Learn how a team of resident trash facilitators transformed waste management by overseeing Trash Rooms, educating neighbors, and partnering with staff to launch composting and special recycling programs.
A joint resident/administration committee was formed at Wake Robin to oversee disbursement of funds raised for greenhouse gas emission reduction measures on campus.
Host a party to minimize paper waste, keeping unnecessary mail out of landfills while conserving natural resources and protecting trees. Read about RiverWoods Durham’s unique approach!
Eating sustainably helps fight climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with food production, transportation, and waste. Read about Wake Robin’s unique approach.
Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single-use plastics?
The Countersett project attempts to change the 50-year-old landscape of one of the neighborhood courtyards at Kendal at Longwood into a model for our larger community in its second 50 years. 📑 Download the case study in PDF format by clicking here.
🏔️ “Peak shaving” is an odd term! You may start to hear this term more often in your community. It is a handy and catchy term to describe saving energy on high-demand days. Learn why we use this term and more importantly, how Collington organized resident volunteers to conduct a peak shaving pilot program.
📑 Available for download: Collington Peak Energy Use Pilot Case Study [PDF]
👣 Learn how one senior living community calculated their carbon footprint. Why is this so important? Have you heard the term: “net-zero”? Your community’s carbon footprint represents its current emissions, a number such as “2000”, using a standardized set of guidelines. Once you know your number, you can then aim for “0”!
📑 Available for download: Collington Carbon Footprint Case Study [PDF]
🎞️Learn how to hold a successful film series! Joel Brody, a SSAFE member from Collington, a Kendal Affiliate in Bowie, MD, shares his methodology and lessons learned from his overwhelmingly successful monthly film series at Collington.
📑 Available for download: Monthly Climate/Sustainability Film Series . [PDF]
Residents wanted noisy and polluting gasoline-powered lawn care equipment replaced by battery-powered models.
📑 Available for download: Lawn Care Equipment Case Study [PDF]
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