Accomplishments
We are Proud of Our Successes!
We are proud of our successes! These include:
holding a very successful public event on plastic pollution with keynote speaker Judith Enck from Beyond Plastics
holding a native tree sale
educating the public on the health and environmental risks of pesticide use
selling "Pesticide Free, Safe for All Living Things" lawn signs
educating the public on the dangers of artificial turf (even if we didn't win the school board's vote)
advocating for electric school buses and getting five in the first year with more coming (more than any other upstate school district)
advocating for and saving 307 town acres from development - the largest municipal land purchase in Hudson Valley history
campaigning in support of a local solar farm
providing significant scientific and community input to the Comprehensive Plan Update Committee, positively influencing the creation of the town's new 2023 Comprehensive Plan
advocating for the recent town building moratorium
advocating for the extension of the moratorium
participating in a large collaborative effort to educate the broader Capital Region community about creating ecologically friendly, native, sustainable yards