Duke Farms, the 2,700 acre+ environmental center of the Doris Duke Foundation, serves as a leader in environmental stewardship and inspires visitors to become informed stewards of the land. It is a place of education, enjoyment and research that enhances the environmental health of the region. Through the beauty of its natural setting, the diversity of its wildlife and the scope and quality of its educational programs, demonstrations and research, Duke Farms inspires people to transform their approach to conservation and to start building a more sustainable future.
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Join the Pinelands Preservation Alliance at Duke Farms on December 11, 2024, for a day dedicated to discussing ways to create accessible and inclusive outdoors spaces for all! Register by December 1: https://lnkd.in/eWRnbi8i #Nature #PeoplewithDisabilities #AccessibleNature
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Recently, BPU President Guhl-Sadovy visited Duke Farms in Hillsborough, NJ recently, where they received a $296,000 award through New Jersey’s Clean Fleet Program. This funding will support the purchase of 16 Level 2 EV chargers and an electric vehicle, helping them further reduce their carbon footprint and promote sustainability. It’s inspiring to see how initiatives like this are making a real difference in our state’s transition to a greener future. Thank you to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Chief Strategy Officer Kati Angarone and Duke Farms President Margaret Waldock for joining us! Watch the full video here: https://lnkd.in/e46sBtft #DriveElectricWeek
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This year, I had the opportunity to speak at two significant events focused on advancing sustainability in historic preservation. At both the AIA 2024 Taliesin West Colloquium – Adaptation in Preservation: Concepts, Contrasts, and Collaboration and the 1772 Foundation’s Climate and Heritage Conservation panel at PastForward, the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2024 National Preservation Conference, we explored the dynamic balance of preserving the built environment while actively contributing to a sustainable future. Duke Farms, a Center of the Doris Duke Foundation, exemplifies this approach with strategic pillars that prioritize restoring nature, demonstrating climate solutions, and engaging leaders. At Duke Farms, we are adaptively reusing historic buildings—creating spaces that honor the past while driving forward our mission for a more creative, equitable, and sustainable future. Through thoughtful integration of sustainable design with regenerative practices across our landscapes, we demonstrate that legacy properties can serve as living models of a “carbon negative, nature positive” vision. Since its inception, Duke Farms has transformed into a sustainable campus, rapidly reducing fossil fuel reliance across our operations. In 2024, we expanded this vision with a solar array and battery storage system that supplies 100% clean energy, enabling a fossil-fuel-free operation. Our approach includes carbon sequestration through forest and wetland management, regenerative agriculture, and other nature-based solutions across our 2,700 acres. These two events allowed me to share our commitment to adaptive reuse and sustainable land stewardship as essential components of a thriving, resilient campus. Duke Farms is proud to demonstrate how a property with deep historic roots can lead the way in creating campuses that set an inspiring standard for a carbon negative, nature positive future. #Sustainability #ClimateAction #HistoricPreservation #BuiltEnvironment #DukeFarms #AdaptiveReuse #CarbonNegative #NaturePositive #AIA #1772Foundation #Conservation #ClimateLeadership
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Manager of Community and Professional Education at Duke Farms | NAAEE CEE-Change Fellow 2023
I’m presenting at NAAEE 2024! Join me and over 1,000 attendees as we work to build bridges to a more sustainable, just, and environmentally literate future. Visit conference.naaee.org to register and learn more.
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Yesterday's seminar, "Rethinking New Jersey Environmental Funding: A Conversation with Chris Daggett," hosted by the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers' Environmental Funders Affinity Group, brought together key stakeholders to discuss the future of environmental philanthropy in New Jersey. Held in the main conference room at Duke Farms, the seminar featured insightful presentations by Chris Daggett, Bill Leavens, and F. M. Kirby Foundation Program Officer Elisheva Crowley, as well as Duke Farms Executive Director Margaret Waldock. Their discussions emphasized innovative strategies for addressing the state's past and present environmental challenges, while exploring opportunities for collaboration among funders to drive sustainable impact. Liz Crowley’s presentation underscored the importance of broadening our understanding of modern environmentalism, emphasizing the need to include a range of approaches that address both conservation and community well-being — reflecting the Foundation’s ongoing commitment to supporting initiatives at the intersection of environmental sustainability and social impact. We look forward to building on the ideas shared at the seminar and working alongside our partners to ensure a greener future for New Jersey.
