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Practical Application
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- Review general tips on how to implement an occupant engagement program (see Using the Guide: Occupant Behavior).
- Educate occupants on personal contributions.
- Coordinate local garden tours.
- Provide information about beneficial and harmful insects.
- Host gardening classes with a focus on native plants and urban farming.
- Create social involvement opportunities.
- Create a community garden and have social harvest days.
- Initiate a ‘Green Site Champion’ annual award that receives public recognition.
- Collaborate with PUB to organize social events such as on-site or community cleanups and tree plantings.
- Organize events around the following partial list of relevant annual United Nations observances:
- March 21: International Day of Forests
- March 22: World Water Day
- April 22: Earth Day
- Last Friday in April: Arbor Day
- May 9-10: World Migratory Bird Day
- May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity
- June 5: World Environment Day
- June 8: World Oceans Day
- June 17: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
- October 22: World Energy Day
- Implement structural components.
- Install signage near storm drains, perhaps with the likeness of a beloved local species that is endangered by poor water quality.
- Install educational signage on-site that highlights attractive features such as butterfly-friendly landscaping.
- Distribute information providing self-help guidance for common pest management problems and IPM solutions.
- Ensure that post staff has clear instructions on protocol and contact information to report site related issues.
- Create opportunities for small teams to contribute or compete with one another, perhaps by offering a prize for the best new solution to a post site sustainability challenge.
Wandsworth Mayor Cooper and U.S. Deputy COM Stephenson plant a tree at the American Gardens in Wandsworth, England
