FREEHOLD – If protecting the environment is important to you, the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Monmouth County Cool Cities Partnership want to hear from you.

 

Volunteers are organizing Green Teams that empower people to help the environment by becoming more energy efficient through the reduction of waste and improved reuse and recycling. To learn more, visit the Monmouth County Agriculture Building on Saturday morning, Nov. 15.

 

“This is a great follow-up to our very successful series of Environmental Luncheons, which focused attention on a variety of ideas and methods of reducing our carbon footprint by preserving our natural resources, reducing energy consumption and utilizing renewable energy sources,” Freeholder Barbara J. McMorrow said. “But we need to do more than just talk about it.

 

“Together with the Monmouth County Cool Cities Partnership, we are now offering Green Team training that will empower residents to do their part to protect the environment,” McMorrow added. “Each individual’s actions will become a part of a greater movement toward sustainability.”

 

The county Agriculture Building is located at 4000 Kozloski Rd., Freehold Township. “Green Team” training will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, and will feature a presentation by Middlesex County Freeholder H. James Polos, who initiated the “Go Green, Save Green” campaign in Middlesex County.

 

Part of that campaign is a partnership between Middlesex County and the state Department of Environmental Protection and Board of Public Utilities to help municipalities develop their own green initiatives. These include buying hybrid vehicles and encouraging “green” building techniques.

 

Some questions that will be answered at Saturday’s training session include:

“I encourage residents to attend and get involved,” Freeholder McMorrow said. “By taking action against global warming and its negative effects on our environment we can make a difference.”

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