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Monday, April 28, 2008
New Recycling Bins at the Commons!
Clifton Park has recently launched a new recycling program in the Commons, a community sports center. The introduction of the program coincided with the beginning of the recreational soccer program Saturday morning. Clifton Park councilmen Tom Paolucci and Scott Hughes as well as some of the town's G.R.E.E.N. (Government Re-Thinking Energy and Environmental Needs) committee got the word out by putting up 'Recycle: It's a Common thing' signs, and distributing stickers and pamphlets to the early-morning soccer and little league baseball players and parents. The slogan was submitted as part of a contest by a member of the Shenendehowa High School Recycling club (S.C.A.R.C.E.), and will be posted along with other environmentally-conscious slogans on the announcement board along Visher's Ferry Rd. Please support the town's recycling initiatives by utilizing the new recycling bins and letting your town representatives know that you support the new drive towards becoming more environmentally friendly!
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Clifton Park tree givaway for Earth Day!
Hey everyone,
Earth day is coming up on April 23rd! Clifton Park's G.R.E.E.N committee is giving away tree seedlings at Shenendehowa SAGE’s Science Discovery Night Expo at the Gowana Middle School from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM on Wednesday April 23rd. The tree seedlings will be available on a first come first serve basis until the supply is exhausted. The entire press release is below:
"Councilman Paolucci stated, “In an effort to reduce carbon gases in our environment the Town GREEN Committee encourages residents to plant trees to help promote a greener, cleaner Clifton Park”. Trees serve many purposes today and now are our primary tool to help control surface/storm water run-off that backs-up storm drains, causing flooding in basements and low areas. The Committee supports events like the Science Discovery Night Expo because science provides us with the knowledge and means to balance development and nature.
Councilman Hughes reminds residents that, “scientifically and aesthetically trees are a great a means by which we can improve our environment and quality of life. I encourage Clifton Park families to take advantage of this opportunity to plant a tree and watch it grow, together with their children to a full and successful potential here in Clifton Park”."
Also! 18 seconds is a cool website about CLFs and a breakdown of which states are the most "enlightened". It only takes 18 seconds to change your lightbulb into a more efficient CLF.
As far as Saratoga County Green goes, I'm extremely proud to say that it was exactly one year ago that myself and my awesome friend Chris started this little project. I didn't think it would go anywhere at first, and it was tough getting it off the ground. I felt like we got a lot accomplished over the summer considering that we started from scratch. Unfortunately I won't be around this summer (I'll still be in Australia...hey, maybe that's not so unfortunate), but I hope that someone else from the group will pick it up. Even if SCCG doesn't reunite for the summer, I'll keep this blog updated for national news as well as local. I'm really happy that Clifton Park has a new "green" committee that is actually accomplishing things! I'm also really proud of Lisa, who is part of SCCG and is on the committee board. Although I'm moving out to bigger things than good old CP, I still want to do as much as I can to motivate people and get things moving in this town.
Cheers,
Shona
Earth day is coming up on April 23rd! Clifton Park's G.R.E.E.N committee is giving away tree seedlings at Shenendehowa SAGE’s Science Discovery Night Expo at the Gowana Middle School from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM on Wednesday April 23rd. The tree seedlings will be available on a first come first serve basis until the supply is exhausted. The entire press release is below:
"Councilman Paolucci stated, “In an effort to reduce carbon gases in our environment the Town GREEN Committee encourages residents to plant trees to help promote a greener, cleaner Clifton Park”. Trees serve many purposes today and now are our primary tool to help control surface/storm water run-off that backs-up storm drains, causing flooding in basements and low areas. The Committee supports events like the Science Discovery Night Expo because science provides us with the knowledge and means to balance development and nature.
Councilman Hughes reminds residents that, “scientifically and aesthetically trees are a great a means by which we can improve our environment and quality of life. I encourage Clifton Park families to take advantage of this opportunity to plant a tree and watch it grow, together with their children to a full and successful potential here in Clifton Park”."
Also! 18 seconds is a cool website about CLFs and a breakdown of which states are the most "enlightened". It only takes 18 seconds to change your lightbulb into a more efficient CLF.
As far as Saratoga County Green goes, I'm extremely proud to say that it was exactly one year ago that myself and my awesome friend Chris started this little project. I didn't think it would go anywhere at first, and it was tough getting it off the ground. I felt like we got a lot accomplished over the summer considering that we started from scratch. Unfortunately I won't be around this summer (I'll still be in Australia...hey, maybe that's not so unfortunate), but I hope that someone else from the group will pick it up. Even if SCCG doesn't reunite for the summer, I'll keep this blog updated for national news as well as local. I'm really happy that Clifton Park has a new "green" committee that is actually accomplishing things! I'm also really proud of Lisa, who is part of SCCG and is on the committee board. Although I'm moving out to bigger things than good old CP, I still want to do as much as I can to motivate people and get things moving in this town.
Cheers,
Shona
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