Golden Pinecone Awards
The Golden Pinecone Awards is a legacy event that was started in 1988 by Tod Bedrosian, Bob Fulkerson, Glenn Miller, and Bob Loux to bring the environmental community together as friends and initially to get the community excited about stopping the dump of nuclear waste in Nevada. The pinecone awards were handmade out of plywood, an ironic twist on formal award ceremonies to honor environmental achievements of the past year.
In 2012, greenUP! partnered with Nevada Econet to co-host the legacy Golden Pinecone Awards and greenUP! carried on the tradition in 2013. In 2016, greenUP! worked with GREENevada to bring back the Golden Pinecone Awards to recognize deserving individuals and organizations for their good environmental stewardship. The awards recognize individuals and organizations for their efforts to make our community environmentally healthy and safe, and to promote sustainable living practices. Since the first award was issued in 1988, 150 people have been recognized.
In 2012, greenUP! partnered with Nevada Econet to co-host the legacy Golden Pinecone Awards and greenUP! carried on the tradition in 2013. In 2016, greenUP! worked with GREENevada to bring back the Golden Pinecone Awards to recognize deserving individuals and organizations for their good environmental stewardship. The awards recognize individuals and organizations for their efforts to make our community environmentally healthy and safe, and to promote sustainable living practices. Since the first award was issued in 1988, 150 people have been recognized.
Golden Pinecone Awards
The Golden Pinecone Awards is a legacy event that was started in 1988 by Tod Bedrosian, Bob Fulkerson, Glenn Miller, and Bob Loux to bring the environmental community together as friends and initially to get the community excited about stopping the dump of nuclear waste in Nevada. The pinecone awards were handmade out of plywood, an ironic twist on formal award ceremonies to honor environmental achievements of the past year.
In 2012, greenUP! partnered with Nevada Econet to co-host the legacy Golden Pinecone Awards and greenUP! carried on the tradition in 2013. In 2016, greenUP! worked with GREENevada to bring back the Golden Pinecone Awards to recognize deserving individuals and organizations for their good environmental stewardship.
The awards recognize individuals and organizations for their efforts to make our community environmentally healthy and safe, and to promote sustainable living practices. Since the first award was issued in 1988, 150 people have been recognized.
Golden Pinecone Awards
The Golden Pinecone Awards is a legacy event that was started in 1988 by Tod Bedrosian, Bob Fulkerson, Glenn Miller, and Bob Loux to bring the environmental community together as friends and initially to get the community excited about stopping the dump of nuclear waste in Nevada. The pinecone awards were handmade out of plywood, an ironic twist on formal award ceremonies to honor environmental achievements of the past year.
In 2012, greenUP! partnered with Nevada Econet to co-host the legacy Golden Pinecone Awards and greenUP! carried on the tradition in 2013. In 2016, greenUP! worked with GREENevada to bring back the Golden Pinecone Awards to recognize deserving individuals and organizations for their good environmental stewardship.
The awards recognize individuals and organizations for their efforts to make our community environmentally healthy and safe, and to promote sustainable living practices. Since the first award was issued in 1988, 150 people have been recognized.
golden pinecone award
Past Recipients
- Green Business Operations
Davidson’s Organics - Clean Energy
Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) - Green Building
Great Basin Hall Project / University of Nevada Reno - Low-Carbon Neighborhoods & Mobility
Daniel Inouye, Branch Chief, Washoe County Health District, Air Quality Management Division - Toward Zero Waste
Cody Witt – Full Circle Compost - Urban Forest Canopy
Naomi Duerr – ReLEAF Reno - Food Security
Food Bank of Northern Nevada - Safeguard Water Resources
Carson Water Subconservancy District - Sustainable Milestones
greenUP! for launching the Nevada Green Business Program and Network - Educational Program
Adrienne Wiggins – Empire Elementary School - Youth Leadership
The Dayton Intermediate School Robotics Team for Project ReCharge LED Retrofit
- Educational Program
Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation Student Stewards Program - Educator
Kristina Britt – Bordewich-Bray Elementary School - Individual/Volunteer
Christi Cakiroglu – KTMB - Medium to Large Business
Intuit - Nonprofit
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful - Nonprofit
The Greenhouse Project - Government Agency
Diamond Peak Ski Resort - Small Business
The Great Basin Community Food Co-Op (GBCFC) - Sustainability Milestone
City of Reno – 2017 Sustainability Report - Youth Leadership
Alex Marsh – Reed High School - Honorable mention
RTC for their Lincoln Line zero emission transit route.
