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N.Y. Fights Invasives, Beacon Adds Trees, Reforestation Helps Cool the East
Fighting against climate change is critical to our survival, and...
Learning Not to Toss That School Lunch
Working in a school, I witness food waste daily. Students...
Valley Moves Toward Banning Blowers and “Leaving the Leaves”
When Michael Hall co-founded the Quiet Clean Alliance, a national...
Land + Air + Water
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#MadeByNature
#RestoreTheRiver
Taste the Region: Kabocha Squash, Fennel, and Miso Soup
Maintaining appreciation for seasonal produce throughout the entire year in...
The Valley Women Taking Over Their Family Farms
Amy Hepworth grew up on a Milton fruit farm that...
The Soil-Supplementing, Climate-Boosting Potential of Biochar
A soil amendment created from organic waste materials such as...
Outdoors
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Regional Guide to a Winter Hiking Treat: Frozen Waterfalls
One of my favorite winter activities is chasing the stunning...
The Totally Doable Fun of Snowshoeing
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to float...
Why the Northern Lights May Peak Locally in 2025
For a brief moment last October, the entire Hudson Valley...
Plants + Animals
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Where to Get Started With Winter Birdwatching
As winter takes hold of the Hudson Valley, getting outside...
Raccoons, the Lovable Local-to-Everywhere Rogues
They’re right in our midst, and simultaneously appreciated (for their...
#FlightWatch: Do You Know the Mockingbird?
Mockingbirds are a fixture in popular American culture. They provided...
History + Culture
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How the Mid-Hudson Bridge Was Almost Too Hard to Build
A Mid-Hudson Bridge was desperately needed, even begged for, in...
How the Century-Old Bear Mountain Bridge Changed the Valley Forever
The opening of Bear Mountain State Park in 1913 flung...
Not a Castle, Never a Mansion: Bannerman Island’s Surprising Past
Among the natural wonders of the Hudson Highlands is a...
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Sculpting Big Metal in Rock Tavern
Along an otherwise unremarkable roadside in Orange County, a collection...
How Nature’s Music Inspires Audio Art
Drive out to Acra in Greene County, and a narrow...
How Textile Sculptor Hanna Washburn Keeps Things Sustainable
The environment has always been a part of Hanna Washburn’s practice....
#ClimateControl
Going Green at Home by 2030
The $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022 marked the largest clean-energy investment in U.S. history. Through the IRA,...
Touring the HV by EV
Is this the year electric vehicles hit their tipping point? New York dug into a $750 million EV-infrastructure expansion. States...
Solarpunk Movement Seeds Climate Hope in the Valley
Set above highly urbanized and tech-forward New York City, the Hudson Valley offers nature reserves and varying topography that help...
The Real Deal on Plastic Recycling
In 2019, two days before Halloween, some of America’s leading beverage companies — including the makers of Coca Cola, Pepsi,...
Next-Level Strategies to Reduce Waste
You’ve already brought reusable mugs, purchased locally in bulk and maybe even started composting. Now New York sustainability and travel...
Recording Change One Photo at a Time
Environmental changes can move at a snail’s pace, making them costly to record and hard for the average person —...
How to Compost Smart in the Hudson Valley
During the pandemic, many of us have had more time to focus on feathering our nests — and making them...
Victory Gardens Return, Challenging Seed Access and Food Justice
Ken Greene said he saw it happen once before, but not like this. A decade ago, the Great Recession inspired...
Green Burial A Growing Option in the HV
Joel Kovel was laid to rest directly in the Hudson Valley ground, his body in a wicker casket pulled on...
Mapping the Hudson Valley’s Urban Ecosystem
Adam Dylan was a professional landscape designer by day, casual backyard gardener by night. Tending his family’s raised beds of...
How N.Y. Has Won From Saying Bye-Bye to Plastic Bags
Americans use more than 100 billion plastic bags a year — and until recently, nearly a fifth of them were...
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