Press Release: Saratoga Sustainability Fair is back and more sustainable than ever on April 16 2023
Event: Saratoga Sustainability Fair
Date/time: Sunday, April 16, 10 am – 4 pm
Location: Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
Fair website: https://www.skidmore.edu/sustainability/events/fair.php for full details and schedule
Sustainable Saratoga and Skidmore College are
Sustainable Saratoga’s letter regarding the proposed Saratoga Biochar Solutions plant
Below is the text of a letter Sustainable Saratoga sent to the Town of Moreau Planning Board and Town Board regarding the proposed Saratoga Biochar Solutions plant in the Moreau Industrial Park.
April 7, 2023
To: Town of Moreau Planning Board, Town of Moreau Town Board
Tree Toga Trees diversify and beautify our urban forest
Sustainable Saratoga’s Urban Forestry Project works with homeowners and the City of Saratoga Springs to keep growing our urban tree canopy. We do this mainly through our annual Tree Toga tree planting events, where we send volunteers out to locations around the city to plant trees each April in celebration of Arbor Day.
5 things you can do TODAY to help the Earth
April is Earth Month, a time to raise awareness around the environmental issues that affect the planet and all living beings that call it home. In celebration, here are 5 things you can do today, this week, this month, and well into the future to live more sustainably and reduce your overall impact.
Plant
Replace Your Invasives with Keystone Plants
The Garden Club of America has proclaimed April 2023 Native Plant Month. Take a look around your yard and garden as they wake up from winter and identify invasive plants that should be replaced by natives.
Invasive species
These non-native species of plants spread and cause ecological or economic harm to their new
Local engineer innovates with new geothermal heat pump system
By Kurt Kimmel
According to the Department of Environmental Conservation’s 2022 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, buildings are the largest single source of climate change-inducing greenhouse gasses in New York State. Switching from fossil fuel heating sources such as gas and heating oil to more efficient electric powered sources such as air and
Refilleries: The Zero Waste Shopping Option
By Kate Phillips
What are refilleries and why are they so great?
According to the EPA, Americans produce an average of 5 pounds of waste per person per day. If you’re looking to reduce your share, try shopping at a Refillery. Refilleries allow you
Turn your Lawn into a Meadow
Why turn your lawn into a meadow?
Lawns are ecological dead zones that use huge amounts of resources like pesticides, fertilizers, fossil fuel and water. They do not support, and in many cases actively kill, pollinators, birds and other wildlife, and they require continual
Three Useful Tools for Faster Compost
By Jennifer Armstrong, Compost Committee Co-Chair
Maximizing Surface area for Faster Compost
Garden chores are still many weeks away, but now is a good time to make plans for spring cleanup. When the snow is all gone and the sun is growing stronger every day, it’s