About the Martinsville-Henry County Community Nature Initiative

With the support of The Harvest Foundation of the Piedmont, Virginia Museum of Natural History and its partners, Dr. Denny Casey and Tamara Poles developed a new nature and outdoor initiative entitled the Martinsville Henry County Community Nature Initiative (MHC CNI). The CNI will serve as a clearinghouse for environmental information, use nature as a way to stimulate learning, develop opportunities for quality family time in the outdoors, and position VMNH as a leader in environmental education. CNI will serve as a means to provide hands-on, real-world opportunities for children, educators, and families to increase appreciation for nature and as an effective means to better understand and address community environmental issues.

Click the above CNI logo for official website and to access your Earth Week Passport!

Earth Week 2010 Highlights

Monday, September 21, 2009

Grassroots Gathering

CNI attended the Grassroots Conference at Keystone Colorado September 9 through the 11. It was a wonderful conference. Beautiful area and wonder people. There are many organizations around the United States that are active in getting children outdoors. It was very reassuring that we had so much support and that all the organizations support one another in the movement. CNI made a lot of connections with other organizations during this conference so be on the look out for unique and more diverse events and activities coming soon.
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