The Apeiron Institute for Environmental Living
MISSION
The mission of the Apeiron Institute For Environmental Living is to create ecologically healthy communities by bringing sustainable living practices from around the world to Southeastern New England. We support and facilitate projects, ideas and practices that advocate for environmentally friendly building, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture and business practices and integration of sustainability into all aspects of society.
Response from Mary Ellen at the Apeiron Institute
Thanks so much for your interest in getting involved, and for your kind offer of support! Basically, we are a non-profit environmental organization specializing in education on sustainable living for people of all ages. We run after-school and in-school programs for K-12th graders, as well as adult workshops on anything from learning to build with straw bales to identifying wild edible plants. Our big event of the year is our Sustainable Living Festival & Clean Energy Expo, when we pack 40 different workshops, 20 musical and performing groups, 70 vendors, and more into a full day’s event. We also lead the Sustainable RI Initiative, which seeks to make RI the nation’s first model “sustainable” state, in every aspect from having a good public transit system, locally grown organic foods, clean and thriving natural resources, renewable energy sources, and high-performance buildings. We also host several websites that are great resources, including the Sustainable RI Directory, which is an online directory listing local businesses, organizations, and individuals who are somehow working towards sustainability.
There are many ways to get involved with Apeiron, although we don’t have a very good structure for that right now. We have one-day volunteer opportunities a few times a year that we publicize on our email list, including our upcoming Fall Garden Clean-up and Work Day on Saturday, October 13th, when we’ll be preparing the garden beds and grounds for the winter and doing some light carpentry and painting work on the house. We do have longer-term volunteer opportunities, like working on our website directory, organizing aspects of the Sustainable RI Initiative, basic office help, or helping out with different events, and I could tell more about these things if you’re interested.
I hope this info is helpful, and I appreciate your support! Let me know if you’d like to come to the volunteer day this Saturday, or if there is any other way that you’d like to become involved. I hope to meet you sometime in the future! Keep up the great work with Green Living RI!
Take care,
Maryellen Snyder
AdministrativeAssistant
The Apeiron Institute For Environmental Living
17 Gordon Avenue, Suite 208
Providence, RI 02905
T 401-228-7930
info@apeiron.org
www.apeiron.org
