GREENevada

GREENevada: Growing Resources for Environmental Education in Nevada. Who We Are: GREENevada stands for Growing Resources for Environmental Education in Nevada.

Our mission is to foster sustainability through environmental education and leadership. What We Do: Plant seeds. Grow roots. Branch out. As environmental leaders, we share ideas and opportunities to foster collaboration that will positively impact our communities.

02/20/2019

Tomorrow is the big day! We hope you are just as excited as we are!

02/17/2019

We'd like to give a BIG thank you to our Sponsors and Supporters for this years Golden Pinecone Sustainability Awards! NV Energy, Renown Health, Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County - RTC, RPI printing & mailing, greenUP! & Mel Wade!

Thank you for supporting this important environmental community recognition event!!

02/16/2019

CONGRATULATIONS to City of Reno Government for winning in the category of Sustainability Milestones!!

Reno Resilience is the City of Reno’s sustainability and climate initiative launched in 2017 to engage regional partners, businesses and residents in efforts to create a more sustainable future and strengthen the community’s capacity to thrive. The city is proud to share its early achievements.

Reno became a Certified 3-STAR Community and published its’ first-of-its-kind Sustainability Report in 2018. STAR Communities is the nation’s leading framework and certification program that evaluates local sustainability against a comprehensive set of sustainability goals and measures that address environmental stewardship, economic prosperity and social equity.

The City also launched ReEnergize Reno, an ambitious program to improve the efficiency of commercial, industrial, and multifamily buildings 20% by 2025. This program is part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge, designed to cut energy and water waste in large buildings. Reno is one of 45 pioneering cities hosting a community-wide challenge. For more information visit https://www.reno.gov/community/sustainability.

02/15/2019

CONGRATS to Alex Marsh from Edward C. Reed High School for winning in the category of Youth Leadership!!

Alex sees the world differently from most; on a visit to the hospital she noticed an issue. When disconnected, her IV fell to the floor causing contamination. This required a replacement the IV cord to prevent infection a common procedure at the hospital. Alex was disturbed by the idea of throwing away a piece of plastic that required tremendous energy to mine, manufacture, and transport. It drove her to design a little 3D printed clip that would keep an IV tube from falling to the floor. Then she applied for an internship at Renown hospital with the REACT committee and worked to reduce medical waste throughout the facility. Her goal was to work with the hospital to use technology and design to find creative solutions to medical packaging waste. In the future, she plans to use technology to solve some of our community and the world’s biggest environmental problems.

Today is the last day to purchase tickets! Make sure to head on over to www.greenevada.org before midnight!

02/13/2019

And the winner for medium to large business goes to, Intuit Reno!!

Intuit has taken the concept of reduce, reuse and recycle to the corporate level. For Reduce, Intuit has done an amazing job of reducing the waste on their campus. They eliminated single use plastic items in favor of actual plates, bowls and utensils, and they have incorporated a comprehensive recycling program.

While the rest of the community has a high contamination rate for recycling, Intuit uses shadow boxes above their trash and recycling bins to clearly and explicitly show users what type of material belongs in that bin. Intuit has kiosks in their facility to collect items like bikes, phones and glasses that can be donated and reused by charities like the Lions club.

Intuit also has several sustainability initiatives including electric charging stations for electric cars, and they have installed secure bike parking locations for their commuters who including incorporating a bike repair stations.

Head on over to www.greenevada.org to buy tickets!

02/12/2019

Great Basin Comm Food Co-Op, we see you! CONGRATS for winning in the Small Business category!

The Great Basin Community Food Co-Op (GBCFC) has a long history in northern Nevada, opening their first store in 2005 and moving into their current location in 2012. Their new Foodshed Cafe, opening just a year ago in 2018 as Reno’s first cafe that features primarily organic and local goods. GBCFC operates as a cooperative business that prioritizes “organic, local, single source clean food that is produced in a fair way for all involved,” it has long been their goal to both educate the public about sustainable food production in the region and bring organic, local food into Reno’s food deserts. Adopting a larger view of the food system looking to impact all levels of food production and consumption has allowed them to become a business that, in their own words, models, practices, and promotes environmental stewardship. GBCFC’s 2018-2021 Strategic Plan highlights their commitment to sustainability. Strengthening the local food system is a big part of what they do along with many others such as cutting food waste, landfill diversion, community outreach, staff education, and paying farmer and ranchers top dollar for their products.

There is still time to buy tickets. Head on over to www.greenevada.org!

02/11/2019

Way to go, Diamond Peak Ski Resort, for winning in the category of Government Agency!!

