Living Green Award

Living Green

Overview

The Rappahannock Group of the Sierra Club recognizes businesses and organizations that have taken steps and acted to help the earth and environment through THE LIVING GREEN AWARD presented at the Annual Earth Day on the Rappahannock festival every April.

Who is eligible? Any business or organization in Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline Counties, King George Counties, and the city of Fredericksburg that has taken independent steps to help the planet through living green actions.

Who may nominate a business? Nominations may be submitted by the public, employees, or the owners themselves.

What steps/actions have been taken to help, improve, or enhance the earth and environment?

Examples may include initiatives to reduce the carbon footprint, conservation of water or other natural resources, purchasing strategies, employee or public communication on environmental issues, and promoting environmentally sound practices (environmental stewardship).

Results: What are the results of the actions? How have these actions impacted your workplace, employees and/or the public? How have these actions helped out earth? Are the results measurable through statistics and/or behaviors? In what way does this help the earth and people? Are there cost savings or other benefits realized through the actions?

The names of all businesses and organizations that are awarded will be published in our newsletter, website, and on our Facebook page with our endorsement to patronize and support these local businesses and organizations that take steps toward Living Green.

The Winner of the Living Green Award will also be published along with details of their accomplishments. Winners will be presented with a certificate at the Earth Day festival every April.

2023 LIVING GREEN AWARD

Tree Fredericksburg

726 William Street, Fredericksburg, VA, 22401

(540) 207-4298

Picture of Tree Fredericksburg receiving their award

Tree Fredericksburg is a nonprofit organization dedicated to education, advocacy, and tree planting for Fredericksburg parks, schools, and other public spaces. Ann and Carl Little started their environmental journey with the Bluebird Society, which quickly grew to a love and passion for protecting plants and wildlife in this city we call home. They realized the park behind their house lacked the protections that native wildlife could provide. This was the place to start. What started as 17 trees in their neighborhood park, turned into 9,000 around the city and, at various tabling events and fundraisers, they gave away 30,000 trees for people to plant in their own backyards. They partner with Friends of the Rappahannock, Sierra Club, and Clean and Green Commission to make the city a more beautiful and eco-friendly space, with the hopes to be a model for similar programs outside of Fredericksburg. Tree Fredericksburg also provides educational classes to help expand local knowledge about the importance of tree planting, as well as other sustainability techniques. We are very honored to award Ann and Carl with this award for all of the work they’ve done for the community and beyond. To get involved in all the wonderful work they do please check out their website at treefredericksburg.org.