What Your Seed Library Can Do For You?.pptx

Breakout session on Tuesday, February 11, at 1:30 p.m.

Seed libraries are a common approach for disbursing conservation education and, of course, free seeds! But how can a seed library do more? Join to learn about stacking messages and recruiting volunteers.

Speaker: Abigail Greer, Greenville County Soil and Water Conservation District

1. WHAT CAN YOUR SEED LIBRARY DO FOR YOU?

2. About Me and my District Abbi Greer, Stormwater Programs Coordinator Greenville County Soil and Water Conservation District

3. Icebreaker: UpGoerFive Or go to: https://xkcd.com/simplewriter/

4. UpGoerFive Type your title into UpGoerFive Workshop it until you have no red words Hang on to this for later!

5. Seed Library 101

6. Greenville County Seed Library Established February 2019 i n partnership with GC Library System 2024 volume: 21,812 packets Where: Berea Branch Library, chosen because of its location in a food desert

7. What does this have to do with stormwater ?

8. Programs and Stacked Messages Workshops: fungi, beneficial insects, hydrology Stamp messages, specialized envelopes Partnerships, partnerships, partnerships!

9. Via Seed Savers Exchange Partnership : Loaves and Fishes food rescue agency Overlap in message - Food waste is water waste Our message: local species support pollinators, combat insecticide use Their message: food is part of cultural identity Focal species - Cherokee Trail of Tears Bean Regionally relevant Distributed before Native American Heritage Month (Nov)

10. Honing your Message

11. Quick Questions Before You Start: What is my organization’s most effective message? What do people take to most easily? Why? What is my organization’s most effective messaging format? Where is my reach the largest/most diverse/most impactful?

12. Creative Content Crossovers Jumping off points for scheming!

13. How did I find these content overlaps? Meet with organizations you like! Get in front of kids Connection mapping Let them call out when something reminds them of another thing :) Attend professional development opportunities out of your usual wheelhouse Crosscutting concepts approach (Yes, NGSS has its uses)

14. Example: Being Humbled Via EPA

15. Via Green Ninja Blog Art and Communication Sociology and Land Use Engineering and Environmental Impact Foreign Language and Cultural Norms

16. Unconventional PD Empowerment Factory’s Nature Drawing My content connections: Drawing species affected by stormwater pollution Regionally relevant critters Potential partnership in the art world

17. QUESTIONS? [email protected]