By: Patty L. Buchanan The month of October reminds me of the need to take action urgently and galvanize around climate education and advocacy. It was two years ago — October 2018 — that global scientists published the world’s most comprehensive report explaining the need for rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society if we are to…
The Beginning of the End of Fossil Fuels
By: Chandu Visweswariah The writing is on the wall: we are witnessing the beginning of the end of fossil fuels (as well as the beginning of the end of the internal combustion engine)! Fossil fuels are used in the electricity sector, transportation sector, for building heat and in industrial processes (like making cement and steel). By 2040, we need to…
Compost: The Dirty Details
By: Nadya Hall & Phyllis Bock What is compost? Compost is made of decayed organic material and can be used to enrich soil in gardens, potted plants, and landscaping. ‘Organic material’ is a fairly broad category, but in this context it typically means food scraps and yard waste. Food scraps (along with grass clippings and coffee grounds) are called ‘greens’,…
Let There Be Light: Saving Green By Going Green
By: Joel Gingold When you drive around Croton at night, the streetlights probably look pretty much the same to you as they did several years ago. But you’re missing the green behind the glow. A few years ago, the village converted all of its 500+ streetlights to light emitting diode (LED) fixtures. The LEDs use far less electricity than conventional…
How Bad Is It? How Can We Make It Better?
By: Patty L. Buchanan [Editor’s Note: This is the fifth post in a series of articles about Electric Vehicles marking Croton100’s participation in National Drive Electric Week, September 26-October 4, 2020.] The climate crisis is escalating because carbon emissions from fossil fuels that stay in the atmosphere for decades are heating our world to unprecedented temperatures, bringing us closer to…
Your Next Car Should be an Electric Vehicle
By: Sarah Wilson When we measure the carbon footprint of an average household in Yorktown, transportation is typically the largest contributor to carbon emissions. In the United States as a whole, gasoline and diesel burning cars and light trucks account for fully 20 percent of our carbon emissions. Making sure your next vehicle is either a hybrid or a fully…
