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Save the date for Beacon annual Earth Day Clean-up and Environmental Fair!
April 26, 2025
If you are a community group interesting in tabling at our event, please email mlomonaco@beaconny.gov
10:00 am - 11:30pm at Beacon Rec Center, 23 West Center Street, Beacon, NY.
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
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!
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
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.
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!
This month, the special guest is the Mid-Hudson South Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) - a non-profit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change. Green Drinks June meeting is at Oak Vino Wine Bar, 389 Main Street in Beacon.
Our monthly meetings are open to the public. Our next meeting is Wednesday, April 11th, 7-9pm, at Beahive (291 Main St). You can RSVP on Facebook or by sending us an email. April's meeting will build on Earthday planning and updates on the subcommittees for Waste and Power & Policy.
Our monthly meetings are open to the public. Our next meeting is Wednesday, January 10th, 7-9pm, at Beahive (291 Main St). You can RSVP on Facebook or by sending us an email. January's meeting will build on the 4 core topics we're focused on for 2018: Waste, Trees, Policy and Power, and 2018 Events.
Let's all get together one more time and celebrate our first year bringing together Beacon's green community! Come share your ideas for green initiatives in Beacon, and meet and mingle with like-minded neighbors.
Thursday, December 14th, 6-8pm at Hudson Valley Brewery
December's meeting will build on the core topics we decided at our last meeting to work on for 2018. Wednesday, 12/13, 7pm in Beahive's conference room.
We will break out into groups for the following topics:
- TRASH: waste reduction, recycling, composting, and creating the Eco-Pledge for businesses to take.
- Trees: create a sub-committee on trees to focus on planting new ones, maintaining street trees, etc.
- Policy and Power: economic empowerment for low income communities through renewable energy, community-owned renewable energy.
- Events for 2018: Earth Day, Arbor Day, cleanups, workshops.
We're hosting a Citizen Soapbox to hear residents' concerns about the environment in and around Beacon!
Join your neighbors on Monday, October 23rd from 7-9pm at the First Presbyterian Church of Beacon, 50 Liberty Street.
All residents, including community organizations, elected officials, and city council candidates are welcome to speak and share their views, their concerns, their vision, and their work towards creating a more environmentally conscious city. Anyone can sign up to speak for a couple of minutes about related topics. More info and signup here.
Our monthly meetings are open to anyone interested in making Beacon greener! RSVP on Facebook or email us to attend. Location: 291 Main St, 2nd Fl.
We'll be brainstorming on projects and events that promote our mission, such as:
- Beacon businesses' "eco-pledge" to have a more sustainable business
- Exploring a city-wide ban of styrofoam and / or plastic bags
- Improve recycling in city schools
- Tree-planting initiatives
- Trash cleanups
- Beacon becoming a Climate Smart Community
Join us, Scenic Hudson, and Riverkeeper for this informative community meeting that will provide you with the tools you need to better understand concerns with EPA's Five Year Review of the PCB cleanup and opportunities to take action.
Location: The Red Barn at Long Dock Park, 5:30-8pm.
R.S.V.P. by clicking here or by sending an email to Rebecca De La Cruz at rdelacruz@scenichudson.org
It's so easy to set up a rain harvesting system at your home! Come see how to do it yourself and learn about the many benefits to capturing the rain falling on your roof. Bring your own beverages and stay for a BBQ with your neighbors! We'll be meeting + hanging out in the yard at 127 Catherine St. in Beacon.
RSVP on FB or email us!
Our monthly meetings are open to anyone interested in making Beacon greener! RSVP here. We'll be brainstorming on projects and events that promote our mission, such as:
- Beacon businesses' "eco-pledge" to have a more sustainable business
- Exploring a city-wide ban of styrofoam and / or plastic bags
- Improve recycling in city schools
- Tree-planting initiatives
- Trash cleanups
- Beacon becoming a Climate Smart Community
We're bringing together like-minded residents for this month's HV Green Drinks. We'll discuss our goals, present upcoming projects and events, and explore the environmental challenges facing Beacon. We'll also learn from the Hudson Valley Green Drinks community, so come with any ideas, suggestions, or experiences to share! RSVP here.
Join us Tuesday evening at Dogwood to tell Governor Cuomo you are against the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline, which will transport hazardous fossil fuels through our area with no benefits and many risks to us. We'll have postcards, stamps, and more information for you to create you message. RSVP here.
Beacon's Recreation Department is having its first summer camp for kids and the Settlement Camp needs a little spring cleaning! Join your neighbors as we bring this beautiful space back to life. More info and RSVP here.
Join local Beacon and Hudson Valley leaders and entrepreneurs for a lively, interactive forum. Everything you always wanted to know about starting and running a successful sustainable business but could never ask, such as: How we succeed in sustainable business, resources for our community, and how local citizens can invest in such enterprises. REGISTER HERE
Join us for our monthly meeting, open to the public, 6:30-8pm on the second floor at Beahive.