We’re excited to announce that Duke Farms is a certified KultureCity Sensory Inclusive? venue! This certification ensures that our spaces and experiences are accessible and welcoming to individuals with sensory needs and invisible disabilities such as PTSD, autism, or dementia. Our entire visitor-facing team has been trained to provide support and resources, including Sensory Bags and clearly marked “Headphone Zones” to ensure everyone can fully enjoy and connect with nature here at Duke Farms. We are proud to partner with KultureCity to make our campus more inclusive for all members of our community.
Duke Farms is officially a KultureCity Sensory Inclusive? certified venue! KultureCity?is?the nation's leading nonprofit organization on sensory accessibility and acceptance for those with invisible disabilities. Sensory needs are a common medical condition in which the brain has trouble receiving and responding to information that comes in through the senses. 1 in 4 individuals has a sensory need or an invisible disability, such as PTSD, autism, or dementia. As a Sensory Inclusive? certified venue, 100% of Duke Farms’ visitor-facing staff have been trained by and received certification from KultureCity. We have posted signage that helps people with sensory needs effectively navigate our campus (ex. "Headphone Zone" signs signal areas that may overload one's senses, such as the Orientation Center on a very busy day!). And we provide visitors with access to Sensory Bags, which contain tools to help lessen sensory overload and engage with caretakers and Duke Farms staff. I'm so grateful to have been able to partner with KultureCity on behalf of Duke Farms to improve the accessibility of our campus!
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It really is simple…and magical. That’s why at Doris Duke Foundation we’re all in for a #Forests4Climate moonshot in the U.S. A national effort to help forests help us meet our national #climate and #conservation goals.
Founder of Phia | Founder of Climate Cardinals | Stanford | Forbes 30 under 30 | Youngest UN Advisor
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." Trees can solve many problems including... ?? Carbon Sequestration: Trees absorb CO2, reducing greenhouse gases ?? Oxygen Production: Trees produce oxygen via photosynthesis ?? Temperature Regulation: Trees provide shade and cool the air ?? Biodiversity Support: Trees offer habitats for wildlife ?? Soil Conservation: Tree roots stabilize and enrich soil ?? Air Quality: Trees filter air pollutants It’s that simple. ???? Credit: Vojtech Vosecky
We’re especially proud to work with dedicated professionals like Lauren Owens, who runs Tiny Onion Chef Services and also serves as an Executive Chef Consultant at Duke Farms. She shares our dedication to sustainability, and is the driving force behind Duke Farms’ culinary creations and efforts to promote local sourcing. At Duke Farms, we believe in using food as a platform for change—creating experiences and opportunities that emphasize the transformative power of a resilient, sustainable food system. #SustainableFood #LocalFarming #DukeFarms #RegenerativeAgriculture #Agroecology #HealthyEating #FoodSystems #ClimateAction
I had the pleasure of attending an incredible fundraising event, hosted in collaboration by Food Tank and Blue Hill At Stone Barns. I'm proud to be the owner of Tiny Onion Chef Services and an Executive Chef consultant at Duke Farms. Both endeavors feed my soul and fuel my passion for continuing this journey of health, sustainability, local sourcing, and food accessibility.
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Today the Data Foundation announced the launch of the new Climate Data Collaborative in our #ClimateWeekNYC event, in partnership with the Doris Duke Foundation. Thank you to Sam Gill & Sacha Spector from Doris Duke for kicking off the event, and for Ali Zaidi, President Biden's Climate Advisor for acknowledging the critical role of #data in addressing climate issues & data needs moving forward. Today we also launched a new partnership with Crosswalk Labs & Jason Burnett, providing neighborhood level CO2 emissions data, now available as #open data at open.crosswalk.io. Learn more about the Data Foundation's Climate Data Collaborative at https://lnkd.in/dfdvjCYu! Thank you to our entire team who supported the events this week and to all who work to create or make date useful for our decision-makers. #ClimateWeek24 #climateweek #openscience #evidencebased #sciencebased
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