Projects
Contact us if you wish to be a part of one of our following projects:
Cool Cities Campaign: We are looking for people who would be interested in helping out with any of the activities listed here, working towards Milestone #2 of the Cool Cities Campaign. Remember, ideas are important! Even if you are reluctant to devote a lot of your time to this important issue, please let us know if you have any suggestions or ideas that may help make Stillwater a ‘Cool City’. You can contact our Cool City Co-Coordinators, Cheryl Baker and Rachel Mackey, at coolcities.stillwater@hotmail.com.
Adopt-A-Site Program: The City of Stillwater and Sustainable Stillwater believe that the success of the City's recycling program depends on proper preparation of recyclable materials and clean drop-off sites. To enhance the City's recycling program, and to encourage community involvement we have developed the Adopt-A-Site Program where community groups and organizations are responsible for helping to keep the sites clean and to educate recyclers about the right way to recycle in Stillwater. If your organization or community group would like to adopt one of our recycling centers just contact us and review the Adopt-A-Site Application Packet online. Adopters are also responsible for contacting Allied Waste & Recycling when the containers are full, reporting to the City of Stillwater any incidents of illegal dumping and calling the City when the sites need ground maintenance (such as yard work, fence mending, etc.). At this time, the Airport Road recycling drop-off site is available for adoption.
Skyline "From Seed to Compost" Garden: Skyline's garden/kitchen program is expanding with help from many volunteers in many different capacities, including representatives from OSU Extension's Master Gardener program in Stillwater, Sustainable Stillwater, and other groups and interested individuals. To help as a volunteer, or to donate gardining supplies/materials, contact Sharla Lovern at sustainablestillwater@hotmail.com. Click here for compost photo. Click here for soil test photo.
Speakers Bureau: We need people who are educated in various environmental fields and are familiar with sustainability issues to join our speakers bureau and be willing to speak to different community groups or classrooms. We would like to offer this service to the Public School System and be willing to fill requests from different community organizations who are eager to learn more about sustainability. Contact us if you are interested in donating a couple hours every three to six months towards this effort.
Sustainability Forum Series:
Oklahoma Sustainability Network Conference:
The 2007 conference took place in Norman, April 20-21 and was hosted by Sustainable OKC.
Pay-as-you-throw Program: The City of Stillwater is considering phasing in a pay-as-you-throw waste management program for residents that may have the capacity to grow to include a curbside recycling program.
Environmental Education Projects: Will Rogers Elementary, Stillwater Middle School and Westwood Elementary.
Oklahoma State University Earth Day Festival:
Earth Day 2007 festivities were held April 18, 10am - 3pm OSU Library Lawn, hosted by ECO-OSU.
The Eco-Film Project: an environmental film series on the OSU campus committed to educating the campus and Stillwater community about their interdependent relationship with the earth's ecosystems through the moving image, news media and people-to-people dialog. Hosted by ECO-OSU.
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