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Trees, Water & People

Trees, Water & People

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Trees, Water & People (TWP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by Stuart Conway and Richard Fox in 1998, in Fort Collins, Colorado with the mission to improve people’s lives by helping communities to protect, conserve, and manage the natural resources upon which their long-term well-being depends. ? Nationally, we are actively involved with helping to improve the lives of Native American families living on the reservations of the Great Plains. In these areas, where the winters are extremely long and harsh, Native Americans commonly spend more than half of their income on exorbitant utility bills. Together with our reservation-based partner, Lakota Solar Enterprises, we have built 800 economic solar heating systems and trained more than 180 tribal members in residential and facility-scale renewable energy applications. ? Internationally, we work extensively in Central America and Haiti. Together, with our country-based partners, we support 20 community tree nurseries that produce 350,000 trees annually to aid in reforestation efforts, planting nearly 5 million trees to date. In addition, we have built more than 58,000 clean cookstoves. Each cookstove decreases a family’s need for firewood by 50-70%, as compared to standard open fire cooking, and reduces carbon emissions by at least 1.5 tons per year. In addition to cookstoves and tree planting, we have introduced thousands of solar lights to rural communities who live each day without access to any electricity.

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https://www.treeswaterpeople.org
所属行业
环境服务
规模
2-10 人
总部
Ft. Collins，CO
类型
非营利机构
创立
1998
领域
reforestation、clean cookstoves、renewable energy、sustainable development、solar air heating、natural resource conservation、environmental education、cleantech products、solar lighting、appropriate technology和community development

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  • We’re asking our network of donors and supporters to join us over Zoom on April 3rd at 10:00 a.m. MST to learn more about TWP’s vision for the years ahead. We'll share brief updates from our partners, outline our strategy and priorities, and be available to answer your questions. ? You can register to join the conversation at: https://qrco.de/TWPEvent

  • "...when funders act as collaborators rather than compliance officers, extraordinary outcomes emerge." Really proud to have Trees, Water & People and our Honduran partner COEAS's story shared by the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project and the Foundation Review at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. There's a huge opportunity afoot for #philanthropy to put more trust in the organizations, communities and leaders they support, as we all navigate these uncertain times.

    ?? Is philanthropy missing the forest for the trees? ?? Shaady Salehi and Pia Infante of Trust-Based Philanthropy Project argue that when funders focus on counting trees rather than protecting ecosystems, we all lose. In their article for the Johnson Center’s peer-reviewed journal, The Foundation Review, they share the story of Sebastian Africano and Trees, Water & People (a grantmaker and intermediary focused on reforestation) to illustrate their point: Africano knew his funders’ demands for “transactional data” from their nonprofit partners – “like the rate of tree growth and the circumference of tree trunks” – were too granular and too burdensome to collect. Accountability and evaluation are important but they can’t be one-sided. Instead, Africano helped those funders understand how grantees measured their own success – through the health of the entire forest ecosystem – and was able to foster a funding relationship centered in trust. The result? The creation of a new 12,600-acre national wildlife refuge in Honduras. Stories like Africano’s, Salehi and Infante write, demonstrate that when funders act as collaborators rather than compliance officers, extraordinary outcomes emerge. The Foundation Review shares frameworks, evaluation results, tools, and stories like Africano’s to help foundation professionals and their partners learn from one another and understand how new models and refinements in practice can transform outcomes. Read Salehi and Infante’s article to learn more about building trust into your practice >> https://lnkd.in/gzcSd5UN Explore The Foundation Review for more resources and tools to improve your work >>?https://lnkd.in/e_JNHb2

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    Partner spotlight ? Montezuma Land Conservancy, Trees, Water & People, and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe were awarded a $299K GOCO grant to expand their Traditional Harvest Program. The initiative is restoring habitat and increasing Tribal access to culturally significant plants on ancestral homelands. This just in ?? They're #hiring a full-time Cross-Cultural Programs Coordinator to help both MLC and TWP with the harvest program, and support other stellar MLC cross-cultural initiatives. Apply by April 15 ?? https://lnkd.in/g-dvRpRD ?? : courtesy of TWP

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  • In 2024, TWP provided scholarships to four Colorado State University students, all Indigenous women, working towards careers in natural sciences and conservation. Scholarships sustained three students’ work with the Laramie Foothills Bison Conservation Herd, and supported one, Lizzy Osterhoudt, in leading research that honors her experience as a Pueblo woman. “Especially in biology, there's not much Native science going on. The way it's applied sometimes is using Indigenous knowledge to verify Western science, but how I've developed my methodology is using them as equally important. The Medicine Wheel Theory breaks down the scientific method and rebuilds it, centering Indigenous people and our ways...And that really kick-started me into staying in research.” Read more from our People Over Projects series in our blog:

  • On this #DayofForests, we share some key takeaways from this year’s #StewardsoftheSouthwest: ?? Lessons in fire as a tool in forest management ?? Importance of collaboration across stakeholders ?? Together, we can protect our forests and Indigenous communities for generations to come Stay tuned for more from this convening on strengthening Indigenous-led land stewardship and thank you to everyone who joined us this year! #forests #IndigenousSovereignty

  • Join our team! Trees, Water & People and Montezuma Land Conservancy are hiring a shared Cross-Cultural Programs Coordinator position to work with both organizations’ staff and program, including our collaborative Traditional Harvest Project with the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Find the full description and apply here: https://lnkd.in/g-dvRpRD Know a perfect fit? Help us spread the word!?

  • 16 Tribes, dozens of organizations, and collaborators convened in New Mexico to center the needs, challenges, and successes of Tribal forestry and fire management. #StewardsoftheSouthwest continues to be a critical convening to secure the future of forest health and #IndigenousSovereignty for generations to come. Thank you to all the organizations, co-sponsors and the Mescalero Apache Tribe for making this year’s summit better than ever! ?????

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  • As part of #WomensHistoryMonth, we are thrilled to highlight the work of Soledad and La Colectiva, who are working to empower women in organizations and local communities in Guatemala. Sole emphasizes the importance of centering women's experiences and breaking away from patriarchal structures as one of the main objectives of her work. Read more about La Colectiva at twp.org/blog//la-colectiva #IWD2025 #genderequity

  • As a Maya K’iche’ woman who has worked with community-based organizations nearly all her life, Magdalena holds a deep understanding of the opportunities and barriers communities face. Magda’s work has focused primarily on the experiences of Indigenous women and women-led organizations. Reaffirmation of Indigenous identity and community values, especially amongst women, has been a foundation of orienting organizations towards the future. Read full blog: https://lnkd.in/d48j7SNY

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