The Fayette County Green Team
The Green Team is a nonprofit group based in Fayetteville, West Virginia that works with communities throughout Fayette County on energy efficiency and sustainability. Our ultimate goal is to help local residents, businesses, and government to reduce energy consumption. The end result is that everyone saves money through energy efficient practices. We are citizens for sustainability.
Green Tip of the Day
Do you want to get more involved in saving energy and helping your environment? Check out our Green Tip of the Day, which includes information about saving energy, reducing consumption, recycling, and all things green. Our Green Tip of the Day is updated almost every day of the week, so check back often.
A Snapshot of Our Work
The Green Team is currently working on a project with the Town of Fayetteville. We helped the town register with the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives or “ICLEI”. ICLEI membership provides the community the opportunity to utilize state of the art software to determine baseline greenhouse gas emissions. Our group collected data about greenhouse gas emissions to input into the software. Now, we are starting our work with local residents, businesses, and government to develop and implement a plan to make Fayetteville more energy efficient.
Community Support
The Fayette County Commissioners, Oak Hill Mayor, Fayetteville Mayor, Oak Hill Town Council and Fayetteville Town Council have all agreed to help the Green Team gather information and set objectives to meet the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Act. Green ideas such as the transition to energy-efficient lighting and fuel-efficient city vehicles are just some of the steps that will help to achieve these goals. As the first town in West Virginia to join ICLEI, Fayetteville joins 959 cities, towns and counties worldwide that are working on the same goals!
Come and Join Us
The Green Team meets at the Fayetteville Visitors Center in Fayetteville the last Monday of every month at 6:30 pm. Anyone interested in the Green Team or helping the communities of Fayette County are invited to attend.
The next GREAT meeting is Monday, November 30th at 6:30pm at the Fayetteville Visitors Center.
