Climate Local Now: If My Dad Can Do It: Food Recovery for Climate
by Mary Morgan & Brianne Briggman Dispatch from Brianne Briggman: One year ago, my 64-year-old father started experiencing severe neck
Read moreby Mary Morgan & Brianne Briggman Dispatch from Brianne Briggman: One year ago, my 64-year-old father started experiencing severe neck
Read morePictured Above: What’s in your fridge? Food waste is a top contributor to greenhouse gases. Time Compressed After working for
Read moreAt the urging of New York State Assemblyman Fred Thiele, New York has recognized June 9 as Dragonfly Day since
Read moreThe East End has changed an awful lot in the 50 years since the Group for the East End first opened its doors in Bridgehampton, but what hasn’t changed are the tools necessary for citizens to protect the environment of the places they love.
Read moreWe’ve talked in the last few columns about a Circular Economy which includes Zero Waste as a principle, and about a Repair Café, which is one of the very local actions in which everyone can take part. Today we are presenting a real-world example of this for all of us on Long Island—Taking A Lead on Zero Waste (TALZ-LI).
Read moreEarth Day will be celebrated in force on the East End this year beginning on April 22, and continuing through
Read moreWhat do you do with a broken toaster? Or with a bike when the wheel runs out of true? Or with a sweater full of moth holes? Toss it? No way! North Fork Environmental Council (NFEC) is organizing the first Repair Café at the Floyd Memorial Library (539 First Street) in Greenport on Saturday April 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Read moreOurs is the Peconic Bioregion by Mary Morgan What Can I Do? That is what both climate recovery optimists Damon
Read moreWe are highlighting the concept of a Circular Economy, a paradigm in which we slow the senseless extraction of everything under the sun. This will be the direct result of reducing, reusing, repurposing, reclaiming and recycling all of the things we need—and want. Within this closed-loop system is the potential to regenerate a thriving planet and for us to live within our planetary means and still enjoy meaningful lives. The Repair Café fills the bill.
Read moreThe truth when it comes to climate change is that talk is a form of action. We are all observing the weather changing around us, whether we simply make mental note of it or even if we change the channel when we see extreme weather on television. It seems almost futile to even bring this situation up with our friends and neighbors. After all, we may think, there’s nothing any one of us can do to change the situation.
Read morePictured Above: Damon Gameau and Paul Hawken discussed the ideas behind Project Drawdown during the opening presentation of Drawdown East
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