Seeds

Ecocorps: in 2024, seeds employed 44 members who earned 1,270 hours of professional development and also improved 198 miles of trail, enhanced 107 acres in 22 parks, delivered over 6,500 pounds of donated produce, and composted over 27.5 tons of food waste. Crew members in this green collar career exploration program serve their community while gaining valuable work experience, skills training, professional development, and leadership. Their experiences include historic preservation, parkland management, sustainable trail design, habitat restoration, reforestation, small-scale agriculture, light construction, and more.

Ecostrategies: seeds continues a tradition of offering professional analysis, assistance with target setting around 'green goals', and planning for resource management to a variety of local governments and community institutions. In 2024, seeds continued to convene a 10-county movement to divert 33% of organic wastes from landfills across nwmi, preventing waste, improving soils, & collaborating with our communities and with carbon. Seeds was also appointed as the environmental representative for the tri-county materials management planning committee of grand traverse, benzie, and leelanau counties. Ecostrategies helped seeds prioritize and document close to 60mtco2e of greenhouse gas emissions prevention and reductions resulting in a net-positive organizational climate impact (ghge scopes 1 & 2).