Since relocating
from warmer climates in 1972, this urban-wetland
semi-urban community seems to
have gotten either more compartmented
or fragmented ...
from the perspective of mobilizing (caring and competent)
mentors who can help enable & sustain
interactive community connections ...
Seeking your suggestions how to engage our multi-cultural & multi-generational
groups in an EarthKeeping program with
a Know
Your Watershed Impact Zones
focus using GeoScouting to promote HyperPort "GPSgeoGraphy" programs ...
Background
::
This Minding God (Fortress
Press ISBN:: 0-8006-3498-5) IQuest
launched
26-Apr-2003 at Bloomington,
Minnesota <-(See Map)
***Tenth*** Annual Neighborhood
Block Captain Training Session
introducing community "Emergency Preparedness" which
was hosted by CTK
Lutheran Church near Bryant Lake Park.
I had already offered to help mobilize resources from BSA
Viking Council's
National
Eagle Scout Association (NESA) to help "hatch" an Eco-Futures(cc)
Venturing BSA mini-program to enhance
teen youth
leadership opportunities
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CTK-Penn Lake Highlands Neighborhood
Watch Zone next
steps ::
[A] We donated videotape of
Lt Paul McCullough's outstanding briefing
to Steve Sutter as our Friends
of the Minnesota Valley
President
& another Bloomington
Neighborhood Watch Zone Leader
...
[B] We also
purchased DVD-20747
for same session to review Q&A
as support for a new "Emergency
Preparedness BSA"
programs
[C] Met with Lt Paul M's BPD
replacement in mid-year to suggest ongoing
collaboration
with our FBI-facilitated Minnesota InfraGard Chapter ...
[D] Found Environmental Health & Safety Roundtable
connections
to
capable co-sponsors for supporting Learning
for Life Mentorships
FYI - Mentorships match you with
someone in your field of interest who draws on their experience to offer
guidance and advice.
Some mentorships are informal
relationships you establish yourself, others are set up through formal programs
or organizations.
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[E] Also got GIS maps &
owner data to assess Lower
Penn Lake
"easements" for hatching a ( PARC-REI ) Bike,
Hike & Paddle
EcoChallenge course ( with MN-Sierra
Club Inner-City Outings ).
[F] Completed process for Adaptive
Recreation GPS Orienteering
at Smith Lake Park
for projected Summer 2004 delivery date.
We integrated "Adopt-A-Wetland"
awareness flyer sharing
into our
August-2003 Neighborhood Night-Out invitations ...
[G] Mapped National
Geographic TOPO!
GPSync HyperPort
waypoints
for City Parks & Minnesota
Valley NWR
public access points to trails ...
[
Beta-Tested same www.NGS.org software for
Apple-iMac platforms]
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[H] Participated in an
adult UW-Wisconsin Extension Workshop about
Riverway Restoration &
Rehabilitation at NGLVC in Ashland, WI
[
Expanded TOPO!
GPSync mapXchange enabling
www.NPS.gov v-Learning
]
Dec-2003 ::
Served as an un-official "HyperPort Host" at semi-annual meeting
of Upper Mississippi River Resources Forum at
US-FWS/NWR Visitors Center.
Environment - American Heritage Rivers
Nomination ...
... NPS) 2.supporting Minneapolis in
assessing Upper Harbor terminal
... NPS, Corps, DOT, Coast Guard)
participate in
Mississippi River
Resources Forum planning (Corps ...
www.metrocouncil.org/planning/environment/nominat.htm
______________________________________________________________
[I] Piloted & refined
MentorshipART of EcoTrekUSA Bioneer adVenturing(cc)
as
a Sept-2003 guest of NPS.gov Michigan Island
Lighthouse Keepers ...
[J] Collaborated with City
of Bloomington's Ecology EcoChallenge Crew
during a PARC-led Buckthorn-Bust -aka-
"Service
Learning Outing"
[K] Participated in
USACE-hosted Change-of-Command ceremony
for the US Coast Guard's
MSD-St.Paul during July-2003 ...
Our discussion focused on mobilizing more
effective responses
to HazMat spills that impact our urban-wetland drainage systems ...