- Educational Program
Classrooms Unleashed by Sierra Nevada Journeys - Educator
Linda Conlin – River Wranglers - Individual/Volunteer
Mark Korinek – Carson City School District - Public Figure/Servant
Hilary Schieve – Mayor, City of Reno - Youth Leadership
Eric Duong – UNR Student - Nonprofit Organization
Walker Basin Conservancy - Federal/State Agency
Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) - Small Business
Environmental Management and Planning Solutions, Inc. (EMPSi) - Medium to Large Business
Otis Bay Ecological Consultants - Sustainability Milestones
Washoe County School District’s Sustainability Policy
- Educator
Leigh Metcalfe – Teacher, Reed High School - Educational Program
Project ReCharge/Envirolution – UNR, Raggio Research Center for STEM Education - Individual / Volunteer
Sue Jacox – Founder and Board President, Great Basin Outdoor School - Nonprofit Organization or Federal/State Agency
Sierra Nevada Journeys - Medium to Large Business
One Nevada Credit Union - Small Business
Envirohaven - Public Figure / Servant / Agency Representative
Carol Perry – Trip Reduction Specialist, Regional Transportation Commission - Youth Leadership
Cecy Cervantes – Student Assistant, USAC, Sparks, NV - Innovation Award
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful/Nevada Land Trust for the One Truckee River Management Plan
- Youth Leadership
Celeste Tinajero – Reed High School - Educational Program
Fayth Ross – NV Energy Greenpower Program - Public Figure
Kitty Jung – Washoe County Commissioner - Business
Renu Oil of America Inc., Las Vegas - Nonprofit
Snowlands Network - Individual
Erik Holland
- Caesars Entertainment Northern Nevada
- Carson City Open Space Advisory Committee
- Joe Johnson – Renewable Energy Lobbyist
- Debbie Smith – Assemblywoman
- Steve Smith – Bureau of Land Management
and Nevada Wilderness Coordinator
- Friends of Nevada Wilderness
- Dan Jaquet
- Alicia Reban
- Reno City Council
- Rebecca Wagner
- Mary Winston
- Mike Haley
- David Hornbeck
- Kiley Ranch Preservancy Foundation
- Ormat Technologies
- Mark Struble
- Leslie Allen
- AT&T Real Yellow Pages
- Black Rock Solar
- Kyle Davis
- Stephen Wells
- David Bobzien
- Tod Bedrosian
- Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful
- Local Food System Network
Community Supported Agriculture, Great Basin Food Co-Op, and Nevada Farmers Market Association. - Sierra Pacific Power Company
- Bill Whitney
- Jason Geddes
- Sheila Leslie
- Tina Mudd
- Bob Abbey
- Glen Clemmer
- Joanne Garret
- IVGID
- McDonald Carano Wilson LLP
- Rebecca Solnit
- Don Vetter
- Susan Donaldson
- The Nature Coservancy
- REI
- Pete Sferrazza
- Dough Smith
- Sue Voyles
- Karen Boeger
- Jenny Brekhus
- Full Circle Compost
- Nevada Land Conservancy
- Reno News & Review
- Jogn Singlaub
- Gary Snyder
- Willie Albright
- Mike Dwyer
- Great Basin Mine Watch
- Craig and Tim Hansen
- Beth Isasff
- Silver Peak Restaurant and Brewery
- Bruce Bledsoe
- Interpretive Gardens/Pinyon Design
- Karen Mullen
- Tine Nappe
- Nevada Conservation Corps
- Faith Bremner
- Comstock Seed
- Kevin Dick
- Naomi Duerr
- Bob Goodman
- The League to Save Lake Tahoe
- Dennis Ghiglieri
- Tom Knudson
- Lynda Nelson
- Patagonia
- Tahoe Rim Trail Association
- Champions of the River
- Graham Chisholm
- William Molini
- Frank Mullen
- American Land Conservancy
- Susan Lynn
- Jim Nelson
- Suzanne Sturtevant
- Frankie Sue Del Papa
- High Country News
- Neuffer Construction
- Nevada Wildlife Federation
- Richard Bryan
- Michael Cameron CANWIN
- Harvey’s
- Bob Loux
- Reno Gazette-Journal
- Virginia Sanchez
- Nevada Bell
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
- Harry Reid
- Elmer Rusco
- Bruce Van Dyke
- Western Nevada Clean Communities
- Virgil Getto
- Bob Miller
- Glenn Miller
- Nevada Recycling Coalition
- Ernie Adler
- Environmental Leadership
- Grace Potorti
- Rose Strickland
- Charles Watson, Sr.
