On November 8, 2022, the Truckee Town Council adopted a Single-Use Foodware Reduction Ordinance including the following policies: A ban on the sale and distribution of polystyrene foam, e.g. Styrofoam (effective April 1, 2023) Food vendors must provide reusable foodware for in-house dining (effective January 1, 2024) Food vendors must charge a $0.25 fee for each disposable takeout food container…
Sierra Nevada Alliance, in collaboration with dozens of groups throughout the Sierra, is pleased to announce the official launch of Take Care Sierra - a recreational stewardship campaign designed to educate visitors and residents about how to take care of the treasured region. The campaign isn’t just about education. It also provides fun and easy ways to take action and…
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA – On Saturday, April 22, thousands of community members gathered in the sun at Lake Tahoe Community College to celebrate Earth Day. The free, family-friendly Earth Day Festival culminated Earth Week, a week of daily challenges to reduce one’s carbon footprint and protect our climate. “On behalf of the Earth Day planning committee we’d like to thank…
With this winter’s seemingly endless snowfall, Tahoe’s sled hills have been packed with families every weekend. After a day of fun, these locations can become blanketed in broken plastic sleds and other discarded trash, creating an excess of waste on the hills and a hazard to other sledders. Take Care Tahoe and its partner organizations have set up sled corrals…
Take Care Tahoe has partnered with Kind Traveler, an innovative travel booking platform, to provide people with a new way to book a sustainable vacation that gives back to Tahoe. As a proud partner with Kind Traveler, we invite our community to explore exclusive offers from Kind Traveler’s socially conscious collection of hotels and take advantage of the opportunity to…
As a parade of winter storms continues to pummel the Tahoe region, Take Care Tahoe and local fire departments are promoting a campaign to encourage community members to keep fire hydrants clear of snow and debris in an effort to help fire personnel should an emergency occur. With over 4,000 fire hydrants in the Tahoe Basin, Take Care Tahoe asks…
In fall of 2022, the South Lake Tahoe City Council adopted a bold single-use plastic water bottle ban and eliminated exemptions to their foam food container ban. The ban is one of the first of its kind in the country and promises to make a big impact on the waste produced by the city. Single-use plastics are a significant source…
Muralist Susie Alexander of Susie Alexander Art (@susiealexanderart) recently completed an artistic rendering of Lake Tahoe’s underwater habitat in the lounge area of the UC Davis Tahoe Science Center. The exhibit shows shallow habitat, deep water habitat, and living aquatic organisms that you might find in those underwater environments. “This has been such an inspiring three-plus weeks of painting at…
Last winter, the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) partnered with Palisades Tahoe and Protect Our Winters on an educational campaign to increase public awareness of the negative effects of climate change to Lake Tahoe’s snowpack and the winter tourism industry. Designed to inspire people to take immediate action to reduce their own carbon emissions by one ton per…
Campaign encourages pedestrian, cyclist, and wildlife safety A new campaign to encourage safe driving in Tahoe was unveiled at a used-car-lot like event at Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park. The collaborative Take Care Tahoe public education team’s “Take it Slow, Tahoe” campaign captures the attention of drivers and creatively incorporates artwork to remind them of why driving safely…