RTC is marking 15 years of providing safe transportation services to help celebrate St. Patrick’s Day responsibly with the FREE Safe RIDE program. Scheduled RTC transit services will be free on Saturday, March 17 from 4pm until 2am on Sunday March 18. Middle- and high-school students will ride and electric bus from RTC’s fleet for 2 days and learn about RTC’s many sustainability and community practices during Envirolution’s Sustainability Tour held during the Washoe County
March 14, 2018
Did You Know: Tesla builds not only all electric vehicles but also scalable clean energy generation and storage products?
As part of Envirolution’s Sustainability Tour held March 26 to 30 during the Washoe County School District Spring Break, students will visit Tesla’s Gigafactory 1, where lithium ion batteries, Tesla Model 3 battery packs and Tesla Energy Products are developed and manufactured. They will have the opportunity to learn about sustainable design and Tesla’s overall mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.
Patagonia is using business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. The Patagonia Reno Outlet will be one of the stops on our upcoming Sustainability Tour, which will be held during Washoe County School District Spring Break between March 26th and 30th for students aged 12 to 18.
Did You Know: the River School Farm is bringing you food 365 days a year! The River School Farm has year-around farming in our urban, desert environment. The River School Farm will be one of the stops on our upcoming Sustainability Tour, which will be held during Washoe County School District Spring Break between March 26th and 30th for students aged 12 to 18.
March 9, 2018
Did You Know: NV Energy worked with the Nevada Governor’s Office of Energy to create the Nevada Electric Highway?
Did You Know: NV Energy worked with the Nevada Governor’s Office of Energy to create the Nevada Electric Highway? The Electric Highway adds charging stations along US route 95 between Reno and Las Vegas – creating a cleaner, more sustainable world for today and generations to come. NV Energy is one of the sponsors for our upcoming Sustainability Tour held during Washoe County School District Spring Break between March 26th and 30th for students aged
March 8, 2018
Did You Know: Plastic never actually decomposes?
Did You Know: Plastic never actually decomposes? That means that every piece of plastic ever made is still somewhere on this planet – in the air, the ground, or in our water. Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB) recruits over 4,000 volunteers a year to help with large scale cleanup events like the Truckee River Cleanup Day, the Great Community Cleanup, and year-round programs like Adopt-A-Spot. KTMB will give their Waste Warriors presentation during our upcoming
Did you Know: The Lockwood Landfill creates green energy from landfill gas? Lockwood powers two CAT 3520 engines, generating approximately 3.2 megawatts of electricity. The “green” electricity goes directly into the existing NV Energy electrical grid. That’s enough electricity to power approximately 2,000 homes annually. Lockwood Landfill will be one of the stops on our upcoming Sustainability Tour, where students will learn about their sustainable treatment of waste. Held March 26th to 30th during Washoe County School District Spring Break.
Located on the Truckee River, the Oxbow Nature Study Area serves the public for Wildlife Education and Aquatic Education programs offered by the Nevada Department of Wildlife. Oxbow Nature Study Reno will be one of the stops during our upcoming Sustainability Tour, which will be held during Washoe County and Carson City School District Spring Breaks between March 26th and 30th for students aged 12 to 18.
Ormat – generates capacity over 86 MW at its Steamboat Facility, enough renewable energy to meet the residential electricity needs of the City of Reno. Ormat will be one of the stops on our upcoming Sustainability Tour, which will be held during Washoe County School District Spring Break between March 26th and 30th for students aged 12 to 18.
February 6, 2018
Sustainability Tour 2018 – March 26th – 28th
Be sure to attend Envirolution’s Sustainability Tour 2018, held March 26th thru 30th during the Washoe County and Carson City School District spring breaks. We have many good locations including the Tesla Gigafactory, Lockwood Landfill, RTC 4th Street Station, Oxbow Nature Park, Desert Research Institute, Ormat, Patagonia, the River School, the Great Basin Community Food Co-op and the KTBM Waste Warriors. The week-long tour is priced at $120 and includes transport by an RTC electric