Sustainable Saratoga is working to educate landscaping professionals and the public about the deadly practice of heaping mulch around the base of trees, creating “mulch volcanoes.” Check out Sustainable Saratoga’s flyer, “Mulch Volcanoes Kill.” Trees are
Last August, Sustainable Saratoga made a formal request to the City Council to adopt a zoning amendment entitled the SPA (Saratoga Places for All) Housing Ordinance. For a sustainable future, we must have more diverse and affordable housing. This ordinance would add an important missing element in our community’s overall
Sustainable Saratoga Scoping Request regarding Oil Trains July 5, 2016
A company named Pilgrim pipeline has applied to construct, along the Thruway from Albany, a pipeline which would transport highly volatile Bakken crude oil to NJ refineries.
To supply this proposed pipeline with its capacity of 200.000 barrels per
The Wild Trees, by Richard Preston
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Zero Waste Home, The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying your Life by Reducing your Waste, by
Thank you to the Daily Gazette, Saratoga Today, and The Saratogian for printing our Letter to the Editor about the NYRA tree planting.
Printed in Saratoga Today
Complete Streets is hosting a public open house Monday, June 20th, 2016 from 6:30-8:00p at the Saratoga Music Hall. Come hear about the City’s plan to implement a safe and accessible city street network for all users!
The Tree Toga 2016 volunteer team last Saturday, just before lift-off
Photo courtesy of David Aimone
WHAT: Unified Development Ordinance Workshop – Topic-related workshops and discussion groups.
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 4th, Sessions from 9a – 6p, Open Topic Session 7p – 9p
WHERE: Empire State College, 2 Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs is at the beginning stage of a year-long process to update its land
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SUSTAINABLE SARATOGA SUPPORTS MIXED-USE
DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR HIGH ROCK PARKING LOT
Saratoga Springs, NY – January 19, 2016 – Sustainable Saratoga has long advocated for a mixed-use development plan for the High Rock parking lot. Optimally, the city would pursue a managed parking plan in conjunction with the creation of any additional parking projects.
More details later, but we can’t do this without the energy and commitment of planting volunteers and tree hosts who