As
a result, I was invited to participate in several
multi-jurisdictional Minnesota
Federal Executive Board & MDH briefings on Homeland Defense Readiness ...
Note
:: Operational
Readiness Training with GIS-based computer simulators
was
my USNR-R (CNA-NTDS) specialty before retiring in
Dec-1981
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[L]
Launched EarthKeeping-based EcoCaching pilot
program
at Nine-Mile
Creek's Marsh Lake Park archery range that was
enabled by MnGCA CITOday & Adopt-A-Wetland enhancements
Enroute
to [H] ... I met with Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council (GLITC)
to explore ways to
adapt Eco-History story-telling with innovative
MnSCU-CIMS (GIS-based) blended visual e-Learning methods ...
Parks and Recreation --
Regional/corridor parks and conservation ...
... Marsh Lake Park 9000 France Avenue S.
507.6 acres Undeveloped Trails.
... Nine Mile Creek Park 2509 West 98th
Street 15.6 acres
Undeveloped Paved and gravel trails ...
www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/cityhall/dept/commserv/
parkrec/parks/parkinv/regional.htm
EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE
NORTH AMERICAN COALITION
FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY ... October 8 - 10, Holden Village, Chelan WA,
LET
JUSTICE ROLL. ...
www.nacce.org/1994/coming_up9409.html
FYI - Both MnFuturists SIGs
& www.MnIPS.org
helped sustain our Mentorship Vision 2005 :: Leadership Learning
Collaboratory (LLC)
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob-RJ Burkhart [mailto:bburkhart@mn.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:54 AM
Subject: CPSR-Japan cites Edu-Trek(cc) Hyperport & Mentorship Models
(4114am)
Our FutureThought "Blended Visual e-Learning" journey
began by piloting SurfGear-enabled & Inspiration-based GTOCs
with alternatives to Learn TOLERANCE
from Japanese legends ...
It reinforces a driving personal
passion to discover more effective ways
to recycle PAO "Lessons Learned"
during WestPac & FOCCPAC-Kunia
Mentorship Learning Labs ( US Taxpayer-funded ::: from
1948 to 1972 )
It was crafted to
help dynamically display ( Minnesota
Valley Birding )
"connections" between MSP Airport South (aka Bloomington
Hyperport )
and cranes migrating to mostly rural Izumi City, Japan
... (NOT Izumisano) ...
Eco-Futures thinkLets
blog*spot,
Eco-Futures thinkLets. Experience MnFuturists
e-SIGs Mission:
HELP FutureThought Leaders discover alternative Eco-Futures! ... ...
http://eco-futures.blogspot.com/
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At that time, Bloomington's Sister City
Organization (BSCO) website displayed
static "brochure-ware" without many
usable GPSgeoGraphy regional maps
that encourage exploring UN EarthCouncil
learning objects @ LearnSD...
FYI - Sue Burke @
Bloomington Public Schools was recognized for creating
enabling ESL
Kidspiration courses on CD-ROM that got duplicated for delivery
to a Bloomington resident who taught English in Osaka,
Japan during 2002-2003...
Awards and Recognitions of the
Urbana School District
... This grant will purchase the "Kidspiration"
Program, a ... Bilingual
Education/ESL.
Even Start Grant Awarded - 2001 ... Thurston (UIUC), J. Peterson (Bloomington)
and ...
www.cmi.k12.il.us/Urbana/awards.htm
Malia's since returned with WSF
Multicultural Edutainment & mentoring
that encourages learning more about watershed protection practices ...
[PDF] Puppet Mochi Productions
File Format: PDF/Adobe
Acrobat - View as HTML
... For more information, contact: Malia Burkhart puppetmochi@yahoo.com (952) 888-1646
“Tales from the Kamo River” In a river flowing through Kyoto, Japan ...
www.acctts.com/Eco-Futures/kmol-thinklets/puppetmochiflyer4.pdf
BTW - Malia returns to Japan after annual Heart of
the Beast Mask &
Puppet Theater's 2004 May Day parade
... She plans to teach English aboard the UN Peace Boat
global cruise departing from Tokyo about September ...
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