Profound New Need Spurs Development of a New Camp and Resort

The recent collapse of the housing market is continuing to create homeless children and young adults. Our understanding and curriculum based on fun ways to learn about sustainability can help put these young adults on the path to the future, with your help. The market for land and real estate generally has collapsed so completely that there are millions of Americans who are under water, or upside down in their mortgages. In fact, owing the banks more than their homes are worth. Don't tell anyone, but the simple fact is that every mortgage assures the bank far more money than the home, or commercial property is worth, but that is for another post. In some counties across America, the number of homeless children has doubled over the past year. The lingering crisis in the housing market is crippling families and creating desperate timers for millions. ECO-Tours of Wisconsin Inc. is a local not-for-profit that has worked for years to stabilize the climate and build relationships between our guests and mother Earth for over seven years. Now, we are embarking on a new project that can help spread our message to both a wider audience and more deeply instill our insights into ecological systems through the founding of a new camp.
This camp/resort will be a time share for those who can afford it and a pressure relief valve for families facing another crisis that is based in the fallout of old way thinking. The work that ECO-Tours has accomplished in their first six years is amazing. over 120,000 native trees have been planted since our inception and an additional 200,000 tree seeds have been planted across northeast Wisconsin which have begun a process of reforestation that transforms waste land and highly degraded acreage into lush and essential habitat, water absorbing native vegetation and corridors for wildlife and humans to enjoy year round. We have planted in hundreds of sites across Northeast Wisconsin and are working to secure land on which to found a new sort of summer camp, one designed to work with homeless youth who will be introduced to the scientific principles of ecology, given opportunities to see firs hand sustainable systems for food and energy production and live in a community of individuals who take to heart the responsibility we share to both one another and Mother Earth. Founder, Tony C. Saladino wants to open the doors to adventure for young adults and teach by example the myriad ways that each of us can become better stewards of our part of this wonderful system we call the Earth as well as the entire globe of ours.
We have found forty-seven acres on the shore of Lake Superior, surrounded by millions of acres of wild lands. In addition there is a parcel of commercial space and another forty acres of cleared farm land nearby that will be for organic food production. Financial need is great, but through the power of social media, the internet generally and the power of good ideas to thrive, we are plunging ahead into the project full sail. Especially in these days, when the mercury tickles the hundred degree mark, imagine being able to send needy children to the shores of thew Greatest Lake for a few weeks and having young adults come back ready to solve many of our most pressing environmental problems. The physical location of the camp would be difficult to improve upon. In addition to being in a beautiful and idyllic place, there are dozens of opportunities for recreation. Learning too is facilitated by the clean fresh air, the nutritious food and ability to spend long days in the out of doors.
Our unique vision includes resort-like facilities for those who seek adventure but lack gear and for those who wish to be guided into their wilderness experiences.
We will continue to reforest areas that have been denuded by the heavy hand of humankind. Tree planting and selection of appropriate species for each microclimate has always been a strong focus of our efforts, we will continue to provide this type of information and activity because it provides a unique connection to the Earth and the living systems that depend on the stability and protection that trees provide. Those who can afford to support our work are encouraged to donate what they can. Those who wish to come as guests, we sell eighty day packages at $10K. We are ready to move into this new phase of the existence of ECO-Tours as soon as possible, please help with what you can and help spread the word by sharing this information with friends, loved ones and networks that you feel would support our programs.
Anyone wishing to find out more about the developing business plan, our educational opportunities or leadership training exercises, contact us on facebook, as ECO-Tours of Wisconsin Inc. or use the Director's email: tnsaladino42@hotmail.com