Yellowstone National Park Green Team Meeting:
Today we were blessed enough to spend a short time with the Green Team at Yellowstone National Park! They are an amazing group of people who are working tirelessly to protect our priceless land. Keep in mind...
The Obstacles
- A transient population that stays on average 1.9 days
- Language barriers with many visitors
- An estimated 4.3 million visitors in 2018
- That is like the entire state of Rhode Island visiting Yellowstone four times in 6 months
- Immense distances of gathering waste
The Reasons Yellowstone National Parks is Succeeding in Diverting over 60% of Waste!!!
- A Green Team passionate about sustainability
- Park leadership
- Partnerships with many companies including Xanterra, who runs their food and lodging services, and the recycling and management services in, and surrounding, the park.
- A culture that is growing from all employees' efforts to be environmentally responsible - We have talked with several employees who are tremendously kind and helpful, but ruthlessly dedicate to the cause of sustainability.
- Education and information that is going out to all visitors through social media, websites, signage, and face to face contacts and Ranger programs.
- And much, much, more!
Some of the Greatest Wisdom from the Green Team:
The question - If you could wave a magic wand and solve the issues at Yellowstone what would you ask for?
1. Changing the consumerism in our world. To fix our situation we need to Reduce and Reuse - Recycling isn't the answer!
2. Capture the minds and attention of people while they are at Yellowstone. What is here will not last if we don't change.
3. Buy-in from our world - to clean up the mess that we have made as humans it will take us all! Every footprint counts!
4. Recycling receptacles need to be present next to every trash can, everywhere.
More to come on Friday...
Thursday will be a tech break for me and a time to be present with my family and nature!
Great post!
ReplyDeleteCan't stop watching this video! You've had an unforgettable experience! I completely agree with you that meeting people who are very much different from you is in itself an experience that you would always cherish. That's the main reason why I adore traveling. The next year I hope to visit all those places listed in this article: http://www.agsinger.com/top-10-most-fun-travel-destinations-for-you-and-your-family/. How many of them have you already seen?
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