Earth day in 2018 has passed, but every day is a good day to think about sustainability.  The SUN Sustainability Committee would like to encourage everyone to create Earth-friendly activities throuought the year, for brainstorming ideas:

When you plan an event, be sure to submit it to the Sustainable Neighborhoods Program! Through the City of Denver’s Sustainable Neighborhoods Program, every resident has the power to register a sustainability-focused event on the city-hosted web site It's really easy - just fill out this simple form: https://www.sustainableneighborhoodnetwork.org/proposals-and-credits

Block Party Planning, Block Directories

Block parties are fun and can improve safety through collective efficacy: where social cohesion among neighbors increases willingness to intervene on behalf of the common good. 

• Denver Days: SUN encourages blocks to host a block party during Denver Days (in 2018: August 4-12), a city program encouraging neighbors to get to know each other by ‘hosting block parties, picnics, and service projects with the focus on small, organic gatherings’. During Denver Days, fees for street closures are waived, barricades are available for free, and the MCA will waive fees for reserving parks. 
• Register a Denver days event: http://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/denver-days.html
• National Night Out: The Tuesday during Denver days (August 7^th) is National Night Out, an annual community-building campaign aimed to make neighborhoods safer and more caring. 
• Register a National Night Out event: https://natw.org
• Sustainability: Whenever your block holds its block party, consider making it a sustainable event as part of Stapleton’s participation in the Denver Sustainable Neighborhoods Program: ask neighbors to bring out recycling and composting bins, to avoid Styrofoam, and to reduce waste.
• Register a Sustainable Neighborhoods event: https://www.sustainableneighborhoodnetwork.org/sustainable-neighborhoods-denver/stapleton
• Celebrating Diversity: Attendees at the April SUN Outreach meeting considered how to celebrate diversity within homes on each block. Pot-luck events were considered as a mode of highlighting family recipes and cultural diversity, and bringing people together over food. A paper-quilt was considered as a way that children could engage in an activity to celebrate diversity- where paper quilt squares could be taped together. If your block will be including a celebration of diversity, please share the experience with SUN: StapletonUnitedNeighbors@gmail.com.

If you need help connecting with new neighbors, SUN has door hangers to help you start or update your block directory. Please email (StapletonUnitedNeighbors@gmail.com) with the number you will need. Door Hangers will be available for pick up at the Annual Forum (5/15, 6pm at the Cube).