Energy Efficiency & Alternative Energy for Your Home: Monday, April 22, Mt Kisco

Energy Efficiency & Alternative Energy for Your Home

* Do Something Green for Your House this Earth Day *

A panel of area experts will answer questions about energy efficiency & alternative energy for your home in 2013:

how can I stop wasting 20-40% of the energy I purchase?

what alternative energy works in our area?

what upgrades have realistic payback?

what incentives exist to help pay for it?

how to get the right evaluation?

AGENDA

6:30 PM: Panel Discussion moderated by Mt Kisco Energy Advisory Panel and Energize NY

7:00 PM: Energy Gallery

Browse information tables.

Ask questions directly to certified and approved efficiency contractors and solar professionals about options for your particular home.

Energize Application Assistance: ready to sign up for a comprehensive home energy assessment? Please bring a copy of your energy usage history. The easiest way to get this is to call your utility providers (electric and heating fuel) and ask to be emailed or mailed a one page ‘utility delivery history’ (kwh or gallons) on company letterhead.

Questions? Call Energize at (914) 302-7300 www.EnergizeMountKisco.org

Who should attend? Owners of single family to 4 unit residences, including townhouse-style condos

Sponsored by Village of Mount Kisco, Mt Kisco Library and Energize NY. RSVP requested. Register by calling the library: (914) 666-8041

For more information visit:
http://chappaqua.patch.com/events/energy-efficiency-alternative-energy-for-your-home

Monday, April 22nd
6:30 pm: Panel Discussion and 7:00 pm: Energy Gallery
Mount Kisco Public Library, 100 E Main St, Mount Kisco, NY

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Earth Day Westchester 2013: Sunday, April 21, Valhalla, NY

Would you like to share information at an Earth Day event?

Contact Westchester County for a table at the Earth Day Westchester 2013 event at Kensico Dam Plaza.

Westchester County anticipates that as many as a few thousand people will stop by this year for live entertainment, a “green” vendor exhibit, a small farmers market, a free “Green Raffle”, children’s activities and Sustainability/Recycling Awards presented by Westchester County and more.

Cost to exhibit under the big tent is the same: FREE – with table & chairs provided.

Please let them know of your interest as soon as possible. There is no charge for exhibitors however, registration is due by Monday, April 8, 2013.  Please contact Adam Kwan at akk4@westchestergov.com or 914-813-5964 to learn how to register.

Sunday, April 21

10AM - 3PM

Kensico Dam Plaza, at the north end of the Bronx River Parkway, Valhalla, NY

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Transition Westchester, Monday April 23, Pleasantville

2nd Quarter General Meeting of Transition Westchester
What you probably won't hear about at Earth Day events - Why are gasoline prices high and what you can do because of it.  Click here to learn more









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Earth Day Lobby Day, Apr 25, Albany

Earth Day Lobby Day 2012

The 22nd Annual Earth Day Lobby Day in Albany will be held on Wednesday, April 25th. Hundreds of citizens from every corner of New York State will meet with their state lawmakers and show their support for the environment.  Click here for more details and to register

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Lewisboro Earth Day Events

Lewisboro Earth Day Events

• If you haven't already registered, head over to Meetup.com http://www.meetup.com/Katonah-Green-and-Beyond/events/57329672/ and sign up for the Lewisboro Sustainability Committee's Earth Day Community Gathering at Cyrus Russell House. This is a great chance to kindle your eco-loving soul with friends, meet more like-minded people in the community, share good food, play and hear some music. Totally family-friendly, participatory, free and heart-warming. 
• Friday night Earth-Day concert by EarthTones, South Salem Presbyterian Church, April 20th
  
• Sunday, April 22, 1pm: Leon Levy Preserve Earth Day Celebration, Leon Levy Preserve  http://www.westchesterlandtrust.org/  Noted local naturalist Jim Nordgren will lead participants alongside vernal pools to see and hear breeding frogs and other amphibians, past thickets and through woodlands to listen and look for migrating birds, and over ledges and rock outcrops that show the unique geology of Westchester County.

• Saturday, April 28th Katonah-Lewisboro KLSD Sustainability Fair http://bedford.patch.com/articles/k-l-district-announces-annual-wellness-and-sustainability-fair 

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Slow Money Earth Day Event, Sunday Apr 22, Stone Barns

Slow Money NYC and Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture present Earth Day Entrepreneur Showcase: Slow Money and Local Investment Opportunities With Woody Tasch, Author of Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money, & Eliot Coleman, Author & Farmer, Four Season Farm April 22, 2012 (Earth Day!) 3-5 pm The Loft at Stone Barns Tickets $75. Limited quantity. Click here to view website

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Save the Dates: Earth Day 2012

Save these dates now, and contact Katonah Green if you'd like to participate in collaborating or sharing information on your project for either of these events.

Earth Day Celebration Potluck and Music Jam, April 22, Cyrus Russell House, Cross River, NY. Sponsored by the Lewisboro Sustainability Committee. Like them on Facebook!

