Earth Day Community Cleanup

Saturday, April 20, 2024 | 9am - noon

Join forces with your community to clean up sites around the city of Beacon! Find one of many designated cleanup sites and signup below. Please wear work gloves, boots, long sleeves and pants.

After party and community sustainability fair at Hudson Valley Brewery after the cleanup from 12pm - noon!

How to Create a Pollinator Pathway – Anywhere!

 Yes, pollinator pathways can be big, small, or even planted in containers!

The Pollinator Path Working Group invites you to a panel discussion by Beacon’s local pathway experts. Topics include: using native plants, techniques for establishing a bed, the benefits to our local bees, and sharing an awesome digital plant list.

Panelists:
Monika Aymar-Blair
Blair Patterson
Karen Quiana
Anna West

 When: Saturday, March 16 from 10:00 – 11:30 AM

Where: Recreation Center, 23 West Center St., Beacon, NY 12508. Attendees will receive free seed packets and the opportunity to win some really cool raffle prizes!

 Thanks to the Conservation Advisory Committee, Parks Department, One Nature and Stanza Books.

Join forces with your community to clean up sites around the city of Beacon!
Find one of many designated cleanup sites and signup below.

Community clean-up after party at Hudson Valley Brewery
7 East Main Street, Beacon, NY | 12pm - 2pm

A collaboration between Healey Brothers Inc., Sustainable Hudson Valley, Beacon’s Conservation Advisory Committee, the Green Beacon Coalition, Sustainable Putnam, and Climate Smart Philipstown will be hosting an electronic vehicle test drive event at the Beacon Elks lodge on Sunday September 19 from 10am-1pm.

The event will be offering test drives in their Hyundai Kona, Ford Mach-E, and Chevy Bolt EVs. The event will also feature EV education and individual & group-purchase incentives to local residents and neighboring communities.

Come out for a test drive and take an opportunity to learn about EVs and raise money to fight climate change. Healey Brothers will donate $10 to Sustainable Hudson Valley for each registered test drive.

Use this sign up form if your interested in a test drive or for Sustainable Hudson Valley updates.

See you Sunday!

Electric Vehicle Test Drive event.

Sunday September 19 from 10 - 1 pm at the Beacon Elks Lodge

Sign up HERE for a test drive and to receive updates from Sustainable Hudson Valley.

A city-wide sweep of Beacon.

Green Beacon Co and the Parks & Recreation Department are hosting our annual Earth Day City-Wide Clean Up event on Saturday, April 24th starting at 9 a.m. Sign up here for one of the many sites around the city. Great for teams and community groups. With a crew at each location, we can significantly reduce the amount of litter that makes its way to the Hudson River. What better way to celebrate Earth Day and your hometown?

Unfortunately we will not be hosting a BBQ social this year but we do plan for one in the future. Grab some work gloves and lace up your boots. Long pants and sleeves recommended.

Covid-19 protocols will be practiced so please wear a mask too!

Can’t make it Saturday? No problem! Take a look down your street on garbage day for any litter to scoop up.

Thank you all!

A city-wide sweep of Beacon followed by BBQ, music, & an environmental fair at the Recreation Center, 23 West Center Street, Beacon. NY.

Please sign up for one of many designated clean up locations here!

Please join Green Beacon Coalition for our bi-annual Environmental Citizen Soapbox on Oct 2nd at 7-9pm.
Soapbox is a community event where citizens and candidates/officials share their concerns regarding local and regional environmental issues, discuss solutions and build coalitions. Everybody can sign up to speak for 3 min.

Please sign up if you want to speak here: https://tinyurl.com/y5p73ym6

Location: BEAHIVE 291 Main St, Beacon, NY 12508
Door opens at 6.30pm!

How can we stop the proposed Pilgrim Pipelines from endangering the Hudson Valley and our Hudson River? Environmental experts from Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson, and Citizens for Local Power will explain the project and its dangers. Assemblyman Frank Skartados' representative Steve Gold will also talk about what we can do to stop the pipelines from approval. More info and RSVP on Facebook here.

The City of Beacon and the Beacon Conservation Advisory Council (CAC) are co-sponsoring the launch of Energize Beacon at Scenic Hudson's Long Dock Park River Center on Tuesday March 28th at 6:30pm. Energize Beacon, a program funded by a New York State grant, helps homeowners make intelligent decisions that increases comfort, reduces energy waste and saves money on utility and fuel oil (or propane) bills in their home.

 The lecture will provide homeowners with information about ice dams, the house as a system, and the deeper science behind energy efficiency and New York State's Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program. Homeowners will also learn about the free (over 90% of all Beacon homeowners will qualify) or reduced cost assessment, state incentives and easy low-interest rate financing.

Please visit beacon.energizeny.org, call City Hall at 845-838-5010, or email Alice Quinn at info@energizeny.org for additional information.