by Amy Durland
Sustainable Saratoga had a recent opportunity to connect with the arts. The Nacre Dance Group/Empire State Dance Youth Ensemble, directed by Beth Fecteau, invited Sustainable Saratoga to a recent youth dance performance at Universal Preservation Hall. The program included the
Guest post by Kathryn Gallien
Last year, a newspaper photographer stopped and asked to take a photo while my husband and I were raking our yard. She said she drove around and we were the only ones she could find raking.
We don’t mind doing yard work. It gets us outside, gives us some exercise, and
Our everyday activities inevitably
It has been estimated that fossil fuels from home heating, hot water, and cooking account for 11% of U.S. carbon pollution and one-third of New
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
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
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
Below is the text of a letter we sent to the Saratoga Springs City Council in support of bike lanes on Union Avenue. Download PDF
December 6, 2022
Dear Mayor Kim and Council Members:
I am writing on behalf of Sustainable Saratoga
Photo courtesy of The Nature Conservancy
By: Grace Geurin
On April 9th, 2022, Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature proposed a bond of
When Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) this summer, it set in motion the potential for what U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer called “a game-changer,” “a turning point,” and “one of the defining legislative feats of the