Bunny’s Flowers, a Philadelphia based non-profit, wishes to have a driveway and a parking lot to improve access to their property. The property is currently inaccessible due to copious amounts of stormwater runoff creating severe mud on the site of the proposed driveway and parking lot. Bunny’s Flowers is seeking a hydrologist to assess and document the runoff and possible mitigations. The goal is to obtain scientific documentation of the issues that can then be brought to outside agencies the non-profit wants to engage in the mitigation process. Once the water situation is addressed, a new driveway and parking lot can be built to make the land accessible to the community.
Bunny’s Flowers is a small, local nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, PA, that works with underserved urban communities. They wish to grow crops, have natural habitat and landscapes to teach the community about land, earth, life cycles, nutrition, climate change, social and educational justice. Their goal is to empower people to take charge of their lives and move more confidently in the world.
Through this project, Bunny’s Flowers seeks to assess the causes of local stormwater runoff that is causing accessibility issues to their property. They seek documentation of the findings in a scientific report to make a case for mitigating the storm water runoff. The goal is to create a driveway and parking lot that allows improved access to Bunny’s Flowers’ property for the local community. The non-profit wishes to engage the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Enbridge Pipeline Company. Bunny’s Flowers hopes the report will document the severity of the flooding issue and help forward their goal of fixing the issue and have an accessible property. If all goes well, the assessment, documentation and mitigation suggestions report should take 3 – 6 months.
Bunny’s Flowers’ mission is to nurture all aspects of environmental and wellness education programs that center on community development and public education for children, adults and families. Bunny’s Flowers is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, managed and led by all volunteers.
Brandon Grossinger (President & Co-Founder, Bunny’s Flowers)
Brandon Grossinger has been working in community development and education for over 20 years. His impassioned leadership skills have driven his work in elevating local activism and birthing sustainable, collaborative solutions to meet community needs for long-term sustainability.
Brandon is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School’s educator program and has applied his learnings throughout his extensive work experience. His work includes assisting the Youth Services Agency’s outdoor adventure and music therapy programs, and teaching and mentoring at-risk youth in juvenile detention.
He also co-founded Broad Street Beats, which served North Philadelphia’s children and families through various educational programs that were later adopted by various churches and other educational organizations throughout the city to help increase its community impact.
As a community development consultant, Brandon has served alongside an array of community leaders and organizations notably Miracle Corners of the World NYC, and Blue Ocean Global Technology.
For more team members: bunnysflowers.org/our-team/
Janet Greene (Park Guide, National Park Service)
Janet Greene works for the National Park Service in the Washington DC area. She has been interpreting the parks for 12 years. Janet currently works for the George Washington Memorial Parkway which includes National Historic Sites to monuments to waterfalls, swamps and marshes.
The scientist will document the amount of water flow, where it is coming from, what and how it is affecting the property and write a report detailing the extent and severity of the flooding that outlines a pathway for flood mitigation.
Desired Skills and Qualifications
Thriving Earth Exchange asks all scientific partners to work with the community to help define a project with concrete local impact to which they can contribute as pro-bono volunteers and collaborators. This work can also position the scientists and communities to seek additional funding, together, for the next stage.
For more information on partners, please visit: bunnysflowers.org/partners/
