GreenMarkers are doing all kinds of things to welcome spring. Marketing Associate Beth Burdin chairs her park district’s Greening Advisory Committee which just held their first-ever burn of a native planted area. One volunteer brought marshmallows. Yum!
Read more about the spring cleaning here:
http://blogs.pioneerlocal.com/oakpark365/2010/03/march_19_2010_-_lindberg_burn.html
GreenMark PR Associate Beth Burdin’s greening efforts have not been held back by Chicago’s winter. As the Chair of the Park District of Oak Park’s Greening Advisory Committee, she has helped steer the group in its preparations for spring. A zero waste program is in the works for the community’s sports programs, after a successful t-ball pilot in 2009. The group has introduced and will perform the park district’s first prescribed burn of its naturalized areas. Plans are underway for the installation of a fen as part of Taylor Park overhaul, which won an Openlands grant. Energy audits are being conducted of some of the district’s field houses. Plots are being chosen for the field testing of organic fertilizers. Things are looking greener already
In her spare time, Beth applies marketing ideas to our clients businesses, to help them grow. Let us know how we can help you!
Congratulations to GreenMark PR’s own Beth Burdin for receiving the Park District of Oak Park’s 2008 Community Service Award, for her personal contributions. Presented annually by The Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Park and Recreation Association, the award is given to individuals and organizations in recognition and appreciation of outstanding contribution and unselfish devotion for the advancement of parks, recreation and leisure in the community and the state of Illinois.Burdin joined the Park District Citizen’s Committee (PDCC) in February 2007, after serving on the Park District Recreation Center Historical Stewardship Committee in 2006. While serving on the PDCC, she was asked to lead a “working group” to address tree preservation, recycling, community gardens and natural areas in our parks, which came to be known as the Greening Task Force. Under Burdin’s leadership, this group worked for more than a year to develop the Park District’s recently accepted comprehensive Environmental Policy. This policy reflects the District’s commitment to setting an example and assuming a leadership position in the development and use of policies, practices and environmental opportunities which promote a healthy environment.
Burdin was also appointed chairperson of the Greening Advisory Committee, a new Park District committee, which oversees the implementation of the Environmental Policy.
“I’m honored to share this accomplishment with the PDOP staff and GAC Volunteers,” she said. “Early in the process, we discovered there was no existing template for this policy, and through research and idea sharing, we created an environmental road map of Oak Park’s very own. I look forward to experiencing what the policy and GAC will bring all of us as we work toward the greening of our village.”
GreenMark PR is proud of Beth, and the wonderful green work she is doing for her community and for our clients. Check out her bio.
Chicago-area based GreenMark Public Relations™ welcomes integrated marketing specialist Beth Burdin to its client services team. As marketing communications senior associate, she will contribute to the expansion of GreenMark’s integrated service offerings
Burdin has 20 years of marketing experience, most recently as the owner/manager of Marketing Works Unlimited. She will be responsible for marketing strategy and implementation for GreenMark’s environmentally-conscious clients, and will assist in new business growth.
As a green collar media relations firm, GreenMark Public Relations is dedicated to the true champions of green. The firm exclusively serves clients making a difference in the fight to protect and preserve the environment and conserve natural resources.
“Beth brings time-tested marketing experience to GreenMark Public Relations. Her understanding of environmental and sustainable issues will uniquely contribute to our clients’ initiatives,” said Sue Markgraf, president and co-founder. “Her skills complement GreenMark’s media relations services, as well as those we offer through our Web development and sponsorship marketing partners.”
