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.
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.
These non-native species of plants spread and cause ecological or economic harm to their new
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
By Kate Phillips
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
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
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
Kelsey is a South Glens Falls native who moved back to this area after spending several years in Phoenix, Arizona. In Phoenix she worked for the Arizona Sustainability Alliance, an
The Backyard Compost Committee has experienced as much variety in our workshops as we have seen in the broader world of composting. In that arena, no two people compost in the same way. Likewise, in our 5 years of teaching people to compost,