Outreach
Lockheed Martin's Environmental Commitment Includes Community Outreach
 | Lockheed Martin sponsors educational events that excite students
about math, science and engineering through hands-on activities
and interaction with professionals in the field. |
As a responsible corporate citizen, Lockheed Martin is committed to being a valued partner to its neighbors and the nation. With the support of the ESH organization, Lockheed Martin businesses across the Corporation engage in environmental and safety activities that improve communities and the overall environment. Lockheed Martin is an active participant in community festivals in Middle River, Md. The Corporation has hosted the area’s Waterfront Festival on Lockheed Martin property, been a major exhibitor at the Marshy Point Nature Center’s annual festival, and supported the local Essex Days event. Corporate ESH employees participate in Rebuilding Together, a volunteer program in Montgomery County, Md., that performs home renovation and repairs for people in need. In addition to its assistance with general renovations, the ESH team keeps an eye out for improvements that will help homeowners increase safety and energy efficiency. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics employees in Marietta, Ga., and Palmdale, Calif., help local schools start and maintain recycling programs, and Aeronautics employees in Fort Worth, Texas, organized a can recycling program to pay for construction of a Habitat for Humanity home. Lockheed Martin Space Systems employees in Colorado and California have participated in restoration and cleanup projects that have gathered as much as 23 tons of trash and recyclables in a year. In California’s Bay Area, employees collect tons of “e-waste” during the region’s Pollution Prevention Week, and in Huntsville, Ala., employees pick up litter as volunteers for the city-sponsored “Operation Green Team.” Commercial Space Systems in Newtown, Pa., has worked with the local environmental council and neighboring property owners on issues such as watershed preservation and goose management, while in Colorado, the company’s employees planted 200 trees to create a habitat for the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse, a local endangered species. In the United Kingdom, Lockheed Martin UK’s ESH team has supported a first-aid training program through the Children’s Safety Foundation and presented St. Peter’s Junior School in Farnborough with first-aid training books for students. Lockheed Martin UK employees also participated in the Havant Conservation Action Project to plant new trees in Waterlooville and English Bluebells in Emsworth. In Great Neck, N.Y., where Lockheed Martin is remediating a former manufacturing site it acquired in 1996, the Corporation continues to support the Great Neck United Community Fund, which supports 18 programs in the Great Neck and North New Hyde Park area. Lockheed Martin also focuses on supporting education. Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors in Manassas, Va., offers opportunities for Freedom High School students to visit the facility, observe environmental protection practices, and learn about careers in environmental, safety and health from professionals at the site. In Tallevast, Fla., and Riverside, Calif., where the Corporation is conducting remediation activities related to past operations, ESH sponsors annual educational events for students. The events include 30 to 40 “stations” with hands-on activities that excite students about math, science and engineering. To enhance instruction in the classroom, Lockheed Martin ESH has funded the South Florida Museum’s Institute for Science Teaching and has sent teachers to the Keystone Center in Silverthorne, Colo., which provides innovative techniques for teaching environmental issues. ESH also funds environmental field trips for students. Lockheed Martin provides philanthropic contributions to the National Environmental Education Foundation, National Geographic’s Water Trail Program, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, The Izaak Walton League of America, The Nature Conservancy, The Keystone Center, and The Conservation Fund.
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