- Vivian Freeman
- Sierra Club
- Marge Sill
- Citizen Alert
- Cliff Young
golden pinecone award
Past Recipients
- Green Business Operations
Davidson’s Organics - Clean Energy
Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) - Green Building
Great Basin Hall Project / University of Nevada Reno - Low-Carbon Neighborhoods & Mobility
Daniel Inouye, Branch Chief, Washoe County Health District, Air Quality Management Division - Toward Zero Waste
Cody Witt – Full Circle Compost - Urban Forest Canopy
Naomi Duerr – ReLEAF Reno - Food Security
Food Bank of Northern Nevada - Safeguard Water Resources
Carson Water Subconservancy District - Sustainable Milestones
greenUP! for launching the Nevada Green Business Program and Network - Educational Program
Adrienne Wiggins – Empire Elementary School - Youth Leadership
The Dayton Intermediate School Robotics Team for Project ReCharge LED Retrofit
- Educational Program
Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation Student Stewards Program - Educator
Kristina Britt – Bordewich-Bray Elementary School - Individual/Volunteer
Christi Cakiroglu – KTMB - Medium to Large Business
Intuit - Nonprofit
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful - Nonprofit
The Greenhouse Project - Government Agency
Diamond Peak Ski Resort - Small Business
The Great Basin Community Food Co-Op (GBCFC) - Sustainability Milestone
City of Reno – 2017 Sustainability Report - Youth Leadership
Alex Marsh – Reed High School - Honorable mention
RTC for their Lincoln Line zero emission transit route.
- Educational Program
Classrooms Unleashed by Sierra Nevada Journeys - Educator
Linda Conlin – River Wranglers - Individual/Volunteer
Mark Korinek – Carson City School District - Public Figure/Servant
Hilary Schieve – Mayor, City of Reno - Youth Leadership
Eric Duong – UNR Student - Nonprofit Organization
Walker Basin Conservancy - Federal/State Agency
Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) - Small Business
Environmental Management and Planning Solutions, Inc. (EMPSi) - Medium to Large Business
Otis Bay Ecological Consultants - Sustainability Milestones
Washoe County School District’s Sustainability Policy
- Educator
Leigh Metcalfe – Teacher, Reed High School - Educational Program
Project ReCharge/Envirolution – UNR, Raggio Research Center for STEM Education - Individual / Volunteer
Sue Jacox – Founder and Board President, Great Basin Outdoor School - Nonprofit Organization or Federal/State Agency
Sierra Nevada Journeys - Medium to Large Business
One Nevada Credit Union - Small Business
Envirohaven - Public Figure / Servant / Agency Representative
Carol Perry – Trip Reduction Specialist, Regional Transportation Commission - Youth Leadership
Cecy Cervantes – Student Assistant, USAC, Sparks, NV - Innovation Award
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful/Nevada Land Trust for the One Truckee River Management Plan
- Youth Leadership
Celeste Tinajero – Reed High School - Educational Program
Fayth Ross – NV Energy Greenpower Program - Public Figure
Kitty Jung – Washoe County Commissioner - Business
Renu Oil of America Inc., Las Vegas - Nonprofit
Snowlands Network - Individual
Erik Holland
- Caesars Entertainment Northern Nevada
- Carson City Open Space Advisory Committee
- Joe Johnson – Renewable Energy Lobbyist
- Debbie Smith – Assemblywoman
- Steve Smith – Bureau of Land Management
and Nevada Wilderness Coordinator
- Friends of Nevada Wilderness
- Dan Jaquet
- Alicia Reban
- Reno City Council
- Rebecca Wagner
- Mary Winston
- Mike Haley
- David Hornbeck
- Kiley Ranch Preservancy Foundation
- Ormat Technologies
- Mark Struble
- Leslie Allen
