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From recycling to climate change, sustainability to alternative energy, Think Green is the place for information and discussion related to all things green. Find stories and opinion here that connect the North Country to the growing global awareness that our Earth needs help and it's time we took responsibility for the problems, ownership of the solutions.
 
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Links to helpful web sites and other resources about the green movement.

Plattsburgh Community Garden Group

Adirondack Green Circle

Plattsburgh Green Committee

LocalSustainability.com

North Country Public Radio Environmental News

Adirondack Harvest
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There are a lot more ways than you think to recycle in Plattsburgh. Here's a list of local recycling resources.
 
Jack Downs
Blog: GreenThink — Jack Downs discusses grassroots issues surrounding the green movement. But you won't find any eco-grandstanding here. Downs understands, it's not easy being green.

  • Green Committee meeting Nov. 3
    Does voting make you feel charged up: full of civic pride? It does me. Why not use that energy and, after voting, stop by the Plattsburgh Green Committee meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 6 p.m. at the Plattsburgh Public Library, 2nd...
  • Of numbers and polls
    I was inspired and uplifted, and then my hopes were dashed. Last month, hundreds of thousands of people across the globe gathered for an International Day of Climate Change. They marched, turned down thermostats, hung banners, recycled and took pictures...
  • A hopeful hoax
    I have to admit, I was fooled. A news release arrived in my inbox from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Monday trumpeting an about face in the important business group's position toward climate-change legislation. "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is...
  • Dancing into winter; Green Jobs/Homes on horizon
    In my house, fall is like that Caribbean dance, the limbo: How low can we go? But in our case, we're not sipping rum, waiting for our turn to shuffle through the tropical sand and arch under the dropping bar....
  • Green Committee new on the Web
    The Plattsburgh Green Committee's great strength, and weakness, is the group's broad scope. From transportation to heating, park cleanups to political campaigns -- the Green Committee covers a wide range of interests and has an all-embracing interpretation of the label...
  • Spinning green
    Spinning flywheels may be one of the solutions to a green-energy problem: How to temporarily but efficiently store energy while the sun is shining or the wind is blowing to meet demand when these green sources aren't as active. As...
  • Not asleep, just resting
    My wife says I've been resting on my laurels. You see, "GreenThink" won an Associated Press award a few weeks ago. You can read about it in our story "Press-Republican wins seven awards." It is very gratifying to receive this...

 


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