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Celebrate Earth Day with Us
Lakewood's annual Earth Day Celebration is this Saturday and features a full day of live music, learning, fitness activities and creating! Join the celebration on Saturday, April 21, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Our theme this year focuses on how you can make a positive impact in your community by living a more sustainable lifestyle. You can read all about the exciting things taking place in last week's special edition newsletter or at Lakewood.org/EarthDay.
Thank you to this year's sponsors for making this event possible!
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Congratulations to the 2018 Sustainability Award Winners
Lakewood is celebrating the 11th anniversary of the Sustainability Awards with an inspiring set of leaders. These eight winners for the 2018 Sustainability Awards showed us how creativity, passion and determination can create healthier communities, keep waste out of the landfill, spread environmental awareness and bring neighbors together. Keep reading to learn about our 2018 award winners!
Community Sustainability Award
- Eaton Senior Communities & Lakewood Bicycle Advisory Team teamed up to launch Cycling Without Age, a program that allows seniors to enjoy a bike ride and good conversation no matter their age or ability.
- Zero Waste Services hosted a clothing swap, distributed reusable bags and organized other creative events to promote waste diversion in Lakewood.
- The Lakewood Heritage Center Volunteer Gardeners exemplified sustainable gardening by avoiding synthetic fertilizers, donating produce, and composting all of the garden waste.
- The Action Center used creativity to improve their ReClothe Program, which connects 230,000 pieces of clothing to neighbors in need.
Defender of the Planet Award
- The Green Mountain Area Homeschoolers taught their community how to safely coexist with wildlife through educational displays, presentations and youth activities.
- The Dunstan Middle School Student Council launched a school-wide energy saving challenge that led to a $10,000 award for additional energy upgrades.
Bruce Peoples Eco-Employee Award
- Teachers and staff at Lakewood's 11th Avenue and Patterson Head Start facilities successfully launched compost collection in their classrooms and became zero waste champions for their students and coworkers.
- Lakewood Recreation Programmer Renee Jones implemented a zero waste approach at Lakewood Recreation Older Adult Recreation events, reaching more than 1,200 individuals each year.
Visit Lakewood.org/SustainabilityAwards for a full description of the awards and join Lakewood City Council in honoring the winners on May 7, 2018 at the Civic Center, 480 S. Allison Parkway. The reception will take place between 6-7 p.m. during which, guests will be able to meet the award winners and enjoy appetizers, courtesy of Rubio's Coastal Grill. The ceremony will take place during the City Council meeting, beginning at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers.
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We Need Your Help!
You can make every day earth day by recycling! Recycling saves energy, decreases pollution and preserves the Lakewood we love. It is something simple we can all do to protect our planet and give our children an even better tomorrow.
Whether you are starting from scratch or are a zero waste champion, we need your help to reach Lakewood’s recycling goals! Visit Lakewood.org/WeRecycle for recycling facts, tips and other resources to help you and your neighbors recycle more.
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Help Lakewood Become a
Top Water Saver
Join Mayor Adam Paul in pledging to save every drop of water and help Lakewood win as the most water-wise city in the National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation. Sign up at mywaterpledge.com by May 1. Residents in the cities with the most pledges are eligible to win eco-friendly prizes and money for their utility bills. They can also nominate their favorite charity to win a hybrid Toyota.
Last year, residents in more than 4,800 cities in all 50 states pledged to reduce their annual use of fresh water by 2.2 billion gallons. Take a minute to help Lakewood show the rest of the nation it cares about our planet.
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