Please mark your calendars - next FCWA public meeting will happen at 5pm on Thursday Feb 13 at East Fishkill Community Center, 890 Rte 82, Hopewell Junction 12533. First Floor. Meeting can be joined online through Google Meet meet.google.com/qra-oudk-mob

To add to your calendars: https://calendar.app.google/CCKZmfYZNrcN1HF69

Please note that going forward we will be switching to a standing date every 2 months for our general meetings and alternating months for the board meetings. We will announce the dates after the Feb meeting.

Date: Sunday, October 27
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Where: Beacon Recreation, 23 West Center Street, Beacon, NY

Free Repairs by Your Neighbors

Before you throw it away, let’s try to fix it! Volunteers will be available to help mend, repair and fix clocks, lamps, clothing, soft toys, light carpentry and more! The best part, it’s free! Neighboors helping neighbors, to keep things out of landfills!

Want to Volunteer?

Fixer and volunteer can reach out to: beaconfishkillrepaircafe@gmail.com

SOON IS NOW’s annual festival will be held on Saturday, October 5th, 2024 from 1:00pm-4:30pm at Scenic Hudson’s Long Dock Park, free and open to all. Parking is free at the park and at the Beacon Metro North train station, a short walk to the park. For more info contact evemorgenstern@gmail.com

Part reverence for the River, part cry for what is lost to climate chaos, part response to the pollution and rejuvenation of our park’s ecosystem.

SOON IS NOW places art in conversation with the landscape and brings audiences into an immersive experience with original works that engage with the impacts of our warming world, the history that brought us to this place, and the future we can imagine.

Program: 1pm & 2pm: workshops: Mugwort meditative plant walk and tea service with Amy White Eyes.

1:00 - 4:00 Hands-on, mark-making experimentation with carbon sequestering biochar for adults and children ages 5+with T. Charnan Lewis with special guided exercise from 1:30-2:30pm

2:00pm/ 2:30pm/ 3:00pm Sign up to go on one of 3 walking tours of the performances in Scenic Hudson’s Long Dock Park. Artists: Edwin Torres, Andrew Brehm, Jim Fletcher, Rafael Sánchez, Tom King, Katiana Rangel, Alex Waterman, Elisa Santiago, Twinkle Burke, Jojo Gonzalez, Martin D. Fowler, Lori Merhige

All day: Visit our visual art exhibition with work by Elizabeth Castagna, Jean Brennan and T. Charnan Lewis in the River Center and talk to environmental groups Riverkeeper and Beacon Climate Action Now

Beacon Pollinator Fall Meeting

Wednesday, Sept. 25 @ 7 PM
Recreation Center, 23 West Center Street

 Join us to celebrate our pathways around town!  We will also share tips on how to overwinter your pathway to benefit bees and birds.

Share a photo of your thriving pathway!  Email your photo and a few words on why you selected your image to Beaconnypollinators@gmail.com. Submissions accepted through Sept. 15.

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!