Green Bellevue

Green Bellevue is the people of Bellevue coming together to ensure a greener, more beautiful community

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

A limited supply of our new Green Bellevue Bee City USA T-shirts are ordered - they are $20!!

Go to our website to place your order -www.greenbellevue.org .
#bringbackthebuzz #BeeCityUSA

[First Star Recycling @FirstarFiber]

Solutions Plastic Lumber is proud to be an exhibitor at the #STC2026 Annual Conference October 26-28 in San Antonio.
Themed "Where the Industry Aligns", we'll be showing our plastic nailer boards again this year. Learn more at https://t.co/OsyqOkpCZl
#Plasticlumber #turfgrass

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

Join the Green Bellevue Board! We're seeking board members for the 2027–2028 term. If you're passionate about sustainability and have time to help lead our organization, we'd love to hear from you! Email [email protected] to express your interest!

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

Join us in the Arrows to Aerospace Parade tomorrow! Our Line Up is #42 - https://t.co/20Fp1j8szd

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

Come to the Bellevue, Nebraska Farmers' Market today for your Bring Back the Buzz Green Bellevue Bee City USA t-shirt!
Or you can order online at https://t.co/RJ1g2JM1wC

[First Star Recycling @FirstarFiber]

Open Omaha is THIS Saturday, 8/8, 10am - 4pm! Come see what you’ll find by taking one of our Open Omaha Tours at First Star Recycling! Download the Open Omaha app and/or visit https://t.co/e22H7rTrMf & create your special day of exploring Omaha this Saturday!
#openomaha2026

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

Walk with us in the Arrows to Aerospace Parade, check out our new limited-edition Bee City USA t-shirts, and see what's coming up next! Read our latest e-newsletter: https://t.co/25o44VqhGP #BeeCityUSA #GreenBellevue

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

Come see us a Bakers's Twin Creek tomorrow, 7/26 from 12-2pm for a free reusable bag and pick up some compostable produce bags to have a #PlasticFreeJuly shopping day in the bag!

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

Pledge to Go Plastic Free this July! Read about #PlasticFreeJuly bag give away, Environment Champions, our new Blog and volunteer opportunities/future events! - https://t.co/2eF62wrzYm

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

Pledge to Go Plastic Free this July! Read about #PlasticFreeJuly bag give away, Environment Champions, our new Blog and volunteer opportunities/future events! - https://t.co/2eF62wrzYm

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

It's Pollinator Week!!! Here's how to celebrate w Green Bellevue:
👩‍🌾Thursday, June 25th Public Pollinator Gardening Opportunity
🌱Saturday, June 27th Come get native pollinator plants @ Bellevue Farmers Market
🐝Take the Pollinator Protector Pledge: https://t.co/rCpDiehh2v

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

Pollinator Party at the Market this Saturday - June 6th! Pollinator Passport Activity, free seedlings, face painting, and more! - https://t.co/rw6wjdi6oA #BeeCityUSA

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

As long as you know the field hasn't been treated by pesticides - pick and add dandelions to your next salad! 😋
#beneficial #beecityusa

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

The reason we think dandelions are weeds is because of a 1950s marketing campaign.

Dandelions, native to Europe and Asia, were brought to North America in the 1600s by European colonists who grew them deliberately.

Every part is edible. The leaves are a salad green, the flowers were made into wine, and the roots were roasted as a coffee substitute and used medicinally for liver and kidney conditions for thousands of years. They were a kitchen-garden staple well into the 1800s.

The shift happened after World War II, when 2,4-D (originally developed for chemical warfare research) was approved as a residential herbicide. Companies like Scotts built the modern lawn-care industry around the idea that a perfect green lawn meant zero broadleaf plants.

Dandelions, being bright yellow and resistant to mowing, became a visible enemy, and the campaign worked. By the 1970s, "dandelion-free" was synonymous with "well-kept."

They aren't native, but they aren't doing significant ecological harm either. The herbicides used to kill them, on the other hand, kill bees, contaminate groundwater, and have been linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma in humans.

If you hate dandelions, it's most likely due to a marketing campaign that ran before you were born.

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

The Bellevue Farmers Market Opens TOMORROW! Come check it out and see Green Bellevue for a free roll of bamboo, tree-free toilet paper!- https://t.co/oeLAgEl139

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

Expo & free native garden give away this Sat 1-4pm! Then, join us at the Bellevue Farmers Market on May 30th! Free Native plants (donations accepted), pollinator yard signs & free bamboo toilet paper while supplies last!- https://t.co/dzAC6XFgy3 #BeeCityUSA

[First Star Recycling @FirstarFiber]

♻️Curious how hard-to-recycle plastics are turned into usable building products?https://t.co/7kuat8JTMS

Join us Thursday, 5/14 for a behind-the-scenes Recycling in Action tour First Star Recycling.
@APRrecycles @KOmahaBeautiful

[Birchcrest School @BirchcrestTiger]

Arbor Day! Thank You! Terry Hughes Tree Service for planting a tree with the Birchcrest 2nd grade today!! #bctigers #bpsne

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

.@EarthDayOmaha is finally here, headed over to Elmwood Park from 11 to 4 & look up our awesome Green Bellevue #Beecityusa and @milkweedmatters team! The annual plant sale coming up this weekend, plants are grown by Glenwood FFA students. Don’t miss it🦋

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

@FirstarFiber @EarthDayOmaha @LincolnEarthDay @FirstarFiber is a great partner creating plastic lumber out orange bag materials.

[Green Bellevue @GreenBellevue]

On behalf of the City of Bellevue’s Tree Board and the Green Bellevue Board, we are proud to celebrate Arbor Day with the @CityofBellevue, @CityofPapillion, @CityOmaha , @CityofLaVista, City of Springfield, and @CityOfRalston! Happy Arbor Day! #trees #arborday #cleanair #shade

[Nebraska Public Media News @NebPubMediaNews]

Work is starting on a new solar farm in southeast Nebraska expected to be the largest in the state.
https://t.co/G7j477kWPt