Glenview Groups Receive Environmental Sustainability Awards

GLENVIEW, IL — For a 3rd yr, the Village of Glenview has acknowledged organizations in Glenview which are taking the lead with environmental stewardship, progressive finest practices and neighborhood outreach. The awards had been offered by the Village Board of Trustees Tuesday for the Village’s Pure Sources Fee’s Environmental Sustainability Awards program, in response to a launch.

Nominations had been sought from Jan 1-Oct. 15, 2020 from any group — together with companies, faculties, homes of worship and volunteer teams — that serve the Glenview neighborhood.

Nominees had been thought of in three classes: Innovation, Management and Schooling and Outreach, with the potential of gold, silver and bronze placement.

This yr’s winners are:

Innovation – Gold – Blue Star Recyclers
Based in 2009, the nonprofit social enterprise’s mission of recycling electronics additionally creates jobs for individuals with disabilities. Recognizing that the COVID-19 pandemic would curtail conventional methods to supply supplies, the agency labored with the Glenview Dawn Rotary Membership’s Suzanne Lyhus to launch a brand new electronics recycling program with at-home pickup service utilizing a smaller, fuel-efficient van. Since spring, six Rotary golf equipment within the northwest suburbs have participated, with every selling and managing the drives of their respective communities. On this method, residents are capable of recycle e waste as quickly as they’re prepared.

Innovation – Silver – Wiseacre Farm
Glenview’s first hydroponic farm was based by long-time resident Aviad Sheinfeld. The farm is a repurposed delivery container fitted with specialised gear the place greens are grown vertically with no soil. They as a substitute obtain a nutrient resolution, water and LED lighting. As an alternative of coming from throughout the nation, contemporary, sustainably-grown greens are delivered domestically to neighborhood members, neighbors and – given the COVID 19 pandemic – these in want. This methodology shortens the meals provide chain, drastically cuts carbon emissions, and makes use of 98 p.c much less water than conventional agriculture.

Innovation – Bronze – Glenshore Condominiums
Water retention swales west of the 2 15-year-old condominium buildings at 2300 and 2350 Chestnut Avenue are subsequent to Gallery Park’s environmentally vital space. Working with the Village’s Pure Sources Supervisor, the condominium residents put in quite a lot of plant species native to Cook dinner County in one of many swales and took stewardship by controlling invasive species, weeding by hand and doing managed mowing/burning to ascertain prairie vegetation. Impressed by their success, the residents additionally elevated recycling pickups and cleaned out the constructing’s bike room to make it extra handy to make use of surrounding bike paths.

Management – Gold – Trés Mimi
The Glenview-based ladies’s attire retailer is dedicated to state-of-the-art manufacturing methods and a streamlined provide chain centered on sustainable and natural materials. Improvements employed embrace: adhering to stricter requirements for cottons, materials and dyes; combing materials and dyes to keep away from separate dye bathtub; utilizing recycled plastics for buttons; and utilizing 100-percent biodegradable, tight-fitting delivery luggage.

Schooling and Outreach – Gold – New to You
The motto for the greater than 75-year-old charitable resale store, situated within the decrease degree of Glenview Neighborhood Church, is “Rethink, Repurpose, Restore.” By promoting gently-used gadgets – some designer manufacturers – the store helps forestall the surplus use of vitality and supplies it takes to create model new issues. Yarn, buttons, cloth scraps, dishes, jewellery and linens discover new properties as a substitute of ending up within the landfill. The store additionally takes its message to highschool and faculty college students, akin to organising a sales space on the Glenbrook South Excessive Faculty Vacation Bazaar; expands its attain on on-line storage sale boards and neighborhood blogs; and maintains a weekly electronic mail checklist of 900.

The Village of Glenview encourages adopting practices to assist forestall air pollution, scale back waste, preserve vitality, scale back emissions to air and water, and increase recycling. Assembly these sustainable vitality challenges begins at house, within the office and in our faculties. The Village desires to focus on the success tales of organizations inside the neighborhood in order that, if replicated, others could be spurred to collaborate and share methods, insurance policies, procedures and finest practices and consciousness of environmentally sustainable practices could be elevated.

The presentation of the awards on the January 5 Village Board of Trustees assembly could be considered right here: https://glenview.granicus.com/…