To the community,

My project has been approved in The Good Idea competition and now I need your votes. My project is aimed toward creating a sustainable future for Tahoe.

Click here to vote.

Search: The Tahoe Project

Or go to: Planet section for $50,000

The Overview:

Three greenhouse projects within the local school district provide access to used bikes for cheap, flexible and human powered transportation. Provide bike carts to locals for free use to and from grocery stores as well as any other needed use. Creation of a high altitude cold climate seed bank. Use recyclable clothing to create usable shopping bags; ultimately eliminating the use of plastic bags within our community. Create community composting projects for education; and through demonstration prove that waste from restaurants and home kitchens can, through time, create soil. Provide venues for, and teaching of, alternative classes such as: yoga, cooking, nutrition, composting, permaculture, bike maintenance, plant propagation, etc. Building 101 would incorporate permaculture ideals; teachings would include improving basic carpentry skills and building: wood stoves, cob ovens, compost showers, and greenhouses, all of which would be from recycled materials.

Thank you so much,

Aria Benham, South Lake Tahoe