Working for a More Sustainable Mount Rainier Maryland

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Growing Green With Pride 2021

As part of the Growing Green with Pride the Mount Rainier Green Team is hosting a native planting and park clean up at the Mount Rainier South Park on October 30 at 1:00.

Please bring work gloves and wear long sleeves if you are going to help remove invasives. We are accepting donations of native plants to repopulate the native plant garden.

Also if you have the skills/materials to make permanent signs to label the plants it would much appreciated!

Register Here: http://bit.ly/mrgt-growing-green-oct21

Mount Rainier Inaugural Bike To Work Day

On May 21, the Mount Rainier Green Team and the Mount Rainier Bike Coop host the first Bike To Work Day at the soon to be remodeled Mount Rainier Bike Coop. It was a great opportunity for those working from home to get back into bike commuting and essential workers to meet up with other bikers as traffic picks back up. A great time was had by all and nearly 50 people signed up for the inaugural pitstop in Mount Rainier.

April 1st – Climate Workgroup Meeting

The City Council passed a resolution to commit Mount Rainier to become net zero emissions for municipal operations. We will be having a Green Team Climate Workgroup meeting to develop materials and strategize in order to make sure a new City Manager can move forward with implementation. The meeting will be held on Zoom on April 1 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. The information for attending the meeting is below.

Fall Clean Ups!

The Mount Rainier Green Team represented at two clean up events this past month!

First, we did some work at the 37th Street Park. This included cutting down invasive plants…

Weeding the native pollinators garden…

And mulching the young edible forest trees planted last spring.

Second, the Green Team helped out at the Mount Rainier Elementary School Growing Green With Pride event, bringing trash pickers and gloves.

Thanks to all who have helped keep Mount Rainier green and clean!

Take our Survey on Curbside Composting in Mount Rainier!

The Green Team is working on a program that would allow residents to sign up for FREE curbside compost pick-up. If you are interested in participating in this program, or would like more information about it, please fill out an interest survey here: http://bit.ly/compostsurveymtr

Green Team Explores New Composting Program

What is compost? 

Compost is simply decayed organic matter, and it’s great for rich, garden soil. Most of the items we throw away can be used for backyard compost, including fruit and vegetable scraps, yard waste, eggshells, coffee grounds, tea bags, newspaper, cardboard, and even dryer lint. The brand-new Prince George’s County Composting Facility can also take meat and bones, dairy products, compostable dinnerware, cardboard ice-cream containers, soiled pizza boxes, and much more.

Can composting save money? 

Yes! Composting is MUCH more economical than throwing everything into a landfill. Organic matter is heavy and thus expensive to throw away. About 853,000 pounds of compostable waste is thrown away every year in Mount Rainier. That costs our city over $25,000 per year.

Does composting help the environment? 

Yes! Composting keeps organic matter out of landfills, where it would otherwise break down into greenhouse gases. Compost also enriches our soils naturally, so harsh chemical fertilizer applications can be avoided. Composting keeps our air cleaner and healthier to breathe, because it captures and eliminate 99.6% of volatile organic compounds from the atmosphere. And compost acts as a “carbon sink” by sequestering carbon in the dirt, thus further reducing greenhouse gases.

How can I compost?

For now, your main option is to build or purchase and maintain your own compost bin in your yard. However, the Green Team is working on a program that would allow residents to sign up for FREE curbside compost pick-up. If you are interested in participating in this program, or would like more information about it, please fill out an interest survey here: http://bit.ly/compostsurveymtr

Stop by the Green Team Meeting 9/9

The Green Team is hosting its monthly meeting on Monday, 9/9 at City Hall from 7-9 PM.  We will be talking about lots of fall events, composting, parks updates, bike lanes and more.

You can also send us a message if you are interested in learning more, but cannot make the meeting

Stop by the Green Team Meeting 8/12

The Green Team is hosting its monthly meeting on Monday, 8/12 at City Hall from 7-9 PM.  We will be talking about composting, park upgrades and fall activities.

You can also send us a message if you are interested in learning more, but cannot make the meeting

Stop by the Green Team meeting 7/8

The Green Team is hosting its monthly meeting on Monday, 7/8 at City Hall from 7-9 PM.  We will be talking about composting, bicycle facility upgrades, mosquito control and our parks.

You can also send us a message if you are interested in learning more, but cannot make the meeting

Stop by the Green Team Meeting 6/10

The Green Team is hosting its monthly meeting on Monday, 6/10 at City Hall from 7-9 PM.  We will be talking about updates to bike and pedestrian paths, composting and recycling education and planning for summer events.

You can also send us a message if you are interested in learning more, but cannot make the meeting

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