Call for Volunteers - Dune Planting Events

Many of the dunes on our beach have been taken over by an invasive species of Scaevola. In February we will be removing a large patch of this invasive plant at South City Beach Park and we need your help to re-plant!
The volunteer planting days will happen on February 6th, 13th, and 20th. For these events, we are welcoming a maximum of 30 volunteers for each date to ensure proper social distancing is in place. To ensure we don't have too many volunteers, please register ASAP if you'd like to participate.

Volunteer hours (4) for each planting day are available for students.

This project is made possible by three grants from Broward County.

Get involved and share your ideas!

Don't wait for others to shape the future in our City - get involved today! Let us know you care about the environment, your home, and our future.

So far we have heard from our residents that they want net-zero building codes, elevated pedestrian crosswalks, fruit trees planted in the public right of ways, electric vehicle charging stations, and more beach clean-ups. What would you like the City and our community to do to reduce our carbon emissions and improve our community? Share your ideas, opinions, complaints, etc at www.haveyoursayhallandale.org or click the photo below.

We're looking for any idea, big or small until the end of this month. Starting in February, we will start drilling down into those big dreams, goals, and ideas to figure out how we can make it happen. Our goal is to have a draft Climate Action Plan for 2030 before City Commission for approval in late Summer.

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plants in the background, low nutrient landscaping and gardening webinar on feb 1 from noon to 1pm

Join Our Next Webinar!

To have a beautiful yard, garden, or landscape we often think we need to load it with lots of fertilizer and other inputs. This isn't actually true...and overusing fertilizer and other inputs impact local estuarine and marine ecosystem health. With the 2020 fish kill in Biscayne Bay, we hope that all our residents take some time to learn about landscaping in a way that can minimize these impacts.

We're joined by experts: Lorna Bravo from Broward County Extension/UF IFAS & Megan Kelley from Garden of Growth. This discussion will be moderated by Hallandale Beach Commissioner Sabrina Javellana who sponsored Hallandale Beach's Coral Reef Protection Act which includes fertilizer blackout dates.

Join us! Student volunteer hours are available for those who attend and participate.

Register to attend here.

Do you want to watch the recording of our webinar from this week on Marine Wildlife? You can watch it here.

Save the Date for a Native Plant Distribution for Residents!

Mark your calendars for a drive-thru no-contact Native Plant Distribution to celebrate Arbor Day a bit early on Saturday, March 6, 2021. More details, including a way to register and pre-select your plants, is coming soon.

Seats Available on the Sustainability & Flood Mitigation Advisory Board

The Sustainability & Flood Mitigation Advisory Board assists the City Commission to identify and recommend affordable strategies associated with sustainability, climate change, and flood mitigation. This Board works directly with the City's Green Initiatives Coordinator.

Because what we do now impacts future generations, we have designed this Advisory Board to include participation from youths who either live in Hallandale Beach or go to school in Hallandale Beach. There are currently 2 open positions on this Board which are held for individuals who are under the age of 18. There are also 3 open positions, unrestricted by age, if you or someone you know would like to get involved and participate!

If you know someone who has a high level of interest in helping move the City in a more sustainable direction, please have them submit an application to join this Board.

The application is available here.

Get a $100 rebate for a watersense low flow toilet

Get in touch or involved with Green Initiatives

If you're interested in learning more about Green Initiatives or if you want to get more involved, please reach out to our Green Initiatives Coordinator Alyssa Jones Wood at ajoneswood@cohb.org and visit cohb.org/green.