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Tarrytown Environmental Advisory Council

Climate Conversation Follow-up June 29

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Following on from June 8's Climate Conversation at the Tarrytown Senior Center, TEAC will be hosting a meeting at the Senior Center on June 29 to expand upon and discuss the realities of the proposals made at the June 8 meeting.

 Attendees of the June 8 meeting are encouraged to return with additional interested residents, business representatives, and representatives of local organizations to continue the conversation and outline specific actions that Tarrytown will take in the coming years to cope with climate change.

Click the flyer image at left to download a PDF of the flyer for this event.

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Mayor's Climate Conversation June 8

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Coping with Climate Change: Tarrytown Meets the Challenge
The Mayor and Environmental Advisory Council held a meeting on June 8 at 7 at the Tarrytown Senior Center to present results of the village's greenhouse gas and energy analysis.  Over 70 residents, business owners, representatives of local organizations, and members of the Village administration attended.  

After several informative presentations, attendees grouped according to their interests (i.e., households, businesses, Village) to discuss the key problems faced in our area and how we might best cope with them.

The outcome was a wide array of productive real-world possibilities that TEAC will be moving forward with and discussing in more detail at June 29's follow up meeting.

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Green Gardening in Tarrytown

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On April 20, 2009, TEAC presented a fun and informative "Green Gardening" workshop at Warner Library. Three knowledgeable experts presented - Ursula Chase from the Bronx Green-Up program of the NY Botanical Garden, Krys Mernyk, Master Gardener from the Cornell Co-operative Extension, and Zachary Wolf, a farmer at Stone Barns Agricultural Center.

Ms. Chase taught us, step-by-step, how we might start a community garden in Tarrytown similar those started by Bronx Green-up.  She displayed slides of a few of the 120+ beautiful community gardens and their happy-faced gardeners in the Bronx. Krys Mernyk, Master Gardener from the Cornell Co-operative Extension discussed Rain Gardens and explained that a rain garden is more than catch basin, as it helps to filter stormwater, reduce soil run-off, and can be an attractive addition to your landscape. Mr. Wolf addressed five key gardening topics, including the importance of good compost and not using chemicals. Each presentation was very informative and the methods described seem easily adoptable for our home gardening.

A big thanks to our presenters! And thank you to everyone that attended! We had a great turnout, especially for a rainy Monday night.**For more information or to contact any of the speakers, contact Nicole Simmons at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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Village Wide Clean-Up

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TEAC's Annual Village Wide Clean-Up was held April 18th.  Participants met at Neperan Park for dispersal to clean-up points around the village. 

TEAC would like to thank all of those that participated in and sponsored this terrific event. 

Some of the local organizations that made it possible:
Tarrytown Fire Department
Tarrytown DPW
Habitat for Humanity
Boys and Girls Club
Friday Night Fever Teen Club at the LIFE Center in Sleepy Hollow
One Million Acts of Kindness

Our generous food sponsors:
Tony's Pizzeria, 13 So. Broadway, Tarrytown
Main St. Pizza, 35 Main Street, Tarrytown
Isabella's Bistro, 61 Main Street, Tarrytown
Capri Pizza and Pasta, 350 S. Broadway, Tarrytown

Some of the many volunteers:
Leanna Peltier and students, Pilsun Kwak, Yoshi Goto, Koichi Mito, Massimo Covone, Harashi Sano, Jaklin Santiage, Katya Beebe, Sara Roghanian, Karine Carmichael, Hana Angelino, Leiiani Owens, miwa Ishikawa, Hyang Kucik, Naomi Shibuya, Hyangshim Kwak, Akiteshi Rikamashi, Reisui Nakamura, Cove Karriz, Reimi Mizuguchi, Akiyoshi Shimizu, Maruko Sato, Seiichiki Veda, Joanne Hold, Meido Hayshin, Joy Mito, Kuniyoshi Shinizu, Yang Fentaine, Rebecca Yaritake, Eun Hwa Monada, Hanako Heimo, Kathy Simors, Lauren Warshauer

Photos from the event after the break

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Nat. Climate Conversation, Greenburgh

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As part of April 22nd's National Climate Conversation that took place across America, Greenburgh hosted one of 10 Spotlight Conversations along with Hennepin County, Minnesota; Houston, Texas; Jackson, Wyoming; Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County); Los Angeles County, California; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sarasota County, Florida; Sumter, South Carolina; and Tucson, Arizona.

Greenburgh's Climate Action Task Force presented the municipal Climate Action Plan for discussion with elected officials, key decision makers and citizen activists in the community. Sustainability experts shared the most recent climate change policies and legislation on the federal, state & local levels. This event provided the Mayors of all villages served by the Town of Greenburgh- Irvington, Tarrytown, Ardsley, Hastings, Elmsford and Dobbs Ferry and Greenburgh Town Supervisor, Paul Feiner an opportunity to collaborate on implementing climate protection strategies. 

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