Green Your Commute Challenge for Municipal Staff
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation sent this bulletin on 04/16/2019 03:10 PM EDTDEC Delivers - Information to keep you connected and informed from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation |
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Join the Green Your Commute Challenge! |
The Departments of Environmental Conservation and Transportation, NYSERDA, and 511NY Rideshare are pleased to invite your municipality to participate in the first ever Green Your Commute Challenge! The Challenge allows municipalities to demonstrate their climate leadership and go head to head to see which employees can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions the most by greening their commutes over the course of the summer. The event will run from June through the end of August. During this time, employees of participating municipalities will be encouraged to take these two steps:
Municipalities will compete in the following categories:
As the challenge heats up over the summer, updated standings and staff engagement resources will be sent around to spur on the competition and to inspire employees to stay engaged. In addition, the 511NY Rideshare team is available for onsite events to promote the challenge. Here’s how your municipality can participate:
Top performers and overall results will be announced in September. So notify us soon if you want to join in the fun and start your… put your foot on the… let the GHG emission reductions begin!
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