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Left to Right: Michael Madigan (Open Space Council), Mark Haubner, (Drawdown East End), Karen Blumer (Open Space Council), Rachel Carpitella (LI Organics Council), Beth Fiteni (Green Inside and Out), Kenny Rothwell (Winter Brothers Waste Management) on a recent tour of the Brookhaven Landfill

Climate Local Now: Taking a Lead on Zero Waste for Long Island

April 16, 2022April 21, 2022 Beth Young 1 Comment

We’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).

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Doc Fest Brings Docs Equinox Back to SAC for Earth Day Weekend

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Beth Young 0 Comments

Hamptons Doc Fest inaugurates spring Earth Day weekend with its annual Docs Equinox celebration, four days of live programming of four dramatic documentary films and Q&As highlighting the importance of taking care of our fragile world.

“The Agitators” Brings Good Trouble Back to The Vail-Leavitt Stage

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 Beth Young 0 Comments

The past is never really behind us as we work to live up to the ideals of the American experiment.

Government Top Stories

Amid A Swirl Of Questions, Riverhead Board Unanimously Approves Changes to EPCAL Deal

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 Beth Young 0 Comments

√The Riverhead Town Board voted unanimously March 24 to approve a new plan for redevelopment of the Enterprise Park at Calverton (EPCAL) that has many EPCAL-watchers squeamish.

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East Hampton Airport Reopening Plans Coalesce

March 24, 2022 Beth Young 0 Comments

East Hampton’s newly reopened airport will likely serve as a learning laboratory this summer to determine the effectiveness of numerous

Reenvisioning Downtown Riverhead

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 Beth Young 1 Comment

Lack of things for youth to do and the perception that downtown Riverhead is not safe topped concerns of residents asked Monday evening to envision the future of downtown Riverhead, at the first of three community input sessions on how to spend $10 million in downtown revitalization grants.

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Climate Local Now: Start From Your Place

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 East End Beacon 0 Comments

Ours is the Peconic Bioregion by Mary Morgan What Can I Do? That is what both climate recovery optimists Damon

Overlooking Indian Island County Park from the Broad Cove property (PLT photo)

Environment Top Stories

Historic Aquebogue Duck Farm Preserved

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Beth Young 0 Comments

The largest privately owned unprotected property on the Peconic Estuary, a 100-acre former duck farm in Aquebogue, was recently purchased by the Peconic Land Trust, preventing the property from becoming a resort hotel.