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2024 Year-End Letter from BTG’s Executive Director

Dear friends of Bridging The Gap, It’s easy to feel discouraged about the future for the environment and social justice right now. When I find myself there, I lean on the teachings of the Dalai Lama, who says, “Under no circumstances must we give up hope.” He’s right. There are…

BridgingthegapDecember 6, 2024

News WildLands

KCWL Is Bridging The Gap For Native Seed

As land managers and conservationists look to plant more local natives for climate resiliency, the lack of a local ecotype seed supply is a major environmental issue across the country and especially in our region. The demand for native seed has never been greater, and our Kansas City WildLands program…

BridgingthegapDecember 1, 2024

Climate Change News

Love and compassion are paramount in a heated world

November 6, 2024 -- We now know the results of the election -- an election where everything, it seems, was at stake. Often throughout this election, all sides couldn't believe their fellow citizens think what they think, and it's not enough to let them think it. We're enraged by their…

BridgingthegapNovember 7, 2024

News WildLands

Linda Lehrbaum receives Carl N. Becker Stewardship Award

August 19, 2024: Linda Lehrbaum, who managed Bridging The Gap's Kansas City WildLands program for more than 20 years, is being honored by the Natural Areas Association with the Carl N. Becker Stewardship Award. Award recipients will be honored during the 2024 Natural Areas Conference: Where Science Meets Stewardship,…

BridgingthegapAugust 21, 2024

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Thriving Communities Event – March 28 , 2024

On March 28, 2024, Bridging The Gap held its annual community and fundraising event at 28 Event Space. This year's theme was Thriving Communities, and LaTonya Sanders with US EPA Region 7 was the guest speaker, who shared her insights and experience in what makes communities thrive, particularly through an…

BridgingthegapApril 1, 2024

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2023 Year-End Letter from BTG’s Executive Director

Dear friend of our community and shared environment, Hands down, this is the most exciting time ever at Bridging The Gap. Through the ARPA and IRA acts, our federal government is taking aggressive action on climate change, while working to reduce environmental injustices. There are billions of federal grant dollars…

lesliebarlandDecember 1, 2023

General Learn News WildLands

Celebrating Monarch Migration & Hispanic Heritage Month

Monarch Butterflies and Their Connections Labor Day may be the unofficial end of summer, but September brings changes in our natural world as well. As the air (hopefully) turns cooler, there is a breathtaking natural wonder that unfolds every year: the monarch butterfly migration. Coincidentally, this event aligns with another…

lesliebarlandSeptember 11, 2023

General News

The Future is Green KC

On April 13, 2023, Bridging The Gap celebrated The Future is Green with a community and fundraising event at The Madrid. The keynote speaker was Lionel Bradford, President/CEO of The Greening of Detroit, who shared his roadmap to success for building a green workforce and how green infrastructure is creating…

BridgingthegapApril 20, 2023

Environmental Justice General News

BTG Named to Justice40 Accelerator Cohort

July 8, 2022: Bridging The Gap is proud to announce that thanks to our Program Director Kechia Smith's leadership, we've been spotlighted by Justice40 as one of 49 community-based, climate-justice organizations nationally, who are applying local knowledge and wisdom to find solutions to the climate crisis. Anchored in love and…

lesliebarlandJuly 8, 2022

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2024 Year-End Letter from BTG’s Executive Director

KCWL Is Bridging The Gap For Native Seed

Love and compassion are paramount in a heated world

Linda Lehrbaum receives Carl N. Becker Stewardship Award

Thriving Communities Event – March 28 , 2024

2023 Year-End Letter from BTG’s Executive Director

Celebrating Monarch Migration & Hispanic Heritage Month

The Future is Green KC

BTG Named to Justice40 Accelerator Cohort

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