KLSD Sustainability and Wellness Fair, Saturday, April 28th, 10-2 at John Jay High School, Cross, River, NY. This year's event will be bigger and better than ever!


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The Fourth Annual Sustainability & Wellness Fair, JJHS, Saturday, Apr 30th

Save the Date: 
The Fourth Annual Sustainability & Wellness Fair
Saturday, April 30, 2011 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM at John Jay High School

The entire community is invited to participate! 

 

2011 Sustainability & Wellness

Participants:

• Run/Walk for Wellness, sponsored by KLSD/John Jay Booster Club (9:30 AM)
• Aramark: Sample the fare!
• Calculate your Heart Rate!
• Energize Bedford/Energize N. Westchester: Sign up for an energy audit
• Henry Fair: Environmental Art and Photography  
• I and Me Farm: Information and Products 
• Increase Miller Boy Scouts:  Rope Bridge  
• Increase Miller Girl Scouts: Smoothies
• John Jay Athletics/Booster Club: Walk/Run and Fitness
• John Jay High Schools Rolling Tones
• Katonah Chamber of Commerce: Booths and Demonstrations
• Katonah Elementary School: Celebrating our Greenhouse and Garden
• KLSD Sustainability Committee: Celebrate the efforts and the work!
• Lewisboro Recreation Department:  Info. and Sign Up for Summer Camp
• Meadow Pond Elementary:  School Garden
• Northern Westchester Hospital:  Information
• Pound Ridge Land Conservancy:  Information
• Slow Food:  Information
• Town of Lewisboro Sustainability
• Westchester County Safe Routes to School:  Walk or Ride to School
• Westchester County Environmental:  Shredder
• Westchester Land Trust:  Information
• Westchester PC Renew: Computer Recycling
• Westmoreland Sanctuary:  Information
• Wolf Conservation Center:  Information and show at 12:30

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Saturday, April 9: Earth Day Clean-Up. North Salem.

 North Salem Improvement Society

Saturday, April 9th - Earth Day Clean-Up

Stop by the library between 9:00-11:00 to sign up for roadside cleanup
 and pick up bags and equipment,
 free coffee and donuts

 Rain date, Sunday, April 10th
 click here for more information 

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Garden Tool Swap! Saturday, April 24th, South Salem, NY

Celebrate Earth Day and Spring: Come to the Garden Tool Swap!

10-1 Saturday, April 24th!

Be part of the home-grown revolution: Bring garden tools, supplies, equipment to swap, barter, trade, or give away! 

Digging is the ultimate Earth Week excercise. 

Free. Sponsored by three local, dedicated supporters of home-grown and sustainably grown food: Gossett's Brother's Nursery,  Teich Garden Systems, and Katonah Green 

While you are there, visit the farmer's market, local artisans, and this month's Local Foods-Local Chefs demonstration with author and health teacher Deborah Nelson. 

If you are local, keep up the Earth Day celebratory spirit, join us at 6pm in South Salem for the Slow Food Westchester/Katonah Green Potluck

Location:

Gossett's Farmer's Market, 10-1

1202 Rte 35, South Salem, NY 

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Slow Food Westchester/ Katonah Green Potluck, Saturday, April 24th

Slow Food Westchester/ Katonah Green Potluck, 

Saturday, April 24th, 6pm

ORGANIC & LOCAL POTLUCK  RSVP Here

Bring a dish to share prepared with real food. We encourage foods to be prepared from local ingredients, organic, and free from preservatives and ingredients you can't pronounce! Please post in the comments what you'll be bringing! Please avoid bringing any disposable plastics. Hosted by Mike Gordon in South Salem.

A LITTLE ABOUT MIKE GORDON
Mike is a member of the Sustainable Lewisboro, interested in the Slow Food movement and part of Hudson Clearwater Walkabout Singers.

More info and sign up here: 
http://www.meetup.com/Katonah-Green-and-Beyond/calendar/12875047/

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Westchester Parks Earth Day 2010, Kensico Dam Plaza, Sun, April 18

Sunday, April 18, 2010, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
at Kensico Dam Plaza in White Plains

• Live music and entertainment with Annie and the Natural Wonder Band, Jeff Boyer Productions and Solar Punch
• FREE “Green Raffle” with great prizes
• Lawn and gardening Q & A with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County
• The best in fresh, local produce at the Earth Day Farmers Market
• “Green” exhibit showcasing practical ways to make your home, school or business more energy-efficient and sustainable
• Westchester County Sustainability/Recycling Awards & Prizes

Free admission and parking.
Walk, cycle, take Metro North or carpool! Read more

Presented by Westchester County’s departments of Parks and Environmental Facilities. Sponsored by Friends of Westchester County Parks. Co-sponsored by Wheelabrator Westchester, City Carting of Westchester, Malcolm Pirnie, Birdsall Services Group and Cornerstone Environmental Group.

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