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Village seeks award nominees that bleed green
Chris Pullam, Editor
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Categories
• Innovation: Have you improved
sustainability by adopting a new
practice? Examples include
utilizing recycled or reused
materials, energy or materialefficient
techniques.
• Leadership: Have you gone
above and beyond standard
practices? Examples include
mentoring other organizations
and surpassing the requirements
of environmental regulations.
• Education and Outreach: Have
you influenced your employees,
members, customers or other
In the name of sustainability, the Village of Glenview
collects recycled Christmas trees, bundles them together
and places them on the frozen surface of Lake
Glenview to form fish habitats once the ice melts. 22nd
Century Media File Photo
On the surface, Glenview
might not seem like
the ideal fit for an 18-acre
farm or a 145-acre prairie.
But less than 20 miles
from the gray steel and
pavement of downtown
Chicago, in a village of
nearly 45,000 people, you
can still find some of the
state’s only dairy cows, as
well as the last remnants of
a once-vast stretch of big
bluestem and other species
of wild prairie grass.
Glenview is basically
synonymous with sustainability,
at least according
to Glenview resident
Scott Daniels, who advises
the Village’s Natural
Resource Commission.
“Glenview is a leader
in sustainability,” he said.
“It’s known outside our
community, and we want
to make sure it’s known
inside our community —
especially when it comes
to our local businesses
and other organizations.”
Enter the Village of
Glenview’s inaugural Environmental
Sustainability
Awards, a chance to recognize
organizations in Glenview
that have taken the
lead with environmental
stewardship, and an opportunity
for those same organizations
to further inspire
their peers.
“We want to make the
world a better place,”
Daniels said. “We want
to encourage Glenview,
in particular, to be a place
for folks to raise families
and live and work. In order
to be effective at that,
we want to promote our
local organizations that
recognize the importance
of sustainability, that promote
the quality of life
here in Glenview.”
Dr. Robyn Flakne,
Glenview’s natural resource
manager, said
the application form is
“slightly vague” to encourage
organizations to
think outside the box.
“[Basically], we want to
see commitment on their
part,” she said. “We don’t
want [nominees] that are
looking for an award; they
should be doing it because
it’s the right thing to do.
stakeholders to improve
sustainable practices? Examples
include conducting community
outreach and hosting educational
events.
Rules and regulations
• Only organizations — including
businesses, schools, houses of
worship and volunteer groups —
that serve Glenview can enter.
• To qualify, an organization
must have achieved the results
that support nomination between
Jan. 1, 2017, and Aug. 31, 2018.
• Nominations must include
Saving the wandering butterfly
Chris Pullam, Editor
The monarch is one of
the most recognizable butterflies
in North America.
But beyond its iconic
black, orange and white
pattern, the monarch is also
a key pollinator, meaning
a dip in the butterfly’s population
adversely affects
flower fertilization — and,
by extension, the well-being
of entire ecosystems.
To help prevent that ecological
collapse, Glenview
will create four new monarch
butterfly gardens that
will expand and connect a
growing habitat network
throughout the village.
They should’ve already
made a genuine commitment
and a plan to keep it
going.
“We know they’re out
there. In many ways, this
is about seeing what’s
happening in town and
finding new ways for all
of us to preserve our natural
resources. This is a
chance for [the nominees]
to educate us, too.”
a narrative piece describing
their experience, rationale and
results.
• Applications must be submitted
by email to rflakne@glenview.il.us
by Sept. 1. They’ll be reviewed
by the Natural Resources
Commission Awards Committee.
• The Glenview Village Board will
present a certificate to the winner
during a November meeting.
• For more information, or to
download a nomination form,
visit glenview.il.us/about/Pages/
Environmental-Sustainability-
Awards.aspx.
“Monarch populations
have experienced a steep
decline in the past 20
years,” said Dr. Robyn
Flakne, Glenview’s natural
resource manager.
“Anything [we] can do to
support these beautiful and
iconic butterflies would be
helpful.”
The project was made
possible by a $7,500 grant
from the ComEd Green
Region Program. Glenview
has not finalized the exact
location for the gardens, but
ideal locations would be
public areas visible to residents
that will readily attract,
and provide adequate
habitat for, butterflies.
In 2017, Glenview
served as a pilot city in the
Field Museum’s study of
monarch butterfly habitat
in the metropolitan Chicago
area.
As part of that study,
Village interns surveyed
the community for butterfly-friendly
gardens that
could bolster monarch
habitat.
Before that, in 2016, the
Glenview Village Board
signed on to the National
Wildlife Federation’s
Monarch Pledge, a commitment
to create new
habitats and educate residents
about how they can
make a difference.
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