Good and Green News & Updates
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Our monthly newsletter is the source for Good and Green updates, activities, events, and opportunities in the City of Sunrise, Florida. We also want to recognize outstanding community leaders and organizations. We would love to highlight your sustainability efforts and accomplishments (e.g. neighborhood cleanup, water conservation tip, butterfly garden, etc.) - please contact us at
[email protected]
to share your stories!
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Sunrise Certified a Wildlife-Friendly City by the National Wildlife Federation
Becoming the 128th Certified Community Wildlife Habitat in the nation!
The City registered with National Wildlife Federation (NWF) in June 2016, and has since been working diligently to certify more than
200 wildlife habitats
at homes, schools, and public spaces.
The Connectivity Grant through the Community Foundation of Broward—along with NWF and NatureScape Broward—accelerated efforts that enabled Sunrise to host multiple community workshops, plant giveaways, and school garden projects in furtherance of earning the certification. Many residents in the community got involved by volunteering to help install gardens and habitats, and give out plants:
- Friends of the Library purchased native plants and invited community volunteers to help install a butterfly garden at the Dan Pearl Library. Plantation High Key Club members, Timberland store employees, and many others from the community answered the call!
- Franklin Academy STEM students, from Ms. Drew’s classes, worked with City staff to install a pollinator garden at the Sunrise Gas Division building. The students also come back every 6 months to help maintain the garden!
- Students at Nob Hill Elementary, Discovery Elementary, and Welleby Elementary installed butterfly gardens on campus as outdoor classrooms.
- Over 500 plants were installed by volunteers to create a Bird Garden at Markham Park – it’s next to the Butterfly Garden that has been there for years across from the dog park area. Go check it out!
- Our Sunrise Sustainability Advisory Board volunteered all day giving out plants at the Sunrise Earth Day Festival and educating residents on how to certify their yards. All nine members have certified their own yards!
When you can literally walk outside your door, leave the library, or play at school and be able to connect to nature – that is definitely something worth celebrating!
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You can get a $100 rebate for a low-flow WaterSense
® toilet.
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You might be eligible for two! If you’re a homeowner, business, or a non-profit, you could be eligible too. Over 15,000 rebates have been issued to homeowners, businesses and nonprofits. Why shouldn’t you be next? The average family can save 20-60 percent of their water-flushing use, reducing the water bill by up to $150 per year. If you’re a business or non-profit, chances are you’ll save much more.
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hole Lot of Ways to Reduce Waste!
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Did you know that 25% more waste is created during the holiday season?
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The more people who make sustainable choices, the greater effect those choices will have on our planet. And a sustainable planet will result in better health and longer lives for the people and animals that live on it.
So this year, instead of buying something that ends up collecting dust in someone’s closet, make your holidays joyous in spirit and gentle on the environment.
Buy Ethical. Look for items that are marked "fair trade."
Shop Local. Visit small businesses and farmer's markets.
When you buy local, more of your money stays in the local economy. Remember to take your own reusable bags on shopping trips!
Make It. Bake a cake, cookies, or a home-cooked meal that can be put in the freezer for someone in your community that lives alone. You could also knit, sew, build, or create art. Use the holidays to spark your creativity—and have some fun!
Choose Secondhand. Search the thrift shops and antique stores. Check out eBay and remember to tick the "used" box in the search criteria.
Buy Less Stuff. Ask yourself before buying, "do I really need this and will I use it more than once?" Give experiences as gifts instead of things such as dinner certificates, tickets to the movies or a show, passes to a local museum. Give your time and skill by volunteering. Donate to a charity or service organization in the name of a friend of relative who supports that cause.
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Easy small changes that can reduce your holiday plastic waste!
If every American family wrapped just three presents in re-used materials, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields.
Today, wrapping paper is often laminated, and can also contain
additives such as gold and silver coloring, synthetic glitter, and plastics making it non-recyclable.
Take the Sunrise Pledge to
Pass Up Plastics, and try out these plastic-free tips:
- Choose a real tree (or reuse your artificial tree for at least 10 years)
- Rethink gift wrap, and get creative using recycled or reusable materials
- Don't forget to use your reusable shopping bags, they could also make nice gift bags
- Go natural with decorations and wreaths
- Ditch the plastic straws at holiday parties
- Invest in a reusable advent calendar
- Put leftovers in reusable containers
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