SA Spring 2017

 

Concerned environmentalists have many options to shift our homes, communities, states, country and world to become more sustainable.

 

We’re fortunate that the New York State government has taken major steps to move our communities to Climate Smart, Energy Smart Communities.

 

The NYS Public Service Commission has established a pilot Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program for Westchester County. Westchester Power (www.westchesterpower.org) is a program initiated and implemented by Sustainable Westchester Inc. on behalf of member municipalities in Westchester County.

 

If you’ve been to a march in warm weather, you know the basic essentials: hat, sunblock, water. The creative part — deciding what our sign should say — comes next. My sister-in-law appropriately came up with “Save the Planet, Pass Wind Not Gas” for my husband Steve and “Climate Change, Takes More than an Apprentice,” for me.