Recycling Improves in Incline Village and Crystal Bay
Incline Village General Improvement District (IVGID) and Waste Management (WM) recently announced the launch of the Blue Bag program in Incline Village and Crystal Bay, replacing the separate bins system that has been in place for 15 years. The new program, which launches on June 30, marks the first single-stream, municipal recycling program for the State of Nevada. Customers can put all their recyclables in a single blue bag: glass, tin, steel, aluminum, mixed paper, cardboard, paperboard and plastics #1 through #7. Residential clients will use ‘blue bags’ for bi-weekly recycling collection while commercial customers will be serviced weekly using designated 96-gallon recycling carts. Materials from the Incline/Crystal Bay program will be processed at the Cabin Creek Materials Reclamation Facility in Truckee for the first year of the program. Waste Management officials in the northern Nevada region are considering upgrades to their Reno-based processing facilities, in order to expand single stream recycling to the Reno area in 2009. Contact the Incline Village GID office at 775-832-1212.
Green Building Design
July 11
Stacey Crowley, architect and Director of Master Planning and Environmental Initiatives for Kiley Ranch, presents at the Nevada Museum of Art. She will look at mid-century modernism, green building design, and the integration of indoor and outdoor spaces in architectural planning and design. Tickets: $5/$4 NMA members. Purchase tickets online at nevadaart.org/tickets or at the NMA admissions desk.
Community Workshop on Wayfinding Signs
Wayfinding Signs are directional signs that inform the visitor of the location of public amenities, special features and important places in our community, thus enhancing the visitor experience. What should go on the signs? Where should they go? The North Lake Tahoe Resort Association has embarked on a project to create a ‘Wayfinding Signage Standards Manual’ for the Greater North Lake Tahoe portions of Eastern Placer County. Your input is needed to guide this new manual. Tahoe City Downtown Association will host a meeting on Wednesday, June 11 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Tahoe City Public Utility District Board Room. The North Tahoe Business Association will have a meeting Monday, June 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Garwoods. The West Shore Association will host a meeting on Tuesday, June 17 at from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Granlibakken. Contact Wild West Communications at 530-525-5201 or email staff@wildwest-tahoe.com.
Airport Board Members Seek Re-Election
Kathleen Eagan, Mary Hetherington and Tom Van Berkem have announced their intentions to run for the three open Truckee Tahoe Airport District governing board seats in the coming November election. Eagan and Hetherington are current airport board members and are seeking re-election. Van Berkem has been chair of the Airport Community Advisory Team (ACAT) and is running to fill the seat to be vacated by Paul Vatistas. Paul has decided not to seek re-election due to business commitments.
‘Things are going well and we continue to investigate a variety of initiatives that are aimed at reducing noise and annoyance while still maintaining a strong and viable community airport,’ Hetherington said.
‘We are running as a slate again in 2008 because we remain fully committed to continuing on the positive track we have established over the past four years’ Eagan said. ‘I am excited about the opportunity to follow through on the steady progress we are making.’
Suddenlink Hosts Truckee E-Waste Recycling Day
June 21
Suddenlink Communication is offering locals a solution to their disposal dilemmas with an opportunity to properly discard their electronic items (dubbed e-waste) at Truckee’s second annual E-Waste Recycling Day, Saturday, June 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Truckee Town Hall parking lot. Computers, faxes, phones, stereos, speakers, VCRs, and even that old record player, now’s the chance to recycle it.
‘Most electronics contain a variety of materials including metals that can be recovered for recycling. Last year we collected 14 tons of electronic material,’ said Jason Oelkers of Suddenlink Communications in Truckee.
Research shows that nearly 75 percent of old electronics are in storage, in part because of people’s uncertainty regarding how to dispose of these materials. Household appliances will not be accepted, electronics only. 530-550-3900, townoftruckee.com.
TDPUD Helps Customers Be Green
Refrigerator Recycling and Dimmable CFLs
The Truckee Donner Public Utility District has teamed up with Jaco Environmental, a company that specializes in collecting, dismantling and recycling old refrigerators. The company takes apart every appliance they collect and recycles 95 percent of the materials in an environmentally proper fashion. Bring in your old refrigerator – it costs the homeowner nothing. In fact, the TDPUD will PAY any customer who wants to get rid of an old fridge $30, refrigerators must be between 10 and 27 cubic feet and be in working order. For more info call 877-289-8260 or go to tdpud.org.
Business owner Ed Prado is exploring a new, more efficient way to light his restaurant, Village Pizzeria. Prado is participating in the TDPUD’s pilot program designed to showcase dimmable compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) in the business place by providing complimentary sample bulbs. ‘The public in general is not aware that fluorescent lighting technology is available in a dimmable version,’ explains Scott Terrell, TDPUD conservation administrator. Terrell also said by implementing dimmable CFLs in Village Pizzeria, Prado could see a 60 percent to 75 percent saving on the lighting portion of his energy bill. The TDPUD pilot program is limited to Truckee businesses that have at least one dimmer circuit. To participate in the program, contact Scott Terrell, 530-587-3931 or scottterrell@tdpud.org.
Plan Tahoe Vista’s Future
June 24
Attention Tahoe Vista community members who are vested in the future of Tahoe Vista! Plans are in motion to update the Tahoe Vista Community Plan, to reflect the dynamic demands and needs being placed on this small community today. A Plan Team is being formed, to be comprised of homeowners, renters, property owners, business owners and visitors. You’re invited to help plan this community’s future, its preservation, and safety. An organizational meeting will be held at the North Tahoe Conference Center in Kings Beach, on Tuesday, June 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. Learn about the process to date and your opportunity for involvement in being part of the team. Contact Barbara Haas at 530-546-8361 for more info.
A Gift That Keeps on Giving
The problem with the dominant paradigm for donating to nonprofits is that when you give a dollar, soon enough another dollar is needed. But what if that dollar could be recycled and generate more dollars? Now that’s sustainability.
A new paradigm in business and humanitarian living has been established, HUB, Humanity Unites Brilliance. Imagine a self-sustaining, all in one, philanthropic business that generates its own income while generously supporting humanitarian projects and bringing together nonprofits under one umbrella. HUB is a vibrant community dedicated to transforming the lives of millions through empowerment training and humanitarian solutions. HUB dedicates 40 percent of its gross income to humanitarian projects in the U.S. and overseas, delivering food, water, education and micro-loans.
There are three free public events coming up in the near future in Truckee, June 27, South Lake, June 28, and in Reno on June 29 with the HUB Founders. They will lead a presentation, ‘Ignite Your Brilliance,’ where people can learn how to live with Passion, Purpose and Prosperity while making a positive difference in the world. Free or bring a non-perishable food item to donate to Project MANA. For more information visit oneworld.hubhub.org or call Rachael Flower at 415-827-2623.
Hope and Inspiration in the Pearl of Africa
June 25
Get a taste of Africa through first-hand accounts from local artist Keoki Flagg, local mountaineer Glen Poulsen and Philanthropic Entrepreneur, Maybach Family Foundation founder Uli Schmid-Maybach. Squaw Valley Institute presents a special night with this traveling group’s recent experience in Africa that included a humanitarian effort, walking through the dense jungles and rain forest and finally skiing on a glacier. The Maybach humanitarian project is targeting and supporting a promising young HIV/AIDS researcher in Uganda as well as exploring the culture and geographic diversity of the incredible African country. Flagg photographed the philanthropic work of the Maybach Foundation and a one-of-a-kind mountaineering adventure in the Ruwenzori Mountains. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m. at The Resort at Squaw Creek in the Alpine Ballroom.
