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Environment: Everyday efforts make an impact
When thinking about Environment, GFWC has Environmental Resolutions, and encourages community related projects such as recycling programs or beautification projects. Unfortunately, these projects are difficult to accomplish for clubs with smaller memberships numbers.
Start at the club level and recognize how the efforts of our members, over the club year makes a difference.
- Send communications via email, print just enough handouts. Then estimate the number of sheets of paper your club saved.
- At club meetings bring reusable water bottles, or insulated tumblers. Then estimate the number of disposable cups saved.
- For club meetings or events, have club members carpool. Estimate the miles saved by using one car.
Regards,
Rosemary Douglas
Environment Chairperson
COMMUNITY CONNECTION INITIATIVE:
SPARKLING SEEDS, BRILLIANT BUTTERFLIES, GLAMOROUS GARDEN GLOVES!
Community gardens provide green spaces in urban areas, give growers without land of their own a place to work, and promote a real sense of community. Enrich your community by partnering with local businesses, other community groups, and/or schools to plan, develop, and grow a community garden. Look toward local gardening companies to help sponsor or donate. Enlist the help of master gardeners, landscape architects, or garden clubs to assist with designing the best garden for your community using native plants, including the needs of pollinators, and providing water and shelter. Use your community garden as an outdoor garden learning center and teach students about the benefits of gardening.
Work with local nursing homes and assisted living facilities to bring some sunshine into the lives of our more experienced generations. Gardens can be as large or as small as your space allows. Don those gloves to help your seeds sprout into a community garden that brings benefits to many. Check out the Community Garden Fundraising link in Resources.
SPARKLING SEEDS, BRILLIANT BUTTERFLIES, GLAMOROUS GARDEN GLOVES!
Community gardens provide green spaces in urban areas, give growers without land of their own a place to work, and promote a real sense of community. Enrich your community by partnering with local businesses, other community groups, and/or schools to plan, develop, and grow a community garden. Look toward local gardening companies to help sponsor or donate. Enlist the help of master gardeners, landscape architects, or garden clubs to assist with designing the best garden for your community using native plants, including the needs of pollinators, and providing water and shelter. Use your community garden as an outdoor garden learning center and teach students about the benefits of gardening.
Work with local nursing homes and assisted living facilities to bring some sunshine into the lives of our more experienced generations. Gardens can be as large or as small as your space allows. Don those gloves to help your seeds sprout into a community garden that brings benefits to many. Check out the Community Garden Fundraising link in Resources.