Tending the Summer Garden with Filipino Advocates for Justice
FACES has worked with the Filipino Advocates for Justice (FAJ) for several years growing a community garden in Union City. Filipino Advocates for Justice (FAJ) has recently rejuvenated the care and maintenance of their youth garden with new maintenance staff. Currently the space is used for internal workshops and nurturing staff activities. The garden is also used for FAJ's youth development programs like Bayanihan Youth, Pilipino Youth Coalition and FAJ Tayo. Located next to the FAJ offices, this welcoming space is almost ready for your stewardship!
You can support FAJ's amazing garden and community programs by donating or joining their current vaccination canvassing events.
Visit links below:
http://filipinos4justice.org
https://linktr.ee/fils4justice
Donate to FAJ
Follow on the Gram
@Pilipinoyouthcoalition
@faj_tayo
@fils4justice
@facesolidarity
At FACES, education and mentorship is one of our main pillars of change. Below are some valuable resources whether you're facilitating the education or want it for your own awareness of our environment.
Here are some great resources:
Foundations for the Philippine Environment
Would you like to integrate Philippine tree species into your curriculum? This site offers great introduction into the biodiversity education forest restoration efforts around the Philippines. They also have free downloadable posters and publications on forest vegetation and biodiversity education.
Project Learning Tree
This site offers amazing lesson plans and supplementary activities for outdoor and virtual environmental lessons for informal and formal educators. The lesson plans are easily adaptable to various age groups, field trip settings and resources.
UCANR (University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources)
UCANR California Naturalist Program offers comprehensive certifications and community education resources to build your knowledge of California Natural history and strengthen your network with other community scientists, informal and formal educators. The workshops are offers throughout California. They also offer other specific Certifications like Climate Stewards and Project Learning Tree to build citizen science and educator skills.
California Native Plant Society
Would you like to know more about gardening? Need a fun, educational webinar to watch with your students. Join webinars from California Native Plant Society. The topics are broad ranging and cover everything from native gardening, fire management, climate change, and native habitat restoration
KidsGardening.org
This site offers lesson plans, garden building tips and a dynamic community of educators, parents, youth leaders with a wide variety of gardening program expertise. If you are an educator or parent wanting to build a garden with young students, this is a solid guide for program development
Luntian, Ang Bungang May Pakpak (Luntian, the Winged Seed Pod) by Liwliwa N. Malabed
This is a highly recommended and charming book for children. The journey of Luntian is a delightful entry point to exploring concepts of environmental stewardship, tree adaptations, and natural history. We recommend you read it with students or your children in between summer hikes, camping trips, or while you relax in your neighborhood park. It may be a little hard to acquire a copy from overseas shops but some sites do offer international delivery.
