CENTRAL CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY INSTITUTE INC
EIN 04-3529309 · Community & Neighborhood Development (S20)
What they do
The Organizations Primary Exempt Purpose Is: to Initiate and Administer Programs Exclusively for Charitable, Educational, Scientific and Literary Purposes Within The Meaning of IRC Section 501(c)(3), and In Furtherance of Such Purposes But Not In Limitation Thereof: A. to Educate The Public Regarding And/or to Encourage: 1. The Physical, Mental, Emotional, Social, and Spiritual Experience of Living Intimately and Indigenously With Nature In The Central Connecticut River Valley Bioregion; 2. Nature Awareness and The Restoration and Maintenance of A Sustainable Ecological Balance In The Bioregion Including, But Not Limited To, The Encouragement and Development of Organic Farming, A Locally-based Food Supply, Sustainable Forestry, and The Use of Earth-friendly Building Construction Materials and Methods; and 3. Traditional and "primitive" Life Skills Including, But Not Limited To, Skills Such As Hunting, Fishing, Tracking, Living Lightly On The Earth, The Use of Wild Plants.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2002
- Location
- 7B WARREN CT, SHELBURNE FLS, MA 01370-1116
- County
- Franklin
- In care of
- T Wilson Flanders