Volunteer Toolkit
Welcome! This page is for those who want to make a difference by volunteering with the Mother Earth Project.
Why Volunteer?
As a volunteer, you’ll play a key role in using art to raise environmental awareness and inspire communities to take collective sustainable actions. Our main methodology, Parachutes For The Planet®, engages communities worldwide to express their environmental concerns through creative expression. With hundreds of volunteers across the globe, we are always looking for passionate environmental activists to join our mission and spread the word.
Volunteer Form
How to Get Involved
1. Decorate Your Parachute:
Explore our Parachute webpage for decorating tips and event ideas, and check out the Parachute Collection for inspiration.
2. Parachute Sit Down
Take 10 minutes to sit together around the parachute. Use this time for introductions, to share personal environmental concerns, discuss sustainable actions (past and future), and reflect on your diverse backgrounds. This bonding experience helps build community solidarity.
3. Gather a Group
Organize a group of 10-20 people from your community.
4. Request a Parachute
Order a parachute from us to start your community project
5. Contact Us
Reach out to let us know you're interested in volunteering!
How to Spread the Parachutes For The Planet® Project
We’re excited to welcome you to our global volunteer team—together, we can make a real impact! Reach out, get involved, and help us sustain the momentum!
Step 1: Learn About the Project
Take time to explore our website to understand the Mother Earth Project’s mission and initiatives.
Step 2: Identify Your Network
Think about schools, organizations, and individuals who might be interested. Review your address book to find connections you already have, making outreach easier.
Step 3: Engage Locally and Globally
Consider potential communities both near and far. Our project spans dozens of countries, and we welcome participation from all types of communities.
Step 4: Introduce the Project
Direct interested communities to our Parachutes For The Planet page and help them determine how many parachutes they need. We suggest 15-20 people per parachute. For parachute requests, follow instructions given in the section below.
Step 5: Inspire Action
Encourage them to share their decorated parachutes locally, take sustainable actions, and present their parachutes to local politicians to demand stronger climate laws.
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Meet Our Volunteers
At the heart of the Mother Earth Project (MEP) is a passionate global team of volunteers driving change through creativity and action. From organizing Parachutes For The Planet® events to coordinating the installation of Mother Earth sculptures and murals, these dedicated individuals are making a tangible impact in communities worldwide.
Do you want to be part of this incredible movement? Join our team of changemakers and help expand MEP’s mission to inspire global environmental action. Contact us here to get started.
Sandra Prüfer
As the Europe MEP Director based in Bonn, Germany—home of the UNFCCC—Sandra has been instrumental in organizing numerous Parachutes For The Planet® events across Europe and beyond. She also oversaw the installation of a Mother Earth sculpture in Bonn in 2020.
Jeffrey Slavin
Jeffrey Slavin is the mayor of the Town of Somerset, Maryland, where MEP began. This town has many green initiatives, such as being a Tree City, LED street lights, composting, recycling, and he and the town supports MEP in many ways.
Kallan and Kimberly Benson
This daughter-mother duo co-directs Parachutes For The Planet®. Kallan created a 24-foot parachute with 1,600 signatures for the 2017 Climate March, which inspired the project’s launch. Their efforts have earned international recognition, including Kallan’s youth award for ocean conservation.
Daisy Chan
Based in Guilin, China, Daisy has connected MEP with local schools and facilitated the installation of a Mother Earth sculpture in China.
Jeremy Schulman
Jeremy Schulman is an attorney who provides pro bono legal services for MEP, including creating its 501(c)3 status.
Joe Sternlieb
Joe Sternlieb is the CEO and President of Georgetown Business Improvement District, BID. Joe was instrumental in negotiating the details that allowed the first Mother Earth sculpture to be installed, now located along the Potomac River in Washington, DC.
Carmen Collins
As MEP’s first intern, Carmen collects and shares global news about environmental achievements, which are featured on MEP’s platforms. She is a student at George Washington University.
Lloyd Chrein
Lloyd is the original webmaster for MotherEarthProject.org (2015-2024)
Jussa Kudherezera
As the MEP Director for Zimbabwe, Jussa has expanded the Parachutes For The Planet® initiative and Mother Earth Murals across his region, with plans for a sculpture in Zimbabwe.
Muhammad Ibrahim
MEP Director for Nigeria, Muhammad has advanced both the Parachutes For The Planet® and Mother Earth Murals in African schools and communities. He represented MEP at COP26 in Glasgow.
Mahame Andrew
Based in Rwanda, Mahame is Co-Founder of Youth for Development and Human Rights Advancement. He is driving MEP initiatives in East Africa, focusing on the climate emergency.
Cathy Orlando
As the International Outreach Manager for Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Cathy has significantly expanded MEP’s reach across Africa, Central America, and Europe.
Stella Nyambura Mbau
A climate activist and environmental scientist from Kenya, Stella has distributed parachutes to climate activists in over 15 African countries.
Tami Kellogg
Tami Kellogg was the lead organizer for Parachutes For The Planet in Panama City, Panama, during the World Youth Day with the Pope in Jan, 2019. The Pope was surrounded with 30 parachutes during his final mass.
Lynn Lewis
Lynn Lewis is the art consultant for MEP. With an expertise with working with young children and a vast knowledge of artistic materials, she has assisted in many aspects of the Parachutes For The Planet™ project. She is currently the art teacher of Somerset Elementary School, Chevy Chase, MD and is an avid painter.
Jussa Kudherezera
Jussa Kudherezera is MEP Director for Zimbabwe. He has helped to expand the Parachutes For The Planet Project in numerous communities, facilitated the creation of many Mother Earth Murals and is presently focused on bringing a Mother Earth Sculpture to Zimbabwe.
Leo Modjo Kenmogne
Leo Modjo Kenmogne is a physician who now believes that a large number of patients she treats have been affected by man-made environmental hazards, such as air pollution. Thus, joining the MEP team has been natural for her and she has been instrumental in coordinating the placement of the Mother Earth sculpture in Cameroon’s capital city of Yaoundé.
Didier Nshimirimana
Didier Nshimirimana is the MEP Director for East Africa. He heads Education Watch Burundi, CCL Burundi and has engaged numerous communities in this region with the Parachutes For The Planet project, including in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and South Sudan.
Lance Reich
Lance Reich is a patent attorney and has handled all of the legal matters related to trademarks for the Mother Earth Project.
Laxmi Saxena
Laxmi Saxena is an educator based in Jaipur, India. As MEP Director for India, she has promoted the Parachutes For The Planet and with her help, MEP installed a Mother Earth sculpture in Jaipur in 2020.
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