Anima Bambino, ArteSana! | Art of Christina Bambino |  ccgbambino@gmail.com   |  619-430-8199

• Advocate for your local Community-Living-Schoolyard, today. Let's start with mulch cover on earth, to promote living soil food web/ sponge. Then layers of shrubs, and trees, will create cool microclimates; As part of the functioning water cycle and ecosystem.

• Volunteer to create Nature based play areas, that also stablize heat, increase wildlife for learning, growing potential.

Volunteer or advocate for Green Schoolyards today. Creativity is encouraged in Community School Culture...   (...rationale.)

All invited to create. See below the Pinterest board for Nature based play spaces. 

What will you create? 

Multi sector collaboration leveraging the worlds best partners, along with Modern and Traditional (MAT) methodologies for the benefit of our learning ecosystem at our Community School, and to align with long standing community initiatives.

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Composting Soil-Bio-remediation | Nopales Milagrosos! | Mound Method ~ Hugelkultur | Origami - Structural Soundness for Nature based playstructures | Schoolyard Forest: Biodiversity & Multicultural Space for Creative Expression... 

Let's celebrate learning and curiousity; Let's create multi-sensory nature based learning areas.  Calling all creators.

The benefits of schoolyard gardens for students and school communities are numerous.  At a glance:
Health and wellness benefits such as protection against heat, increased physical activity, social-emotional wellness, and improved mental health.
Learning benefits such as hands-on curriculum, environmental literacy, increased attention span, and improved academic performance. Please also see: "Making the Academic Case for Schoolyard Forests".

Ecological and climate resilience benefits such as reduced heat island effect, carbon capture, decreased energy consumption/cooling needs, and improved stormwater management.
Community benefits such as family engagement, community cohesion, and increased stewardship.

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We're Organizing: Summer/ Fall/ Spring 2023/ 2024 |

Winter/ Spring 2024: Connect with Community.
Monthly Community Action at Family Fridays.

Wednesdays - Community Arts

& Clean-up Walkabouts. 
Mondays-Fridays from 2:15-6p,

Students/ Parent Power Hours (invite their parents to check-in) to read in our Garden, Excercise Artistic/ Creative Expression.  
Let's Grow space to Paint, Draw, Writing, Poetry, Music & Movement; Cultural sharing bridges academic gaps.

Little Library sharing boxes improve book access and thus help tackle low literacy rates. By providing books all year 'round, they can mitigate accessibility gaps.​ 

Donate a Little Library today?!

Too many crosscutting program area priorities are open now. Help is appreciated with grant writing. 

• USD Community Project Request Form: We need your help to build a strong connection between members of our community and our students, faculty and local professionals. The Engineering Exchange for Social Justice provides... submit project ideas: https://usd.tfaforms.net/218565

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• Community-Based Research for Effective Programs, Policies, and Decisions to Mitigate Cumulative Health Impacts and Environmental Health Disparities in Underserved Communities Request for Applications (RFA)​​

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• Critical Agricultural Research and Extension (CARE)

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• Data Science for Food and Agricultural Systems (DSFAS)

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• Creativity Is California : CA Arts Council Grants Hub:  https://arts.ca.gov/grants/grant-programs/

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• City of SD, Commission for Arts and Culture: https://www.sandiego.gov/arts-culture/funding
  • Organizational Support Program​
  • Creative Communities SD