Diamond Peak Ski Resort became first in the region and second in the nation to be recognized for sustainable operations in 2018 by completing a 2-year evaluation and certification process by the independent, third party service – STOKE (Sustainable Tourism Operator’s Kit for Evaluation). The ski area achieved an overall compliance score of 78% across 110 criteria in four categories of sustainability performance. Top initiatives for this community-owned ski area include: free town shuttles, electric vehicle charging stations, a children’s coloring book featuring plants and animals native to the resort, and millions of dollars of investment into local watershed restoration. Refillable water pouches, filling stations, and “Take Care” signage have aided a 34% reduction in water bottle sales. Diamond Peak’s average waste diversion rate of 36% combined with recycling ideas such as molding old maps into terrain features has avoided 446 metric tons of CO2 (2015-2017) equal to 1 million vehicle miles.

Visit www.greenevada.org to purchase tickets!

02/09/2019

GREAT JOB The Greenhouse Project for also winning in the category of Nonprofit Organization!

The Greenhouse Project (TGP) is a nonprofit corporation with a mission of growing, giving and teaching for a healthier and greener community. The organization grows thousands of pounds of produce each year for the underserved in Carson City, and it provides garden-based learning opportunities for students and the community. At two micro-farm sites, one on the campus of Carson High School and the other at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center, farm managers and staff utilize organic growing practices and strive for sustainability. A multitude of flowering plants are propagated throughout TGP gardens to encourage native pollinators and beneficial insects to balance garden pests. A solar array provides a percentage of the electrical needs at the high school site. In addition to the produce that is donated to area food banks, TGP supports Future Farmers of America (FFA) and provides fresh produce and herbs to the Carson High School culinary program.

Visit www.greenevada.org to buy tickets!

02/09/2019

Yahoo! CONGRATULATIONS, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, for winning in the category of Nonprofit Organization!!

Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to creating a cleaner, more beautiful region through active community involvement and education. Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful was founded in 1989 and has worked for 30 years with businesses, municipalities, community groups and individuals to keep our open spaces, the Truckee River, business corridors, and neighborhoods beautiful and clean for all to enjoy. Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful organizes hundreds of community beautification projects each year including flower and tree planting, is the voice for a clean and beautiful area by assisting local leaders with major issues like illegal dumping and trash along the river, holds large-scale cleanup events and recruits over 4,000 volunteers a year to help remove litter and invasive weeds, and educates the public about current issues and solutions, provides recycling resources and inspires children to become community stewards through its standards-aligned school programs.

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02/08/2019

CONGRATULATIONS to Christi Cakiroglu with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful for winning in the category of Individual/Volunteer!!

Hired as Executive Director in 2002, Christi leads her small staff to coordinate more than 100 volunteer cleanup and beautification events that engages approximately 5,000 volunteers, and educates more than 4,000 youth each year. Under her leadership, KTMB has undertaken several innovative initiatives including the Great Community Cleanup and Truckee River Cleanup Day which is a partnership of local and federal agencies that now engages close to 1,000 volunteers every spring and fall. Working with Lynda Nelson at Washoe County Parks in 2006, Christi developed and KTMB continues to lead the Illegal Dumping Task Force which pursues ways to prevent illegal dumping including educating residents and elected officials about the dangers and negative impacts of blight. Christi’s persistence and tenacity helped provide the spark needed to create what has evolved into the One Truckee River Partnership and Management Plan to guide local municipalities and agencies who want to protect the river.

You can still purchase tickets by visiting www.greenevada.org!

02/07/2019

The Golden Pinecone Sustainability Awards are less than two weeks away! Here's a quick about the history of the awards!

The Golden Pinecone Ball was started by Tod Bedrosian, Bob Fulkerson, Glenn Miller and Bob Loux to bring the environmental community together as friends and initially to get the community excited about stopping the dump of nuclear waste. The pinecone awards were handmade out of plywood, an ironic twist on formal award ceremonies to honor environmental achievements of the past year.

Last year’s event was enjoyed by Environmental Groups from all over Reno whose mission is to make our region cleaner, healthier and more desirable to live in.

To buy your tickets, please visit www.greenevada.org!

02/06/2019

Congratulations to Kristina Britt from Bordewich Bray Elementary School for winning in the category of Educator!

Kristina Britt works at Bordewich-Bray Elementary School in Carson City as a Speech Pathologist, but her love for sustainability has driven her to start the school Green Team back in 2012. They have accomplished so much and the kids love it year after year. Kristina has spearheaded a number of projects throughout the years with the help of grants, local nurseries, DRI, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the school district’s Operations team. Projects include 3 raised garden beds, a Monarch butterfly habitat, an outdoor classroom area, recycling stations around the school, and so much more. Kristina also is a member of the district’s Sustainability Action Team. And she participates in a district wide culture and behavioral change program call PowerED sponsored by McKinstry. Staying after school and inspiring the students to be the change is not a chore for Kristina, she lives sustainability.

Kristina will be honored at the 2019 Golden Pinecone Sustainability Awards February 20th! Tickets are available at https://greenevada.org/!

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