- AT&T Real Yellow Pages
- Black Rock Solar
- Kyle Davis
- Stephen Wells
- David Bobzien
- Tod Bedrosian
- Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful
- Local Food System Network
Community Supported Agriculture, Great Basin Food Co-Op, and Nevada Farmers Market Association. - Sierra Pacific Power Company
- Bill Whitney
- Jason Geddes
- Sheila Leslie
- Tina Mudd
- Bob Abbey
- Glen Clemmer
- Joanne Garret
- IVGID
- McDonald Carano Wilson LLP
- Rebecca Solnit
- Don Vetter
- Susan Donaldson
- The Nature Coservancy
- REI
- Pete Sferrazza
- Dough Smith
- Sue Voyles
- Karen Boeger
- Jenny Brekhus
- Full Circle Compost
- Nevada Land Conservancy
- Reno News & Review
- Jogn Singlaub
- Gary Snyder
- Willie Albright
- Mike Dwyer
- Great Basin Mine Watch
- Craig and Tim Hansen
- Beth Isasff
- Silver Peak Restaurant and Brewery
- Bruce Bledsoe
- Interpretive Gardens/Pinyon Design
- Karen Mullen
- Tine Nappe
- Nevada Conservation Corps
- Faith Bremner
- Comstock Seed
- Kevin Dick
- Naomi Duerr
- Bob Goodman
- The League to Save Lake Tahoe
- Dennis Ghiglieri
- Tom Knudson
- Lynda Nelson
- Patagonia
- Tahoe Rim Trail Association
- Champions of the River
- Graham Chisholm
- William Molini
- Frank Mullen
- American Land Conservancy
- Susan Lynn
- Jim Nelson
- Suzanne Sturtevant
- Frankie Sue Del Papa
- High Country News
- Neuffer Construction
- Nevada Wildlife Federation
- Richard Bryan
- Michael Cameron CANWIN
- Harvey’s
- Bob Loux
- Reno Gazette-Journal
- Virginia Sanchez
- Nevada Bell
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
- Harry Reid
- Elmer Rusco
- Bruce Van Dyke
- Western Nevada Clean Communities
- Virgil Getto
- Bob Miller
- Glenn Miller
- Nevada Recycling Coalition
- Ernie Adler
- Environmental Leadership
- Grace Potorti
- Rose Strickland
- Charles Watson, Sr.
- Vivian Freeman
- Sierra Club
- Marge Sill
- Citizen Alert
- Cliff Young
Green Business Engagement National Network (GBENN)
The Green Business Engagement National Network (GBENN) is a consortium of local, state-wide, and national green business programs from across the United States. Their mission is to facilitate sharing and relationship-building among green and/or sustainable business engagement programs across the U.S. in order to advance the national interests of such local approaches and spread effective practices.
Nevada Day
Each year, for Nevada Day greenUP! releases a limited-edition commemorative stainless steel pint cup that parade-goers can use for discounts on the day of the event.
Are you a business or restaurant interested in getting involved this year?
Are you a business or restaurant interested in getting involved this year?
Nevada Day
Each year, for Nevada Day greenUP! releases a limited-edition commemorative stainless steel pint cup that parade-goers can use for discounts on the day of the event.
Are you a business or restaurant interested in getting involved this year?
Are you a business or restaurant interested in getting involved this year?
Nevada Day
Each year, for Nevada Day greenUP! releases a limited-edition commemorative stainless steel pint cup that parade-goers can use for discounts on the day of the event.
Are you a business or restaurant interested in getting involved this year?
Are you a business or restaurant interested in getting involved this year?
Carson City Banners
When the Green Dining District banner is flying over Carson Street, we celebrate!
Carson City banners
When the Green Dining District banner is flying over Carson Street, we celebrate!
Carson City Banners
When the Green Dining District banner is flying over Carson Street, we celebrate!
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