By Mayor Mike Manning, Watervliet, NY I’m happy to report that the Watervliet, NY, City Council has adopted a Climate Action Plan (CAP). The Plan, made possible by a $2,500 grant from the Community Catalyst Fund, creates a framework for increasing the effectiveness of the Watervliet Sustainability Working Group (WSWG) by monitoring and evaluating the [...]
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Community Catalyst Fund Supports Municipal Green Team Development in Westchester County Villages
July 22, 2011By Dani Glaser, Green Team Spirit “To hit the climate challenge ahead of us we need to make changes now. Our village governments need to set an example for our communities, and this change starts from within. Our village green teams will help change the culture, and this training will help us do that.” – [...]
Sustainable Development in New York’s Capital Region
June 6, 2011By Patrick Clear, Executive Director, ECOS: The Environmental Clearinghouse On March 4, over 140 people took part in the third Sustainable Development in the Capital Region of New York Conference, held at Union College in Schenectady, New York. It was titled “Toward a Sustainable Future,” and aimed at educating those on the front lines of [...]
Thousand Islands Young Leaders Organization Celebrates with Cleanup and Greenfest
June 3, 2011By Alicia Dewey, Thousand Islands Young Leaders Organization The Thousand Islands Young Leaders Organization (TIYLO) celebrated the 41st anniversary of Earth Day with its annual Community Clean Up and “Green Fest” Saturday, April 30th at the Cerow Recreation Park in Clayton, NY. Similar to last year’s festivities, the focus was to offer a “green” forum [...]
Growing Environmental Literacy in Connecticut
June 3, 2011By Laurel Kohl, Energy Education Specialist, Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University Connecticut Outdoor and Environmental Educators (COEEA) received a $1200 grant from the Community Catalyst Fund in December 2010. That money has helped to present viewings of Mother Nature’s Child to more than 200 individuals to date, with 23 showings scheduled. [...]
Somers Energy Expo Brings the Community Together
May 6, 2011By Herb Oringel, Chair, Somers Energy Advisory Panel On February 5, 2011, the Town of Somers, NY held an ambitious Energy Expo program at Somers High School. (View the agenda by downloading our flyer.) This event was aimed at informing and educating the people of Somers, both young and old, about the need to be [...]
Kent CT Takes the Pledge
May 6, 2011By Karren Garrity, Kent Energy and Environmental Task Force With support from the Community Catalyst Fund, the Kent Energy and Environmental Task Force launched the Kent Carbon Challenge in September 2010. This is a one year energy reduction challenge. We have had almost 200 people sign up! Of these 200, 82 have signed up for [...]
The NH RGGI Race: Reform or Repeal?
April 28, 2011Roger Stephenson, APR Vice President for Programs I decided to live tweet the proceedings of last week’s NH Senate Hearing on HB 519 – the repeal of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the Granite State. My reactions: outside the hearing, as evidenced from the Twitterverse, there is a [...]
Local Matters – to Whole Foods Market and to Us
April 7, 2011Roger Stephenson, APR Vice President for Programs It is a pleasure working with Whole Foods Market Team Leaders and Team Members as we approach April 12, the 5% Day dedicated to benefitting Clean Air-Cool Planet’s sustainability programs in communities and on campuses. Local matters to Whole [...]
Common Sense Energy Savings
March 29, 2011Roger Stephenson, APR Vice President for Programs I’m looking forward to our third annual Local Energy Solutions conference for New Hampshire towns and schools – this Saturday — April 2 from 8 am-4pm . A town administrator from the North Coountry shared with me that his oil heat bill [...]
