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Going Green

GreenYour Routine!

By Celeste Koster

e are pleased to announce that Rio and materials will be provided. Download the Clean
Vista is now an official participant Swell app and enter “Rio Vista GYR” as the group
Wof the Green Your Routine (GYR) name when asked on the day of the clean up.
Program of Fort Lauderdale! Through Volunteer parking is available until noon at the
volunteerism and working to promote waste new Las Olas Garage at 200 Las Olas Circle ---
reduction, recycling, and sustainable UNTIL NOON ON THE 3rd FLOOR---ONLY.
initiatives in our community our civic **If you park elsewhere without paying you will
association (RVCA) earns funds provided by be ticketed.
the Sustainability Incentive Grant. Each event Future events will include organizing the Adopt a
earns points which translates to funds for our Drain and Street program, recycling education,
neighborhood to use for our own projects! Our goal is neighborhood clean-ups, tree giveaways, butterfly garden
to participate in an event each month to benefit our and food forest maintenance at Snyder Park, and other city
neighborhood, our city, our state, our country, and our world!
sponsored events. Adults of any age, teens (great local
service hour opportunity!), and accompanied children are
International Coastal Clean-Up
welcome to participate! Please contact me if you are
Our first event to earn points AND improve our interested in being part of our Rio Vista GYR team or if you
environment will be an ocean clean-up day on have an awesome idea for a future environmental project!
Saturday, October 9, 2021 from 8-11am Celeste Koster
(come for as long as you’d like!). Rio Vista
Rio Vista GYR Representative
residents will join with the Fort Lauderdale Beach Sweep at
celestekoster@mac.com
the corner of Las Olas and A1A on the beach to pick up
trash and debris along our own Fort Lauderdale coastline.
We will record our progress on the Clean Swell App Recycling Tip of the Day: No plastic bags of any kind
provided by the Ocean Conservancy should be put in the blue recycling bins - this includes
which allows us to see how much trash using bags to hold other recyclables. Plastic bags can be
we collect and keeps a record of our recycled by depositing them in the large
Rio Vista GYR team over time. The collection bins at the entrance to many
recorded information is kept in a grocery stores. You can also recycle those
database and helps to identify trash trends around the globe. plastic mailing packages from amazon at

Contact me (below) so I know to look for you, or just show up these same deposit locations! RV

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