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Last Minute Panic Buying? Shop Local and Sustainable in New Canaan.

Last Minute Panic Buying? Shop Local and Sustainable in New Canaan.

by Robin Bates-Mason | Dec 20, 2022 | Being More Sustainable

Ideas of How to Shop Local and Sustainable in New Canaan. Panic may be setting in if you still need to finish your Christmas list with only a few days left. Those Amazon boxes won’t make it in time for opening presents on Christmas morning but that isn’t...
How to be more sustainable this Holiday Season: 10 Tips

How to be more sustainable this Holiday Season: 10 Tips

by Robin Bates-Mason | Nov 23, 2022 | Being More Sustainable, Composting, Recycling, Reduce Waste, Uncategorized

What and Where to Buy Key Holiday Items If buying new holiday lights, make sure they are LED.  Not only do they use a lot less energy, but they are also less of a fire risk than incandescent lights. Shop Local! There will be ubiquitous cardboard boxes being delivered...
A Solar Panel Experience Worth Sharing

A Solar Panel Experience Worth Sharing

by Peter Hanson | Apr 27, 2022 | Being More Sustainable, Renewable energy, Uncategorized

Solar panels are good for the planet and for my pocketbook. In 2015, we installed twelve solar panels on our garage roof. They cost me $13,947 after rebates, and the panels reduced our Eversource metered electricity usage by two-thirds, giving us a 7.5% yield on our...
Ways To Be More Sustainable: My Experience of Buying an Electric Blower

Ways To Be More Sustainable: My Experience of Buying an Electric Blower

by Jen Zonis | Apr 26, 2022 | Being More Sustainable, Leaf blowers

“It’s Saturday. About Your Leaf Blower” This was the headline in Jessica Stolzberg’s Op Ed in New York Times on April 15th.  I have a feeling you already get the gist.  Overwhelmed by the constant bad news on the state of the climate, we are nevertheless determined to...
Time to Make Our Events More Sustainable? Let’s Start with the Popular St. Mark’s May Fair!

Time to Make Our Events More Sustainable? Let’s Start with the Popular St. Mark’s May Fair!

by Beth Sanford | Apr 16, 2022 | Being More Sustainable, Composting, Recycling, Reduce Waste, Uncategorized

Finally, we are all starting to gather. No doubt your calendar is filling up with weddings, graduations, galas, and plain old social gatherings with friends and families. And best yet, just around the corner is what was my kids’ annual favorite…yes, St. Mark’s May...
Making a Positive Change: New Canaan College Student Starts on a Career in Renewable Energy

Making a Positive Change: New Canaan College Student Starts on a Career in Renewable Energy

by Mariana Ferreira | Mar 20, 2022 | Being More Sustainable, Renewable energy

When Henry Asker (NCHS ‘18) was in high school he, like many other high school students, ran on the varsity track team, volunteered with the SLOBS, and enjoyed math and science. Henry was fairly confident that his college and career trajectory would take him into the...
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