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Sarasota
County developed the Neighborhood Environmental
Stewardship Team" (NEST) recognizing that one way to
achieve comprehensive watershed management is to involve
the community or homeowners. To create awareness that
what we do on the land impacts our water resources and
to promote "environmentally responsible" behavior.
NEST 2012 "Food:
Keep it Local" Calendar Winners
Sarasota
County commissioners made a special presentation at 9
a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2011, to honor 13 elementary school
artists whose illustrations comprise the 2012 NEST calendar.
Nearly 1,500 students entered this year’s competition to
illustrate ways to encourage purchasing and eating locally grown
and produced food as a way to improve health, reduce our carbon
footprint, support the local economy and protect and preserve
natural resources.The
calendar encourages students and all Sarasota County residents
to purchase and eat locally grown and produced food, which is
fresher, more nutritious and tastes better. Buying and consuming
locally grown foods also helps support the local economy and
reduce waste, while using less energy for packaging and
transportation.
The calendar was produced through the county’s
Neighborhood Environmental Stewardship Team (NEST) in
cooperation with the Sarasota County School Board. The
calendar is free and features the winning illustrations, along
with a thought for the month to encourage purchasing and eating
locally grown and produced food.
To get a
free copy of the 2012 calendar,
or to learn more about the NEST program, contact the
Sarasota County Call Center at 941-861-5000 and ask for
Rob Wright.
Photos of the NEST 2012 Calendar
winners
More photos
of
the NEST 2012 Calendar winners
(Will direct you to the county's Facebook site. Photos were
posted in the album, "BCC
Dec. 7, 2011" and on the wall, ".)
The annual calendar contest is open to any elementary
student in any Sarasota County school, including charter
and elementary-age home-schooled students. Each winner's
school will receive a supply of calendars for
distribution and copies of their winning artwork is
displayed throughout the month of January in the
Sarasota County School Board Administrative Office.
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