Being Green

Here are a few things staff mem­bers do, and have done, to make the world a greener place:

•  We keep recy­cling bins handy at both nature cen­ters, for use by staff and visitors.

•  Every effort is made to use mate­ri­als on hand, or repair exist­ing machin­ery, before new pur­chases are made. This saves the Delaware County tax­pay­ers money, too.

•  The Lodge at Deer Haven Pre­serve was built in 2009 fol­low­ing LEED (Lead­er­ship in Energy and Envi­ron­men­tal Design) guide­lines. Click here for a PDF describ­ing “green” design fea­tures of The Lodge.

In the big­ger pic­ture, we:

•  Restore wet­lands, plant prairies and plant trees. All of these mea­sures help land to fil­ter impu­ri­ties from water as it moves through a water­shed, ulti­mately keep­ing drink­ing water sup­plies clean.

•  Hold an annual “Green-Wise Fair,” to show fam­i­lies how to tread more gen­tly upon the earth. The fair includes ven­dors, work­shops and activ­i­ties for chil­dren. The 2013 Fair will be on August 25.