Overall Accomplishments
• Saratoga Sustainability Fair, co-hosted with Skidmore College Sustainability Office, including an EV Show (April 16) – 500 attendees, 30 exhibitors, and 2 panel discussions on regenerative agriculture and plastic pollution
• Farmers Market (July 26, August 12, September 28, October 12)
• SPAC (August 8)
• Open House (November 17) – 15 attendees
• Science on Tap (November 20) 70 attendees
• Green Drinks at the Parting Glass (January 10, February 7, March 13, April 10, May 8, June 12, September 11, October 9, November 13, December 11)
• Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region – $1,000 training grant, covered attendance at the October 8 NYCON Personnel Policies Workshop.
• Saratoga Arts Earth Day Celebration by Frank Lombardo – $500 awarded as the fiscal sponsor.
Zero Waste — Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle
• Repair Cafe (March 3)
• Team Up to Clean Up (April 20) 41 bags of litter collected, 31 volunteers
• Composting in the Cold at Pitney Meadows (September 14)
• Paint Collection Day (September 21) 690 vehicles, 85 Cubic Yard Boxes collected, 64,576 lbs of Latex/ Acrylic/ Water based paints, 4,876 lbs of Oil-based paints collected
• Repair Cafe (September 22)
• Saratoga Recycles Day (October 19) 428 vehicles, 8 local businesses and nonprofit groups collected donations.
• Repair Cafe (December 7) 193 total guests, 145 items repaired
• Sign-on to Beyond Plastic’s Memorandum of Support for The New York Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (May 2024)
Urban Forestry Project — Tree Planting and Preservation
• Tree Toga (April 27) – 190 volunteers, 35 native trees planted
• Letter to Gov. Hochul Regarding clear-cutting of trees in Luther Forest for the proposed State Police Barracks (June 2024)
Land Use Advocacy — Protecting the Environment
• Greenbelt Gathering Group Walk (August 16)
• Sign-on to NYPIRG organizational letter to stop the Iroquois Compressor Expansion in the Upstate New York Towns of Athen and Dover (February 2024)
• Written public comment to NYS DEC regarding proposed revisions to the freshwater wetlands regulations (September 2024)
Climate & Energy — Addressing the Climate Crisis
• Saratoga Sustainability Fair EV Show, co-hosted with Skidmore College Sustainability Office (April 16) – 500 attendees
• Written public comment to NYS DEC regarding Saratoga Biochar Solutions Moreau Plant (NYS DEC denied the air and solid waste permit applications) February 2024
Pollinator Initiative — Protect & Create Safe Habitat
• No Mow May (May 1 – May 31)
• Pollinator Palooza (June 1) – 1,600 plants of 35 different varieties of native plants sold and planted to support pollinators, 350 attendees
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