| Jim Kleinwachter; making a difference for the community! This photo is of Jim Kleinwachter and a team of young volunteers cleaning up the waterways. ∞ (The below write-up is a condensed excerpt from a feature in Shawna Coronado's greening and better health book titled "Gardening Nude". To learn more about the book, please go here: www.thecasualgardener.com/Book.html - Copyright 2008, Shawna Lee Coronado) Jim Kleinwachter is a conservationist, and has dedicated his life to educating people about conservation and making a difference in his community. Kleinwachter is a Land Protection Specialist working tirelessly through The Conservation Foundation in Illinois to educate individual homeowners on how they can make a difference by practicing conservation. Kleinwachter has created and heads a division of The Conservation Foundation called Conservation @ Home which has pulled over 400 homeowners to practice better home conservation. He co-founded and coordinated the DuPage River Sweep Program, which has extended into three counties in Illinois and has been responsible for removing over fifty tons of debris from local rivers. His dream has been to translate the scientifically based and sometimes complicated environmental issues, especially related to water and water-conservation, so the average homeowner can understand and participate in conservation more easily. Recently, I asked Kleinwachter why he is so tirelessly dedicated to saving rivers, waterways, and native land. His reply, “My philosophy is that we all have a responsibility to leave this planet in better shape than we found it. Typically, people think government will take care of these things – everything will be fine – and they need not contribute. They say, ‘What will my efforts matter?’ I try to change that attitude: it DOES matter!” He is able to educate people through The Conservation Foundation. To begin with, he has developed a long list of conservation Fact Sheets which he has made available on the Conservation @ Home website. Some of the goals of the program include encouraging water conservation by promoting native landscaping, encouraging the “think global, act local” mindset in communities, rewarding landowners for using good conservation practices, educating landowners on how to create wildlife habitat’s in their own gardens, and creating a group of united homeowners who can get to know one another and build a conservation community. Each homeowner receives a Conservation @ Home sign which they proudly display on their property when they have achieved a Conservation @ Home status. (This is an excerpt from a feature in Shawna Coronado's greening and better health book titled "Gardening Nude". To learn more about the book, please go here: www.thecasualgardener.com/Book.html - Copyright 2008, Shawna Lee Coronado) |
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| Jim Kleinwachter's ongoing dedication to conservation has made a true difference for the rivers and natural areas of his community. - - - - Now it's your turn - send suggestions, motivational ideas, and comments to share with the Live Smart Community at LiveSmart@thecasualgardener.com. Your comments will be posted at the end of this story. |
Comment -
What is the website for Conservation @ Home? - signed - Julia S.
Reply -
Jim works through The Conservation Foundation, which is located at www.theconservationfoundation.org.
His specific home conservation website is at this location - Conservation@ Home
What is the website for Conservation @ Home? - signed - Julia S.
Reply -
Jim works through The Conservation Foundation, which is located at www.theconservationfoundation.org.
His specific home conservation website is at this location - Conservation@ Home
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Let's see if we can help others make a difference in their communities too!
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Comment -
I'm trying to learn more about water conservation for my
property. Is this something that Jim does too? - signed -
Fiftyandfabulous
Reply -
Yes, Jim's Conservation @ Home program is built to help
homeowners learn more about all types of conservation. Go
to this website and check out some of his tips -
Conservation@ Home
I'm trying to learn more about water conservation for my
property. Is this something that Jim does too? - signed -
Fiftyandfabulous
Reply -
Yes, Jim's Conservation @ Home program is built to help
homeowners learn more about all types of conservation. Go
to this website and check out some of his tips -
Conservation@ Home
