Welcome to Green Star!
Green Star® is a non-profit organization, based in Anchorage, Alaska, that encourages businesses to practice waste reduction, energy conservation and pollution prevention through education, technical assistance, and an award-winning voluntary "green business" certification program.
LATEST NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS
BIKE TO WORK DAY IS FRIDAY, MAY 18
Are you ready? Are you registered? Is your bike tuned up?
Keep up with the latest at the Bike to Work Anchorage Facebook page.
Where's the Bacon??? CHECK THE TREAT STATION MAP
Here are some good reasons to commute by bicycle:
- It's great excercise and good for your health -- the average person loses 13 pounds during the first year of commuting by bike.
- It saves money -- adding 30 minutes of daily cycling saves each of us $544 per year in medical bills.
- It saves more money -- bike commuting only four months of the year can save more than $500 per year in commuting costs.
- It's convenient -- bikes are 50% faster than cars during rush hour and 20 bikes can be parked in the space of one car.
- It's good for the environment -- biking a three-mile trip instead of driving keeps 15 pounds of pollutants out of the air.
Thank you to all of the event and treat stations sponsors!
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- Alaska Center for the Environment - Alaska Regional Hospital - American Diabetes Assocation - American Red Cross of Alaska - ANTHC - Anchorage Downtown Parntership - Bayshore Clubhouse - Bettisworth North - Bicycle Commuters of Anchorage - The Bicycle Shop - Chain Reaction Cycles - CRW Engineering Group - Earthscape - FedEx - Fire Island Bakery |
- Great Harvest Bread - Midnight Sun Brewing Co. - Municipality of Anchorage, Dept. of Health & Human Services - National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater NW Chapter - PDC Inc. Engineers - Progressive Physical Therapy - REI - RIM Architects - Southcentral Foundation - Spenard Roadhouse - Steam Dot - Thompson & Co Public Relations - USKH |
TOYOTA'S 100 CARS FOR GOOD -- VOTE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 28
Green Star is one of 500 finalists for Toyota's 100 Cars for Good program. Help us win a new car so we can make an even bigger difference in our community. We need your support! Tell your friends and vote for Green Star at www.100carsforgood.com on June 28, 2012. But before you vote, be sure to SEE GREEN STAR'S VIDEO!
Toyota's 100 Cars for Good program will be awarding 100 vehicles to 100 nonprofits over the course of 100 days based on votes from the public. A total of 500 nonprofits were selected from more than 4,000 applicants nationwide. We are hoping to win a new Toyota Tundra to help haul recyclables, Green Events recycling bins, Bike to Work Day Treat Station supplies, and educational materials throughout southcentral Alaska.
Green Star's Newest Pollution Prevention Tip Sheet
Check out Green Star's latest tip sheet, which targets Construction Industry Pollution Prevention.
Volunteers Needed
Green Star is seeking volunteers who can translate a variety of Green Star materials into languages including, but not limited to, Tagalog, Hmong, Samoan, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and various Native languages. Green Star has already translated many of our tip sheets and Green Star Award documents into Spanish!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR RECENT AWARD CERTIFIED ORGANIZATIONS
| Amber Winterbourne, Sylvia Elliott, Denise Gillam, and Lyn Dokoozian of Integrated Concepts and Research Corporation (ICRC) accept the Green Star Award certificate from Kim Kovol, Green Star executive director (second from left) at the March 27, 2012, Green Star Member Mixer, hosted by Midnight Sun Brewing Company. |  |
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Tom Turner, Green Star Board member (right), presented the Green Star Award certificate to Louis and Jasmine Maurer of Bear Creek Winery & Lodging at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce "Make It Monday" luncheon on January 30. |
| Kym Dixon, Green Star board member (left) and Kim Kovol, Green Star's executive director (right), presented Bob Heinrich, Vice President of Finance, of ConocoPhillips Alaska, with a Green Star Recertification Award for continued commitment to environmental responsibility on September 26, 2011, at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce "Make It Monday" luncheon. |  |
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Kim Kovol, Green Star's executive director, and Randy Virgin, Green Star board member, presented Bill Merk of Alaska Marine Trucking and Anna Deal of Lynden, Inc., with the Green Star Award certificate for Alaska Marine Trucking on September 26, 2011, at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce "Make It Monday" luncheon. |