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Princess Tours Rail Division A strong Green Star supporter, Princess Tours Rail is sponsoring next month's Green Star Member Mixer. Thanks!
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Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council
The YRITWC provides Yukon First Nations and Alaska Tribes in the Yukon Watershed with technical assistance, such as facilitating the development and exchange of information, coordinating efforts between First Nations and Tribes, undertaking research, and providing training, education and awareness programs to promote the health of the Watershed and its Indigenous peoples. |
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Kim Kovol Executive Director Josh Sherwood |
What's New
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Green Star's new address, as of May 1st, is: 333 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 310, Anchorage, AK 99501.
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Member Benefits
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Green Star offers benefits to its members beyond just energy savings and waste reduction. Many local businesses offer product and service discounts to Green Star members. Visit our Member Benefits page to learn more. |
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SHINING STARS
Green Star welcomes its latest Green Star Award-certified organization.
Green Star congratulates two Award-certified organizations that recently submitted recertification packages, illustrating their continued commitment to environmental sustainability.
- Alaska Railroad Corporation
- ConocoPhillips Alaska
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EVENTS & REMINDERS
Find more events on Green Star's web calendar. Public Transportation Open House -- August 11 The Public Tranportation Department invites the public to an open house, August 11, 11:30am to 2pm, to learn about transit. The open house will be held on the 2nd floor of the Downtown Transit Center at 700 W. 6th Avenue. Staff will be on hand to answer questions about People Mover, AnchorRIDES and Anchorage Share-A-Ride. Attendees will learn about how People Mover and AnchorRIDES are using intelligent transportation systems; People Mover's Blueprint Long Range Transportation Plan; Anchorage Travel Options Program; free travel training; bus stop improvements and route and schedule planning. Transit also is soliciting public comment on the People Mover Program of Projects, Title VI Policy/Limited English Proficiency, Human Service Transportation Coordination goals and objectives and Program Management Plan; and AnchorRIDES policies regarding same day service changes; clarification on curb, door and hand-to-hand service and definitions of standard mobility aids. Anyone wishing to provide oral comments on the described matters may do so at this meeting or may provide written comments to: Anchorage Public Transportation Department, P.O. Box 196650, Anchorage, AK 99519-6650, FAX (907) 343-4202, or wwtd@muni.org. Alaska Renewable Energy Fair -- August 13 Come on down for this FREE annual event on the Anchorage Park Strip to see how renewable energy and energy efficiency development is taking off across the state. The fair is a fun and informative event featuring live music, food, informational booths, children's activities and expert panels on renewable energy, do-it-yourself projects and energy efficiency. Visit REAP for more information.
Plastic Garden Pot Recycling One-Day Event -- August 20
Recycle your plastic garden pots on Saturday, August 20, from 10am to 5pm at the Alaska Botanical Garden Parking Lot, off Campbell Airstrip Road, one block South of Tudor.
Accepted items:
Plastic Garden Pots, Trays and Cell Packs (please sort pots for 2 separate drop off bins)
- #2 HDPE pots
- #5 PP, #6 PS, and #7 Other pots, cells packs and trays
Note: Some pots are not marked - sort with similar pots.
Important Tips:
- Rinse or remove all soil.
- Remove metal hangers.
- Stack pots, trays and cell packs to save space.
- Pre-sort pots before arriving (there will be 2 bins at the event).
- ONLY bring pots during the event. No pre or post event drop off, please.
- Recyclers are welcome to take pots home for reuse!
Nurseries and Greenhouses: This event is for residents only. Special drop-off for businesses on August 15-19 at Anchorage Recycling Center at 6161 Rosewood (off Dowling Rd.)
RockTenn Recycling will bale the pots and ship them to market in Seattle. Pots are then recycled into plastic lumber and more! For more information, contact Mary Fisher, ALPAR, at 644-7968 or alpar@gci.net. This event is sponsored by: ALPAR, Alaska Botanical Garden, Alaska Waste, Anchorage Media Group, and RockTenn.
Free Electronics Recycling -- September 1-30
All Green Star member businesses will be offered free recycling of most electronics at Total Reclaim Inc. during the month of September. All electronics except TVs and monitors will be accepted for free. TVs cost $25 each and monitors cost $12 each. Contact Total Reclaim at 561-0544 or aklogistics@totalreclaim.com for more details.
Green Star Member Mixer -- September 26
Join Green Star in recognizing our newest Award-certified and recertified organizations while sampling complimentary snacks at Midnight Sun Brewing Company. The mixer is open to all members and non-members from 5 to 7pm at the brewery (8111 Dimond Hook Drive, Anchorage). Midnight Sun's beers will be available for sale as well. A big thank you to Princess Tours Rail Division for sponsoring the first round of ale at this event! Alaska Materials Exchange. Don't forget to list your used items on the exchange or look there for items before going shopping. At any given time, you can find office furniture and supplies, chemicals, pallets, constructions materials and more. Visit AME for more information. |
A CALL FOR ART
FOR AMERICA RECYCLES DAY
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This year's America Recycles Day celebration in Anchorage will involve recycled art. Entries are sought for the revAmp-Recycle-resTore juried art exhibit in celebration of "America Recycles Day - November 15, 2011" sponsored by MOA Solid Waste Services, ALPAR, Green Star, and Central Recycling Services. The exhibit opens Friday, November 1, at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art, 4th Avenue Marketplace, as well as at other "green" locations throughout Anchorage. Visit the revAmp-Recycle-resTore blogspot for details and an entry form to include your art. The entry form has much more detail about requirements etc. The event is seeking both amateur and professional artists, craftspeople, and recyclers to create art using found objects. You may use whatever you like but each piece must be at least 90% recycled/reused materials. Entries are due by September 28, so start thinking about your piece now!
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GREEN STAR GOES TO RUBYThe Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council invited Green Star to participate in its biennial summit hosted in Ruby, AK. More than 70 First Nations and Tribal entities from Alaska and Canada's Yukon Territory attended. The primary focus of the event was a clean Yukon River. Green Star staff shared technical resources and listened to elders' recommendations regarding Green Star's pilot project to create a Green Star Award for tribal communities.  | Casey and Cheyenne, of Ruby, AK, sport Green Star pins!
The youth also performed several songs and dances welcoming the guests to their community. |
Green Star staff brought recycling containers for the event (thank you BP and AIH!), which were left for the community as a gift and in support of Ruby's recycling goals. Josh Sherwood jumped in to assist with the operation of the community's new drum crushing machine,
the DrumBeater, which will allow for easier recycling of used metal drums.  |
Stephen Price, Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council's Solid Waste Coordinator, demonstrates how the DrumBeater works. |
All staff enjoyed the warm hospitality of the Ruby community. Green Star staff camped on a ridge overlooking the Yukon River, survived resilient mosquitos, and stayed dry amid tremendous rain showers and flooding of the campground areas. Green Star thanks the staff of the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council for their hard work and looks forward to the next summit. |
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