skidmore Archives - Sustainable Saratoga https://sustainablesaratoga.org/tag/skidmore/ Sustainable practices, to benefit current and future generations in Saratoga Springs, NY Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:24:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Keeper Film Screening https://sustainablesaratoga.org/event/the-keeper-film-screening/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://sustainablesaratoga.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=15564 Attend Jon Bowermaster's Film Screening of The Keeper at Skidmore College on March 1 at 5pm. The Keeper Description: Like many rivers around the world – the Hudson, America's First River and the Birthplace of the American Environmental Movement – boomed as a growing human population used it for transportation, sustenance and, for many years,

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]]> Attend Jon Bowermaster’s Film Screening of The Keeper at Skidmore College on March 1 at 5pm.

The KeeperThe Keeper Description: Like many rivers around the world – the Hudson, America’s First River and the Birthplace of the American Environmental Movement – boomed as a growing human population used it for transportation, sustenance and, for many years, a dumping ground. 

The river paid a price for all this use and abuse, struggling against its share of contamination. For the past nearly three decades the river’s poet laureate and literal “eyes on the river,” Captain John, has been at the forefront of each of those fights, taking on industrial and human pollution, suffering the losses and celebrating victories. 

While he has had successes on the Hudson, committing a life to protecting a river is a never-ending fight. Today, John Lipscomb is one of more than 300 “Keepers” around the globe, looking out for their respective rivers. 

Produced by Carolyn Marks Blackwood and Jon Bowermaster.

Directed by Jon Bowermaster.

Jon Bowermaster

JON BOWERMASTER bio

Writer, filmmaker and adventurer, Jon is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. One of the Society’s ‘Ocean Heroes,’ his first assignment for National Geographic Magazine was documenting a 3,741 mile crossing of Antarctica by dogsled.

He is one of National Geographic’s “Ocean Heroes” and Riverkeeper’s “2022 Hudson River Hero.”

Jon has written eleven books and produced/directed more than thirty documentary films. His feature documentaries include ‘Dear President Obama,’ ‘Antarctica, on the Edge,’ ‘After the Spill’ and ‘Ghost Fleet.’ (oceans8films.com)

His National Geographic-sponsored Oceans 8 project took him and his teams around the world by sea kayak over the course of ten years (1999-2008), bringing back stories from the Aleutian Islands to French Polynesia, Gabon to Tasmania, and more, reporting on how the planet’s one ocean and its various coastlines are faring in today’s busy world.

Jon lives in New York’s Hudson Valley. He is the President of the One Ocean Media Foundation, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Adventure Science and Creative Affiliate of The Safina Center. 

For the past several years, Jon and his One Ocean Media Foundation / Oceans 8 Films team have focused on a series of short films about the environmental risks to, and hopes for the Hudson River Valley, the birthplace of the American environmental movement. (hudsonriverstories.com) 

Jon is a Visiting Lecturer at Bard College, in the Environment and Urban Studies Department; tune into his weekly radio show/podcast, ‘The Green Radio Hour with Jon Bowermaster,’ at radiokingston.org.

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]]> Press Release: Sustainable Saratoga and Skidmore College Seek 2024 Sustainability Fair Exhibitors https://sustainablesaratoga.org/sustainable-saratoga-and-skidmore-college-seek-2024-sustainability-fair-exhibitors/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:02:10 +0000 https://sustainablesaratoga.org/?p=11848 PRESS RELEASE – For immediate release Sustainable Saratoga and Skidmore College Seek 2024 Sustainability Fair Exhibitors Media Contact: Caroline Rothaug (caroline@sustainablesaratoga.org) Saratoga Springs, NY - Sustainable Saratoga and Skidmore College invite sustainability-minded for-profit businesses and non-profit community organizations to apply to be exhibitors at the third annual Saratoga Sustainability Fair. Event: Saratoga Sustainability Fair

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PRESS RELEASE – For immediate release

Sustainable Saratoga and Skidmore College Seek 2024 Sustainability Fair Exhibitors

Media Contact: Caroline Rothaug (caroline@sustainablesaratoga.org)

Saratoga Springs, NY – Sustainable Saratoga and Skidmore College invite sustainability-minded for-profit businesses and non-profit community organizations to apply to be exhibitors at the third annual Saratoga Sustainability Fair.

Event: Saratoga Sustainability Fair

Date/time: Saturday, April 13, 10am – 3pm

Location: Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY

Sustainable Saratoga and Skidmore College are partnering once again to host the 2024 Saratoga Sustainability Fair. Kelsey Trudell, Sustainable Saratoga’s Executive Director, explains “The Saratoga Sustainability Fair is an exciting opportunity for community members to discuss sustainability, connect with local sustainable businesses and organizations, and learn about innovative climate solutions and ways to get involved. Planning is underway for the 2024 Sustainability Fair and we have now opened the call for vendors to table in the exhibit hall.”

To apply for your non-profit organization or for-profit sustainable business to participate in the exhibit hall visit https://sustainablesaratoga.org/projects/saratoga-sustainability-fair/.

This family friendly event is packed with even more offerings:

  • An expanded kids’ area with hands-on STEM activities.
  • Two panel discussions with local experts.
  • Electric Car and Bike show.
  • Exhibit Hall with tables in energy, climate, equity, environmental education, and social justice.

Interested in sponsoring the event? Contact kelsey@sustainablesaratoga.org.

Sustainability Fair vendors offering resources to attendees

About Skidmore College

Founded in 1903, Skidmore College is a highly selective private, coeducational liberal arts college of about 2,600 students. Skidmore is consistently named one of the “Best National Liberal Arts Colleges” by U.S. News and World Report and has recently been recognized as one of “America’s Most Entrepreneurial Colleges” by Forbes, a “Top College Value” by Kiplinger and one of “The Best 388 Colleges” by The Princeton Review. Travel and Leisure has also called Saratoga Springs, home to Skidmore’s campus, one of “America’s Best College Towns.”

About Sustainable Saratoga

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. Since 2008, Sustainable Saratoga has been a leader in promoting awareness of environmental issues and what we as a community can do to minimize our ecological impact while maintaining a high quality of life. To learn more about Sustainable Saratoga, visit: https://www.sustainablesaratoga.org/ 

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