The Green Team
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Putting the environment first!
The City of Hopkins’ Green Team meets monthly to discuss ways the City can improve its environmental impact. The team includes the City’s Green Intern who assists in creating and implementing green ideas, as well as a monthly green newsletter.
Since the team formed in January 2009, projects that have been accomplished include:
- installing motion sensors lights
- rain barrel program
organic recycling in City buildings- reducing junk mail
- document scanning (which saves on the cost of paper and storage of documents)
- installing a new, more efficient HVAC system in City Hall
- putting environmentally friendly information on the website
- creating a green brochure
- creating a green newsletter (see right column)
- trail clean-up
- storm sewer stenciling
- set-back thermostats in buildings when it is not in use
- holding educational events with neighborhood associations
- purchasing “green” items
- hosting holiday lights recycling
Other projects that the City is working on include
- creating links on the website for green information
- paying bills online
- paperless packets for City Council
- creating an Earth Day event
Questions on the Green Team and other ways that the City is going green? Contact at 952-548-6302.
Contacts
- Executive Secretary
952-548-6302
Downloads
- Hopkins is Going Green
Read a brochure about what the City is doing to save the environment.
