Rescue MI Nature Now Inc

Rescue MI Nature Now, Inc. is a nonprofit dedicated to developing green space within the community and providing nature based educational programs. Our organization is committed to sustainable practices as we aim to: 1. Educate the community we are present in on what sustainability is, what it looks like and how they can create sustainable habits. 2. Empower the community to affect real change in not only sustainability in nature, but sustainability in their lives through financial literacy and youth programs.

We will accomplish this goal by innovatively transforming vacant parcels into community engagement centers and as educational platforms to offer programs for the community focusing on nature and teaching marketable job skills. Along with transforming unused land, we will educate the community on pollinator education and the important role honeybees play in pollination. We also use these platforms to educate on sustainable practices, garden basics, plant identification and benefits. Through our program, Farm & Finance, we can teach children and their parents about important financial concepts missing in today’s general education curriculum. We can connect financial concepts to nature found on revitalized green spaces.

We hope to make our community a better place to live by adding beautification treatments to vacant parcels, educating the community on sustainability, increasing pollinator awareness, like honey bees, and empower individuals to make impactful change to improve the quality of life for all.

Our community garden implements a pesticide free zone to grow organic food and uses interplanting methods to help achieve this goal along with companion planting. This is to help people have access to healthy food. Our Farm & Finance youth education program helps introduce educational compounding concepts found both in gardening and money. Our nonprofit believes in sustainability and finding innovative methods to compliment our sustainability practices is what helps us to be resilient. Adapting to a sustainable way of life is what we educate our community on and educate on what responsible consumption looks like, which includes composting and recycling. Moreover, our conservation efforts of protecting native pollinator habitats in our community, such as goldenrod, begin with inclusion of educating our youth to help influence generations to come with intentional exposure to caring for all life on land.

Community engagement is key is accomplishing the strategies mentioned. We aim to always rely on feedback provided to bring awareness to these topics and educate the community on how they too can make an impactful change that will not only benefit themselves but more importantly everyone around them. Connecting neighborhoods to help create equitable opportunities will also help achieve the sustainable goals because the community will feel their voices matter and can indeed make a positive change when participating to reach a bigger goal. Dedication and hard work from our organization and community alike, will help to make these sustainable goals a reality because of transparency efforts in intentional inclusion.

Our capabilities include finance professionals who hold Series 6 & 63 state licenses which are qualified to teach the financial concepts incorporated in our Farm & Finance program. We have an architect team which help design our productive green spaces that incorporate pollinator education. Our agriculture team has 10 years experience of growing food and plants pesticide free by implementing techniques like companion planting, no till, and soil amendment. Our apiarist team will provide bee and pollinator education for individuals to learn how they can become bee advocates and in the process learn sustainable concepts.

o COVID 19 Relief Aid to local senior citizens
o Maintained and beautified over 30 vacant lots
▪ Maintained 21,000 square feet community garden
▪ Installation of Pollinator Garden where former dangerous structure once stood
o Received Whole Kids Foundation Renewal Bee Grant
o Top Fundraisers of 2020 for the Bee Cause Pay It Forward Fundraiser