Community Connections
The IUPUI Common Theme project seeks to collaborate with communities outside the campus to foster discussion and action on the issues of healthy communities, green economy and just sustainability. This resource is for everyone interested in learning about and contributing to all of the work on these issues happening in Central Indiana already.
To help us make those connections, if you are with a community group, please send us your community events (forums, speakers, conferences, films, art exhibits, etc.), volunteer opportunities and organization profile so we can share how your work connects to the Common Theme initiative. All information should be sent to:comtheme@iupui.edu
Organization Profiles
Green Piece Indy: www.greenpieceindy.com/
A local resource and partner for Indianapolis residents that seek to lessen our environmental impact.
Health by Design: www.healthbydesignonline.org/
Mission: To create an environment that promotes physical activity and protects the environment through education, advocacy and action.
Hoosier Environmental Council: www.hecweb.org/
Mission: We aim to address Indiana's environmental challenges through education and advocacy. We are guided by science, inspired by the ties between nature and humanity, and led to success through partnerships.
Improving Kids Environment (IKE): www.ikecoalition.org/
Mission: A non-profit, advocacy coalition that facilitates tangible and significant improvements to children's health through reduction in environmental threats to children.
A companion organization to IKE is Martindale -Brightwood Environmental Justice Collaboration: www.ikecoalition.org/CARE/index.htm
Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center: www.inrc.org/
Mission: To facilitate training and coaching that strengthens the capacity of neighborhood-based organizations and neighbors to mobilize existing assets, support grassroots leadership and foster collaboration.
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful: www.kibi.org/about_kib
Unites people to build community and transform public spaces through aesthetic and environmental improvement.
Slow Food Indy: www.slowfoodindy.com/
Mission: Slow Food Indy promotes central Indiana's food culture with monthly events and volunteer opportunities that focus on good, clean and fair food for everyone.
