Town of Poughkeepsie Climate Smart Task Force Regular Meeting
Climate Smart Communities is a New York State program that helps local governments take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate. Click here to join in on Zoom.
Talk: Chantal Bilodeau, Co-founder of Climate Change Theater Action (remote)
Chantal Bilodeau, Co-Founder of Climate Change Theater Action will speak to the Hudson Valley and Catskills Climate Reality Chapter on Sunday, October 17th at 6pm. All are welcome. To attend via Zoom, please email evemorgenstern@gmail.com Chantal is a Canadian playwright now living in NYC who has been instrumental in getting the theater and educational communities, …
Regional Symposium on Climate Solutions (in person)
Locust Grove 2683 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, NYJoin Sustainable Hudson Valley for a detailed briefing on the policies, programs and funding behind New York’s Climate Act, and the Hudson Valley Regional Climate Action Strategy developed by Sustainable Hudson Valley and partners. ($20 suggested donation.) Featuring: Andrew Revkin (New York Times climate science writer and Founding Director, Initiative on Communication & Sustainability - …
Compost Basics + a DIY Compost Garbage Can Demo (remote)
As the impacts of climate change intensify worldwide, there is an urgent need for resilience in ecosystems and human societies. How can we contribute to this on the scale of our homes and neighborhoods? This workshop will explore the contributions home, community, and neighborhood gardens can make to multiple forms of climate resilience - food …
Implementing New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (virtual)
The NYS Climate Action Council has released, for public comment, a much-awaited draft plan to implement New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), the most ambitious climate law in the country. Attend this Zoom Q&A with Jen Metzger, who will give an overview of the plan and issues and recommendations that are important …
Meeting New York’s Ambitious Climate Goals: Conflict, Compromise, and NIMBY in Renewable Energy Siting (virtual)
10th Annual Woodstock Land Conservancy Film & Discussion Series Hosted by Scenic Hudson. Register here! In 2019, NYS passed the most ambitious, hopeful, and solution-oriented legislation in the country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By 2030, 70% of our electricity must come from renewables. In our part of the Hudson Valley, this means solar farms. …
The Perils of Plastics (virtual)
The League of Women Voters of Westchester County invites you to a virtual forum to find out why the production, use and disposal of plastic is one of the greatest environmental and health threats of our time. Featuring Eric Cirino, author of Thicker Than Water: A Quest for Solutions to the Plastics Crisis and Jim Vallette, President …