Earth Force in Denver, CO

Denver

Storm Drain Mapping, which these Denver area students are doing here, is one activity that can be part of a project using the Earth Force Process.

Contact
Phone: 303-433-0016

Earth Force Staff working with communities in this location:

News

Sixth Graders at the Odyssey School Unveiling Action Plan - January 24, 2013
World Water Monitoring Day Declared in Denver - September 18, 2012
EVENT: A Walk Through Westerly Creek - July 24, 2012
Summer Camp in Northeast Denver Closes Out with Celebratory Talent Show - July 17, 2012
State Farm Supports Denver Area Earth Force Summit - May 21, 2012
Donate to the New Family Nature Summit/Earth Force Scholarship Program - April 18, 2012
EVENT: Youth Focus Group at Earth Force on March 24 - March 14, 2012
Earth Force Open House in Denver - June 22nd - June 16, 2011
Earth Force Denver Youth Summit 2011- Manual High from 9am-1pm tomorrow, May 5th. Get ready! - May 04, 2011
Denver Twestival 2011 - The Video - March 29, 2011

Resources

Staples UEC Project Submission Form

Description: Earth Force works with local schools, community partners and youth councils in the Denver metro area focusing on four geographic quadrants of the city.

Why We Are Here: Earth Force has a long history in Denver, Colorado. Earth Force, formerly FrontRange Earth Force, formed in Denver in 1997 because of strong community connections and partnerships around environmental issues and education.

Demographics: Denver Public Schools – 72% of all students served are receiving free/reduced lunch

According to the 2006-2008 American Community Survey, the racial composition of Denver was as follows:

White: 63.1% (Non-Hispanic Whites: 43.7%)
Black or African American: 20.6%
Native American: 1.1%
Asian: 3.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Some other race: 9.2%
Two or more races: 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 34.1%; Mexican Americans made up 31.2% of the city's population.

Source: American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau. "Denver city, Colorado - ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2006-2008". Factfinder.census.gov. link. Retrieved 2010-07-28.

What We Are Doing: Working to network with and/or establish CBIs with groups in 4 quadrants of metro Denver and a watershed (Southeast Denver, Southwest Denver, Northeast, Northwest Denver and Westerly Creek/Sand Creek Watershed)

Keep it Clean program – relationship with the City and County of Denver were Earth Force helps city meet education and outreach requirements for local storm water permit around water quality education/outreach through service learning projects in Denver area

Youth Engagement Zone – CBI model/pilot focusing on network of partners working with youth in Northeast Denver to increase youth/community engagement and academic achievement in NE Denver.

Together Green Program – Partnership with Audubon Colorado around reducing Denver schools carbon footprint through service learning projects around energy usage, conservation, exploration and audits of schools

Health – Working to create health related learning circles, network of community partners and a toolkit for health related high quality service learning projects

SOS-Providing local youth a rite of passage opportunity to gain important leadership and environmental awareness during the summer months. Every participant receives a $500 Education Award for completion of their 100 hours of service-learning.

Earth Force History in this Community: Earth Force began in Denver in 1997 as FrontRange Earth Force. Youth led environmental service learning projects were mainly focused in Northwest Denver at that time and have spread throughout the Denver metro area, creating numerous community partnerships and school district connections.

Number of Youth: 1200

Number of Educators: 50

Participating Partners: ACE (Alliance for Climate Education) –- http://www.acespace.org/

African Community Center – http://www.acc-den.org/

Audio Art Group – http://www.facebook.com/pages/AUDIO-ART-GROUP/132560853198

Audubon Colorado – http://co.audubon.org/

Beacons After School Program – http://www.ccdenver.org/Services/Youth-Services/Cole-Beacons.aspx

CAEE (Colorado Alliance for Environmental Edu) – http://www.caee.org/

City Wild – http://www.citywild.org/

City & County of Denver Public Works – http://www.denvergov.org/Default.aspx?alias=www.denvergov.org/publicworks

City & County of Denver Dept of Environmental Health – http://www.denvergov.org/Default.aspx?alias=www.denvergov.org/deh

Civic Canopy – http://co-civiccanopy.org/

Cottonwood Institute – http://www.cottonwoodinstitute.org/

Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment – http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/

DHA (Denver Housing Authority) -- http://www.denverhousing.org/Pages/default.aspx

Denver Public Schools, Sustainability Department -- http://sustainability.dpsk12.org/

Denver Public Schools -- http://www.dpsk12.org/

Denver Urban Gardens – http://dug.org/

Denver Zoo – www.denverzoo.org

Environmental Protection Agency – http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region8.html

General Motors -- http://www.gm.com/corporate/

Greenleaf – http://www.greenleafdenver.blogspot.com/

Groundwork Denver – http://www.groundworkdenver.org/

Grow Haus – http://www.thegrowhaus.com/

Metro Volunteers – http://www.metrovolunteers.org/

PeaceJam – http://www.peacejam.org/

Project Learning Tree – http://www.plt.org/

Redline – http://www.redlineart.org/

Regis University -- http://www.regis.edu/

Shadow Theater – http://www.shadowtheatre.com/

South Platte River Environmental Education (SPREE) – http://www.spreeweb.org/

Denver Green School – http://www.denvergreenschool.org/

Youth Biz – http://www.youthbiz.org/cm/Home.html

The Odyssey School – http://odysseydenver.org/

Participating School Districts: • Denver Public Schools (individual schools and Sustainability Office)

• Aurora Public Schools (individual schools)