Sustainable Saratoga has reviewed and submitted comments on the City of Saratoga Springs’ draft Natural Resources Inventory. You can read our full comments, which include some important recommendations for improving the document in ways that will ensure greater protections for our natural resources, here.
The NRI will provide important
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You may have heard about this mysterious thing called the Unified Development Ordinance or UDO. If you’re wondering if this is something you need to pay attention to, the answer is YES! When a community issues new zoning standards, it’s a big deal! Even though zoning can seem technical and dense with
Sustainable Saratoga is pleased to announce that Wendy Mahaney has been promoted to the position of Executive Director. Wendy became Sustainable Saratoga’s first paid staff member in 2017, when she signed on as manager of the organization. As the scope of her
2019 was a year filled with action on behalf of our planet (read about our 2019 efforts here). Sustainable Saratoga supporters are passionate and active citizens, looking for a way to make meaningful change. We care about the environment and want to be part of the solution to
2019 was a year of program expansion for Sustainable Saratoga. We partnered with local organizations to hold Saratoga’s first Sustainability Fair, an interactive Children’s STEM fair, start a community composting program, and bring environmental films to the big screen. We continue to offer our
Sustainable Saratoga’s third annual Saratoga Recycles Day was a huge success. Almost 500 vehicles came to recycle or repurpose their broken or unwanted items. With a newly designed traffic pattern, vehicles moved through the stations quickly and wait times were minimal. We collected 380 TVs and monitors this year, contributing to a total of
Pitney Meadows will use the finished product as a soil amendment for its gardens. All you need is a kitchen container – preferably
Sustainable Saratoga is a not-for-profit organization that promotes sustainable practices and the protection of natural resources through education, advocacy and action, for the benefit of current and future generations in the Saratoga Springs area. The November 5, 2019 election offers an opportunity to raise and discuss pressing
The Children’s STEM fair, co-sponsored by the Saratoga Springs Public Library, Sustainable Saratoga, and the Children’s Museum at Saratoga, attracted more than 300 people on July 17, 2019. Children of all ages explored a diverse assemblage of scientific disciplines.
Twenty different organizations participated in the