A “tag team” examines recycling to provide feedback on item sorting, one of many programs part of Clark County Green Neighbors. The program will celebrate its fifth year of existence Sunday, Oct. 15 at the Water Resources Education Center in Vancouver.
The Clark County Green Neighbors Program is turning five this month, and the group focused on sustainable living around and outside of the home with plans to get a little wild for their birthday celebration.
The program will be bringing in John Prucich, a wildlife biologist, conservationist and licensed falconer, according to a news release from the county. Prucich, known as “The Falconer,” will touch on the difference between diurnal and nocturnal animals before bringing out the main event, live examples of the latter, nighttime-living animals.
Green Neighbors Program Coordinator Sally Fisher said she was excited to be able to celebrate the milestone.
"We're inviting people of all ages to come enjoy a cupcake and celebrate this milestone with us and creatures of the night," Fisher stated in a news release.
Green Neighbors, developed and maintained by the Solid Waste and Environmental Outreach division of Clark County Public Health, offers a wealth of information and coordinates events with an environmentally-friendly focus.
Now five years in, the group puts on Recycling Day events across the county. Their most notable event, the Recycled Arts Festival in Esther Short Park, fills the location with works of art created from 70 percent or more of recycled materials.
Fisher has said previously the program can be a first step for those looking to dive into the world of ecology-minded practices available in the area.
“If (residents) have any interest in the environment or how to, maybe, get involved in the community with like-minded people, it’s a great place to start,” Fisher said.
