In partnership with the Youth Resiliency Institute and the Pisces Foundation, Blue Water Baltimore will be hosting a three-part Photovoice workshop series in Cherry Hill this autumn that will culminate in a photography exhibit. Photovoice is an internationally used, grassroots research method that enables a community to identify, represent, and enhance their environment through an…
We hope you’re as excited about spring as we are, and about our upcoming free tree giveaways! From White Oak to Witch Hazel, we believe there’s a native tree out there for everyone. But only if you act fast – free trees will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis, and sadly not all trees…
At the June 15 press conference, Blue Water Baltimore staff was proud to stand with community leaders and Deputy Secretary Joanne M. Throwe from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to celebrate progress on implementing green infrastructure on North Avenue and in surrounding neighborhoods. At Blue Water Baltimore, we pride ourselves in listening and learning to what…
Release of the Report Card Grades —Read the 2015 Healthy Harbor Report Card— On Monday, May 9, Blue Water Baltimore and Waterfront Partnership celebrated the release of our annual Healthy Harbor Report Card. The important event received media coverage from an array of local papers including The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Business Journal, The Baltimore Brew and Bay Journal. The 2015 Report Card acknowledges that overall…
Are you curious about having a rain barrel for your home, church, or school? Do you like to get your hands dirty and learn new skills? Join Blue Water Baltimore for one of our Spring 2016 rain barrel workshops and build your own rain barrel to take home. Register using the form at the bottom of…
Beginning in spring and running through early fall this past year, you may have noticed a new event on the Blue Water Baltimore monthly calendar, Yoga to Save the Bay. Crystal Wesner, a registered teacher at Sid Yoga, connected with us to bring the community together and do something that will make an impact on…
Today, Blue Water Baltimore announced that we have received $500,000 from the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund to comprehensively address the stormwater, greening, and targeted public health goals in five Baltimore City neighborhoods. Blue Water Baltimore is calling this novel approach Deep Blue. Blue Water Baltimore staff, along with Congressmen C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes, and representatives…
On August 28, Blue Water Baltimore hosted nearly 500 students, faculty, and staff from Goucher College for a day of service in South Baltimore. Goucher Connects, a one day orientation event that connects first-year students to each other, faculty, staff, and community organizations in the Baltimore area, is organized by the Office for Community Based…
With the help of our amazing volunteers and outstanding Site Captains, Project Clean Stream 2015 was the most successful cleanup event in Blue Water Baltimore’s history. We coordinated cleanups at 93 sites throughout Baltimore City and Baltimore County, where over 1,800 volunteers removed 92,308 pounds of trash from their local streets, streams, and Baltimore Harbor….
On Thursday, June 4, Blue Water Baltimore and Waterfront Partnership celebrated the release of our annual Healthy Harbor Report Card and one year of the Inner Harbor Water Wheel cleaning up tons of trash before it entered Baltimore’s waterways. Report Card Findings The Report Card acknowledges that there are signs of improvement, yet our waterways…