The Tarrytown Environmental Advisory Council (TEAC) and the Village of Tarrytown are hosting our annual Eco Fair on October 5, 2019 at Patriots Park from 8:30am to 2pm to take place during the TaSH Farmers Market. 

Come learn about reducing your Carbon Footprint, Composting, Food Scraps Recycling, Home Energy Savings, Healthy Lawns, Pollinators Pathways, Native Plants, Complete Streets, local waterways and more.  There will be something for the whole family including kids activities, games, live music, and fresh local food vendors at the lively farmers market! This will be a Zero-Waste event. 

The Eco Fair brings together community organizations and local businesses to educate and share ideas to enrich our Villages and enhance the environment. It is an opportunity for community members to increase awareness and engage on environmental issues. The goal is to highlight things that we can all do at home and in our own neighborhoods. 

If you are a vendor or organization looking to participate, you can download application pdf forms here:      VENDOR       NON-PROFIT ORG

On Sep 10, two members of TEAC attended a wonderful program at the Ethical Culture Society auditorium in NYC. Hosted by The Intercept_ (https://theintercept.com), the presentation featured Naomi Klein, author of the forthcoming book “On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal,” and was headlined by trailblazing climate activist Greta Thunberg, author of “No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference”, who had just sailed to NY from Sweden. 

Together with three youth leaders and an Indigenous Amazon leader, Thunberg and Klein helped us envision a just and sustainable future, confront our climate emergency, and discuss the emerging cross-generational, transnational movement — including people of all races, classes, and backgrounds — that is our best hope for a sustainable planet. You can watch the video of the program here (https://youtu.be/Vw58ckJdDmI).

One of the segments included in the program was a "quick-draw" video animation narrated by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, set 10 years in the future. She illustrated how we got to the climate crisis we are in, and then continued to show how, by making the right decisions one by one in a Green New Deal, we pushed through the crisis and created a much better outcome than could have happened. It is mesmerizing, and you can watch it by itself here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9uTH0iprVQ. The theme of "looking back" 10 years from a much better world was carried through by the young activist speakers, to great acclaim by the audience of about 800.

A worldwide Climate Strike is planned for September 20, so if you are looking for a good reason to break from your routine, this could be it! A local website for more info is http://www.climatestrikenyc.net. The following day, there will be an "Our Future Festival" on Governor's Island. #StrikeWithUs