The Providential Gardener

Register for the Sustainable Schools Summit on November 7, 2014

Registration is now open for the 2014 Sustainable Schools Summit on Friday, November 7 at RI College. The Sustainable Schools Summit brings together engaged communities throughout the region and from across sectors to build networks, gather resources, share best practices,... Read more →

Time Banking Comes to Rhode Island

"A Time for Transformation: Banking on Families & Communities to be the Change" was the title of the 2011 TimeBanks USA conference held at Brown University this past weekend (August 4-7). More than 150 people attended from as far away... Read more →

Tom Horton, Ecosystem Restoration, and the New Economy

Sigh. We set goals, and then things happen. It always seems to take longer to achieve success than we can ever imagine. That's what struck me as I reviewed my notes from the 7th Annual Land & Water Summit held... Read more →

Greening Rhode Island's Businesses & Economy & Jobs

Rhode Island's unemployment rate is 8.5% if I remember correctly what I read in the Projo last week, and the economy isn't doing well on most fronts, but a lot of folks in Rhode Island are determined to turn things... Read more →

Tree Trends, Tenders, & Trackers (Part 2)

Notes from the 15th Annual Rhode Island Tree Council Conference, October 12, 2007 See earlier post on Tree Trends ~ Climate Change in the last 21,000 years. Tree Tenders "Arborists & Tree Care in a Changing World" was addressed by... Read more →

Tree Trends, Tenders, & Trackers (Part 1)

Notes from the 15th Annual Rhode Island Tree Council Conference, October 12, 2007 As usual, Rhode Island Tree Council organized an informative and enjoyable conference in a great location ~ by the Bay this year, at the Aldrich Mansion in... Read more →

News from The Rhode Island Land Trust Council

The Rhode Island Land Trust Council has a newsletter you might be interested in receiving. To subscribe, send an email request to [email protected] I have just finished putting all the meeting announcements in What Grows On in Rhode Island and... Read more →

A Great Rhode Island Resource: RIGIS

June 1, 2007 ~ More than 150 people spent a beautiful day at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus learning the latest about RIGIS ~ Rhode Island Geographic Information System ~ at the RIGIS Conference, sponsored by URI, The Coastal Institute,... Read more →

How to Bring Sustainable Practices to Your Community

June 1st is the deadline to register for How to Bring Sustainable Practices to Your Community, Fri Jun 8 9am - Fri Jun 8 2pm, Johnson & Wales Inn, 213 Taunton Avenue (Rte. 44), Seekonk, MA [map] This workshop is... Read more →

Something Old, Something Green

Sustainability was a major theme at the 22nd Annual Rhode Island Statewide Historic Preservation Conference, held in Pawtucket on Saturday, April 14, 2007. The session on Sustainable Historic Landscapes especially interested the Providential Gardener. What a privilege it must be... Read more →