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Check out the photo gallery from Raíces EcoCulture's Intro to Solar Energy Workshop with Laura Waldman in Highland Park, NJ, May 21, 2017.

Photo Gallery: Intro to Solar Energy Workshop

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Raíces EcoCulture Community Action Team Meeting Notes 4/30/17 Attendees: Nicole Wines, Linda P., Liz T., Chris T., Kira H., Rocio H., Paul A., Paul S., Mark L., Ana P., Adrian P., Karlos B., Susan E., Lowell E., Amanda H. INTRODUCTIONS Everyone introduced themselves and spoke briefly about why they were […]

Raíces EcoCulture Community Action Team Meeting Notes – April 30, ...

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by Nicole Wines The 2017 gardening season is off to a great start. Thanks to a new collaboration with the Sustainable Highland Park Committee, the Raíces EcoCulture Seed Library has a new homebase at the Eugene Young Environmental Education Center in Highland Park, NJ. We had our first meetings for […]

Photo Gallery: Raíces Seed Library Orientation Meetings 2017

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by Nicole Wines On October 15, 2016, Raíces Cultural Center’s EcoCulture program presented a solo art exhibit and artist talk featuring the Eco-Art of Lisa Bagwell. The opening exhibit was a huge success, with over one hundred attendees visiting throughout the event, including one U.S. Congressman, and over thirty community […]

Photo Gallery: Eco-Art Exhibit featuring Artist Lisa Bagwell

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by Nicole Wines NOTE: I learned this simple D.I.Y. from my co-director Francisco and his family, and I am sharing it with you.  Please pass it along, by sharing this post and simple instructions, and making this homemade incense to use in your own home and give away as handmade […]

D.I.Y. Fridays – Homemade Incense with Upcycled Orange Peels

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Happy Spring from the Raíces crew! This spring brings a lot of great news for Raíces and our community.  We have a new home.  Our seeds our planted and our first sprouts are up.  The cold frame experiment we planted with lettuce in February, worked.  Our April Sustainability Series guest […]

April EcoCulture Update: Seeds, Seedlings and Spreading our Roots

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by Nicole Wines This week’s D.I.Y. Fridays post is a resource post. We are sharing three awesome, short videos about D.I.Y. lifestyle. These are just for a little inspiration, to show you the amazing things you can do with your own hands, and a little time and dedication. D.I.Y. can […]

D.I.Y. Fridays – D.I.Y. Video Inspiration

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