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About Me:
Environmental Project Manager for not for profit company
Embrace Cooperation Ltd (www.myembrace.org)

A brief description
Embrace Cooperation Ltd is non-profit organisation based in London promoting work placements, teacher/educator exchange schemes, personal development workshops as well as media and environmental work. We started as Embrace Unlimited - a volunteer organisation in 2000 and since October 2004 operate as a non-profit making company under the name Embrace Cooperation Ltd.

We work mainly with and for disadvantaged young adults and provide a variety of services that enables them to integrate and perform well in mainstream society. Embrace does this through a number of learning schemes, including arts, media, personal development, placements, exchange programs and environmental conservation projects in Europe and UK. Our main objective is to support those with the least opportunities, so that they improve the quality of their life and contribute to self-sustaining communities. Embrace engages around 150 - 200 young adults every year through the provision of holistic projects, which bring together the skills and abilities of the young people with the opportunities Embrace can offer.

First UK based environmental conservation project:
Embrace Cooperation Ltd received a Heritage Lottery Fund grant to run a community project promoting Streatham Common. The project highlights the history, environmental importance & recreational significance of the Common as a natural heritage site. The project started in January 2008 and will finish in June 2009. The project aims to create long-term participation of the local communities in the conservation of Streatham Common. The project aims to raise awareness of the environmental importance of Streatham Common by organising nature activities and working with local community groups and schools. Embrace Cooperation Ltd would especially like to work with those local community groups, schools and youth organisations which would not otherwise be involved in environmental conservation. The project so far has engaged with almost 200 people, involving them in community environmental conservation events on Streatham Common.

UK based media projects:
Embrace did four media projects in 2008 with over 30 young adults (living in hostels; refugees; and those from housing estates and not in education, employment, or training). All projects focused on participatory media work using photography, graphic design and film to capture the creativity of the young people. The practical work gave them a chance to lose their inhibitions working with media equipment and also to use techniques such as story boarding, directing and editing in such a way which will make them applicable to their life. It also gave them the experience whether they really could see themselves starting an apprenticeship or work in the media industry as we facilitate visits to media colleges and film companies.

Embrace Cooperation is interested in developing new environmental and media projects with community groups / schools and would like to hear from any group interested in working with us.
Key Interests
Conservation, Wildlife, Education, Gardening
Experience/Skills
Embrace Woodlands! Project in Dulwich Upper Wood

Embrace Environmental Projects Blog Website: http://embraceenvironment.wordpress.com/

This one year Heritage Lottery funded, Embrace Cooperation Ltd project (starting September 2009) is run in partnership with Trust for Urban Ecology (TRUE).

Heritage Lottery Fund Website: http://www.hlf.org.uk/english

TRUE Website: http://www.urbanecology.org.uk/index.html

Embrace Woodlands! Blog: http://embracewoodlands.blogspot.com/

The project will focus on traditional woodland crafts, environmental conservation, increase awareness of, and encourage participants to maintain and preserve the Dulwich Upper Wood (London) nature reserve site for future generations. These traditional woodland crafts have been developed over many years and the local native wildlife has also adapted slowly over time. As the wildlife benefits from these practical crafts they have become part of the site management.

The following woodland crafts and environmental conservation techniques will be covered by the project:

* Wildlife Surveys / Walks
* Small Tree Felling / Coppicing
* Hedge Laying
* Dead Hedge Creation And Maintenance
* Traditional Wooden Fencing
* Glade Maintenance
* Wildlife Pond Maintenance
* Making Bird And Bat Boxes

All these techniques are traditional, sometimes ancient methods of conservation and it aims to encourage wildlife and native plants to thrive.

Project Film

A project film will be created with oral history film interviews being organised. The interviews will be about woodland conservation techniques and the site history. With wildlife experts and local community members being interviewed by project volunteers. Also project practical conservation events will be filmed to show the techniques involved in management of the site and woodland crafts.

There is lots of opportunities for volunteers on this project including:

* Learning practical environmental conservation
* Wildlife surveying
* Help run wildlife walks
* Graphic design for project flyers / event posters
* Administration
* Project blog design / updates
* Project Myspace / Facebook / other social networks design & updates
* Film making
* Film editing
* Photography
* Help developing new projects

Local community groups & schools

We would like to work closely with local community groups and schools, including developing tailor made events / sessions for community group members & school students.

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At 12:38pm on July 28, 2010, Ruth Morgan said…
hello John, unfortunately, a housing co op meeting has come up that I have to attend; thanks for your welcome, and I will keep my eyes out for the next bat and moth workshop.
Yours, Ruth
At 3:36pm on July 27, 2010, Ruth Morgan said…
Thanks John, will check out the buses
x Ruth
At 2:54pm on July 27, 2010, Ruth Morgan said…
Hello John, just found your project through Project Dirt, sounds very good.I'd like to come along to the bat/moth evening this thursday; can you tell me how to get there, either on public transport or on bike; i'm in vauxhall. Just a landmark or address woulkd be what I need; yours, Ruth
At 9:54am on July 22, 2010, Amelia Jayne Horton said…
Hello John,

Good to connect with you.

Love and bees,

Amelia
At 12:13pm on March 2, 2010, Bridged Hall said…


See event info: http://www.projectdirt.com/events/repowering-streatham-13th
At 1:33pm on January 27, 2010, Jess Kyle said…
I know exactly who you mean (good description) and I am glad you saw him. We were begining to get worried becuase we had not seen him for a bit.
At 1:24pm on January 27, 2010, Jess Kyle said…
Hi Jon,

Good to hear from you. Do you know who it was?
At 1:05pm on July 27, 2009, John Cannell said…
Natural History of Streatham Common project booklet "Embrace Your Environment"
Embrace Cooperation Ltd booklet about the nature & history of Streatham Common from their highly successful Natural History of Streatham Common project is now online to download & view. The booklet is in two pdf files with the main content pages on one pdf file and cover page, project description page & acknowledgements page is in other booklet pdf file


This is the cover, project description page & acknowledgement page for Embrace Cooperation Ltd: Embrace Your Environment Booklet. Which was created as part of their Natural History Exploration of Streatham Common community project which was funded by the Heritage Lottery.

http://www.ecomotion.org.uk/?id=9572

This is the main content pages (cover page, project description page & acknowledgements page is in other booklet pdf file) for Embrace Cooperation Ltd: Embrace Your Environment Booklet. Which was created as part of their Natural History Exploration of Streatham Common community project which was funded by the Heritage Lottery.

http://www.ecomotion.org.uk/?id=9573

The pdf files can also be downloaded from Dirt project forum page
At 7:04pm on July 22, 2009, Bridged Hall said…
John, we are having our 2nd meeting next week, Tuesday, 28th at 6.30 at the Wellfield Centre, 16 Wellfield Road, SW16, please come along. Do you want me to put you on the Sustainable Streatham mailing list. Otherwise we could make a date to meet after that.
Cheers
Bridged
At 1:52pm on July 22, 2009, Carl Reynolds said…
John, I'm guessing Bridged put you on to me? Your project sounds really interesting and progressive.

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