Inspiring the Next Generation of Environmentalists
Sustainable Saratoga has been expanding our education and outreach efforts by creating programs centered around K-12 environmental education. We’ve developed several education programs that can be offered in 30-60 minute sessions including our Tree Education Program, Pollinator Lesson, Backyard Composting Demonstration, and Zero Waste Presentation. So far
Sustainable Saratoga goes Beyond Plastics
Summer has arrived!
And with it, another opportunity to celebrate Plastic Free July!
By David Sayer
For the uninitiated, the Plastic Free July movement invites people around the world to reduce their plastic footprint, but also – and more importantly
Know your carbon footprint
Sustainable Saratoga has partnered with CURE100 to offer local residents a free online tool to track their carbon emissions and use those results to help reduce their impact on the environment
Here’s how to accurately determine your Carbon Footprint with Sustainable Saratoga’s new Carbon Tracker App
Our everyday activities inevitably
Blossoming Where We’re Planted
Blossoming Where We’re Planted
How Gardening Builds Community, Nurturing Ourselves and the Environment
Guest post by Bethany Bowyer Khan
This post is a call to action to garden for gardeners and non-gardeners alike, but is also a call to connect with ourselves and our local community. I hope reading this provides an opportunity to step back
What’s in our seed packets
If you picked up one of our seed packets at an event, here’s what you need to know to plant:
Northeast Native Wildflower seed mix
from Vermont Wildflower Farm: https://www.vermontwildflowerfarm.com/
Contains:
Lance-leaf Coreopsis, Butterfly Weed, Swamp Milkweed, Purple Coneflower,
Press Release: No Mow May: Give up your lawnmower and give bees a chance
Contact: Paul Murphy, Chair, Sustainable Saratoga’s Pollinator Committee
email pollinators@sustainablesaratoga.org
NO MOW MAY: GIVE UP YOUR LAWNMOWER AND GIVE BEES A CHANCE!
SARATOGA SPRINGS JOINS NATIONAL NO MOW MAY MOVEMENT
SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York – Put your lawnmower aside for the month of
NO MOW MAY: Rest your lawnmower in May and give bees a chance
I’m delighted to share with you an important initiative to help our struggling
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
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.