be held downtown in Kennedy Plaza and various storefront locations where there will be a variety of workshops,
demonstrations, and tours relating to sustainability.
Waste Not Want Not & Southside Community Land Trust
http://wnwnprovidence.org
Waste Not Want Not is a non profit organization with the mission to make use of unwanted and discarded materials,
reducing waste and promoting resourcefulness to benefit and enrich Providence’s creative community. Our aim is to educate
through redistributing, reclaiming and recycling found and donated used, scrap or excess materials and to provide the tools
and equipment (and skills) to make this possible.
http://www.southsideclt.org
SCLT provides access to land, education and other resources
so people in Greater Providence can grow food in environmentally sustainable ways and create community food systems where
locally produced, affordable, and healthy food is available to all. Learn about SCLT's programs through a presentation they're
giving as part of the Apeiron Sustainability Festival.
