Last month, the Moab Area Travel Council debuted “The Little Community Leading the Way,” (facebook.com/discovermoab/videos/577869529649418) a short video that illustrates the Moab community’s sustainability achievements in green building, waste diversion, connecting local farmers with restaurants, promoting alternative transportation, protecting natural resources, volunteering, city and county leadership, adopting renewable energy, and education efforts. The video has been viewed by nearly 5,000 people from Castle Valley to Switzerland and the response is overwhelmingly positive. The video highlights that, together, businesses and residents can make a difference.

Many of these nonprofit groups, businesses, federal agencies, restaurants, farms and hotels are part of Moab’s Green to Gold (GtG) Sustainability Program. GtG partners pledge to address conservation, restoration, and equity in their operations. They can work on different areas of their businesses, such as installing energy-efficient lighting or planting pollinator gardens rather than lawns that consume an overabundance of water.

Residents can support conservation efforts by picking up energy efficiency kits at the City’s Sustainability Office. Each kit will save households approximately $180 annually.

Since October, we have distributed 527 kits to residents of various neighborhoods. A map was created by the Sustainability Office that groups neighborhoods by animal symbols to track the neighborhoods in which the most kits are requested. Leading the energy and water conservation challenge so far are the Rabbits (beyond Bonita and Bittle Lane), Elephants (400 North, 500 West, Williams Way and Main Street) and the Ravens (400 East, Locust Lane, and Mulberry Lane).

Consider Ride-Sharing If you are going to Grand Junction for holiday shopping try the Moab Express shuttle, or use KZMU’s Ride Board to share a ride if you are traveling to visit friends and family.
Wishing you a very merry holiday from the City of Moab’s Office of Sustainability!

The City of Moab encourages residents and visitors to support our Green to Gold partners:

St. Francis Episcopal Church Easy Bee Farm Youth Garden Project City of Moab Moab Regional Hospital Moab Area Travel Council Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project Community Rebuilds KZMU Community Radio Multicultural Center Atomic Lounge 98 Center Moonflower Cooperative Desert Bistro Red Rock Bakery and Cafe The Spoke Zax Wood Fired Pizza Bike Fiend Lost River Trading Company (warehouse) Moab Coffee Roasters Ponderosa Energy Ye Ol’ Geezer Meat Shop ACT Campground Adventure Inn Archway Inn A Creekside Retreat B&B La Quinta Moab Springs Ranch Red Moon Lodge Moab Astronomy Tours Big Rack Shuttle Moab Express Shuttle Poison Spider Bicycles Red River Adventures