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Where are they now? Report Out from the 2014 Green Ideas Challenge Winners

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Last June, ACTion Alexandria announced the winners of the Green Ideas Challenge, a competition to find the best ideas for making Alexandria greener and cleaner. Thanks to a generous sponsorship from The Dominion Foundation, ACTion was able to fund four projects benefiting Alexandria. Six months into the projects, ACTion went back to check in with the 2014 grantees.

Get Your Farm On! Arcadia Farm FallFest Family Frolic Funtacular

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Come to Arcadia Farm, meet the staff, and learn about the sustainable farm! Activities include chicken encounters, cake walk, bobbing for apples, egg & spoon relay, pumpkins, bee keeping demo, goat wrangling, farm volunteering, cooking demonstrations, snacks, and hot apple cider.

Announcing the Alexandria Green Ideas Challenge Winners!

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How would you make Alexandria a greener, more sustainable community?

On February 29, 2012, Eco-City Alexandria, Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission, and ACTion Alexandria teamed up to launch the Alexandria Green Ideas Challenge. We asked Alexandria to submit their ideas for making Alexandria a greener, more sustainable community. Our goal was to harness the incredible talent, intelligence and creativity of Alexandria citizens to generate and prioritize ideas for sustainability and serve as a community catalyst to move our city closer to being a true eco-city!

Announcing the Alexandria Green Ideas Challenge

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How would you make Alexandria a greener, more sustainable community?

Eco-City Alexandria, Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission, and ACTion Alexandria have teamed up to launch the Alexandria Green Ideas Challenge. We asked Alexandria citizens to share their ideas for creating a greener, more sustainable community.

All the ideas have been submitted and now it's time to vote for the winners!

Prizes

The best three citizen ideas will win a total of $500 in cash prizes and a chance at $2,000 in mini grants to turn their Green Idea into a reality.

Items Tagged Sustainability

Where are they now? Report Out from the 2014 Green Ideas Challenge Winners

Get Your Farm On! Arcadia Farm FallFest Family Frolic Funtacular

Announcing the Alexandria Green Ideas Challenge Winners!

How would you make Alexandria a greener, more sustainable community?

Announcing the Alexandria Green Ideas Challenge

How would you make Alexandria a greener, more sustainable community?

Prizes

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