GREENevada

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

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!!

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.

Reno Resilience | City of Reno

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.

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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.

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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.

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