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 CONSERVATION:
Beautification
Terry Finnerty
Knoxville
OBJECTIVE: Educate
members about the importance of beautifying their communities and
stimulate citizen action to address these concerns.
SUGGESTED PROJECTS
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Conserve, preserve, and restore green
spaces.
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Partner with Keep American Beautiful
focusing on litter removal and prevention projects.
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Participate in adopt-a-highway
programs, National Arbor Day projects, landscaping and planting
wildflowers in city green ways and along highways.
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Respect the unique beauty of our
state and work diligently to create and preserve that beauty. Enlist the
aide of local and government officials in enforcing litter laws.
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Restore and maintain landscaping for
community schools, libraries, veteran’s memorials, historical landmarks,
and government buildings.
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Create and maintain serenity gardens.
Hang bird feeders outside nursing homes.
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Educate members and the community
through seminars, building outdoor conservation classrooms, assist
students with conservation projects, and provide gardening baskets and
tools to Habitat for Humanity home recipients.
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