On July 19th, Yorktown officials unveiled new food-scraps composting bins that have been installed at Downing Park lower parking lot. Composting combats climate change by reducing waste going to landfills,...
Green Team
Our Solar Panels are Producing our Electricity!
As we enjoy these sunny days remember that the solar panels are indeed working! Our solar panels continue to provide the vast majority of the electricity that we need. In 2021, (up through our most...
Eat Local!
A typical carrot travels 1,800 miles to reach your dinner table. Think about what that means in terms of fuel to get it to you, not to mention time. There’s nothing like the freshness of produce that’s...
Household Recycling Day Saturday at FDR Park
Westchester residents will get an opportunity to recycle household waste at the first Household Recycling Day Event of 2021. It will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 12 at FDR Park, 2957...
Bring Your “Special” Recyclables to our April 25 Outdoor Service
You may recall hearing about this initiative last March, just before “the world turned upside down.” Our Middle School Youth Group began an initiative to offer us the opportunity to recycle...
Two Earth Day Services on Sunday, April 25
We will be marking Earth Day this year with two services. A special Earth Day service will be offered by our Green Team online on our Facebook page at 10am. At 3 pm we will be holding an OUTDOOR Earth...
Tread Lightly on the Earth for Lent
The Presbyterian Mission Agency encourages you to engage with this Lenten calendar to “tread lightly on the earth.”
Garden of Hope Closing Ceremony
This video is the virtual 2020 closing ceremony for the Garden of Hope, which features the Rev. Paul Tesshin Silverman (GoH Cheerleader), Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater, and our own Tami Seidel and Steph...
Unbreathable No More: The EPA and Clean Air in 2021 — Film Screening Tuesday January 19
The 30-minute film sponsored by Interfaith Power and Light will screen on Tuesday, January 19, at 6:30 pm ET, and a 60-minute webinar will follow directly afterward at 7 pm ET. The webinar is entitled Unbreathable...
Deck the halls…with mounds of soon to be discarded wrapping paper… NO, NO, NO! Let’s not!
Here are some greener ideas. Separately wrap the bottom and top of a box. It may use more paper initially but the box can be used over and over. The easiest and most popular alternative to wrapping paper...