The City of Greensboro’s Office of Sustainability and Resilience has a couple of things going on at the start of 2025 in an attempt to keep residents cognizant of being green and eco-friendly.
For one thing, the office is seeking artists for its “Trash Bash Competition,” which will be held on Saturday, March 1.
In partnership with the non-profit organization Reconsidered Goods, the Trash Bash will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on that Saturday at the Grove Creative Coworking Space at Revolution Mill, 1200 Textile Dr. in Greensboro.
City officials describe the event as a “found-art” competition that‘s open to anyone age 14 and up. Competitors may register as an individual or as a team of three to five people. Individuals will be placed into teams on the day of the event. The number of participants is very limited, so register early if you want to take part. You can get more information at https://greensboronc.jotform.com/243614991958068.
The event is being held to help promote creative reuse of discarded materials. The artists will compete by building free-standing sculptures with items provided by Reconsidered Goods, which is a creative reuse center that diverts donated materials from landfills.
The winning team will receive a “one-of-a-kind” Reconsidered Goods Reuse Trophy.
Visitors are invited to come out and watch the competition.
Also, the Office of Sustainability and Resilience, in partnership with the Community Sustainability Council, is now accepting nominations for its third annual Live Green Awards Program.
Members of the community are being encouraged to submit their nominations at https://tinyurl.com/ycym68pv.
The deadline is Monday, Feb. 17.
The Live Green Awards offer a chance for businesses, people, and community organizations to be recognized for their “efforts towards advancements in sustainability work for the Greensboro community.”
Awards are presented in the following categories:
Energy Wise Award – Honors commitment to advancing renewable energy, enhancing energy efficiency, reducing air pollutants, and implementing innovative energy practices.
Sustainability Champion Award – Recognizes those who lead the charge in sustainable practices.
Waste Not Award – Honors exceptional commitment to recycling, composting, waste avoidance, responsible sourcing and waste recovery.
In Touch with Nature Award – Recognizes those who excel in environmental stewardship through innovative conservation and sustainable landscaping practices.
Water Wise Award – Recognizes and honors initiatives in water conservation and management of storm water.
The Unity in Sustainability Award – Recognizes and honors collaborations that unite the community through sustainability.
Council Chair Conor Baker stated of the awards, “The Community Sustainability Council is honored to highlight the amazing work within our community and we can’t wait to see who is nominated.”
On Saturday, April 26, the Community Sustainability Council will celebrate the winners at the City’s Earth Day celebration, which will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Keeley Park. If you’d like more information, you can contact the city via email at LiveGreen@greensboro-nc.gov or call 336-373-2712.
Will there be a Leaf of the month yard award?
Where does Skip live?
What a load of silly back patting, and feel-good self-indulgence. Funded by your tax dollars.
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Sometimes I wonder if the Parasitic Sector is just mocking us at this point.
” Ha, ha, ha! You lot might be struggling, but we have so much of your money that we can just play with it now, for our own amusement and fun! We are so pleased with ourselves that we award ourselves trophies and trinkets for fighting “the climate crisis” (which is an imaginary bogeyman we dreamed up to increase our power).
So you serfs in the Productive Sector keep on working hard – and we’ll keep on taking more of that money from you. We “need” it…. ”
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Oh no! I bet they spent $10s of dollars and maybe $100s of dollars for this event!! How will Greensboro survive with such a massive spend on a program!? And on such a silly thing as Art and promoting a cleaner city environment. Those evil deep state people in Greensboro!!!!
Is there anything you won’t whine about?
So rich, coming from you.
Whine ?
That’s rich …
Oh, the hypocracy !
I noted the following category of awards:
“Waste Not Award – Honors exceptional commitment to recycling, composting, waste avoidance, responsible sourcing and waste recovery.”
I think they should give this award to the City Council for terminating the loose-leaf collection program, since most of them thought picking up the leaves and recycling them for taxpayers with trees in their yards was a waste of the taxes they were paying to the City.
This makes me so happy. We can all feel good together.