The Fall 2014 Curb Your Car Week event took place the week of October 5–11, 2014. During that week, 60 residents from Brighton and Rochester registered their pledge to walk, bike, carpool, or ride the bus for at least a day as an alternative to drive their car. Survey results […]
Green Events
In September, world leaders are coming to New York City for a United Nation summit on the climate crisis. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging governments to support an ambitious global agreement to dramatically reduce global warming pollution.
Local environmental groups are sponsoring a forum for the public to learn about the strengths and weaknesses of the 2014 Draft NYS Energy Plan and how to make effective comments by the April 30 deadline.
A documentary exploring climate change in upstate New York What does climate change mean in a place where it is not an obvious threat? Where sea level rise is not a factor, and frankly, where people might like it to be a little warmer? Three filmmakers set out to answer […]
In this explosive follow-up to his Oscar-nominated film GASLAND, filmmaker Josh Fox uses his trademark dark humor to take a deeper, broader look at the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil, now occurring on a global level (in 32 countries worldwide). […]
Try going a day without plastic. Plastic is everywhere and infiltrates our lives in unimaginable and frightening ways. In this touching and often flat-out-funny film, we follow “everyman” Jeb Berrier, who is admittedly not a tree hugger, as he embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our […]
The Fall 2013 Curb Your Car Week event took place the week of October 6–12, 2013. During that week, 203 residents from Brighton and Rochester registered their pledge to walk, bike, carpool, or ride the bus for at least a day as an alternative to drive their car. Survey results […]
For decades, “green” minded individuals were taught to “reduce, reuse, and recycle”. Today, many sustainability centered efforts focus on the recycle part without as much effort on how to reduce and/or reuse. However, a new campaign is underway to strive for “zero waste” with the focus on reduce or refuse […]
About a third of U.S. global warming pollution comes from moving vehicles. Passenger cars and trucks are the biggest slice of that pie. Learn how we can drive fewer miles: Get bus schedules for routes that go through Brighton. Pick up a Rochester area bicycle map. Sign up for Curb […]
Watersheds and rain barrels: what, why and how? Do you know what having a rain barrel or two at your house can do for your garden and for the water quality of nearby streams, rivers, and lakes? Do you know what a watershed is? ColorBrightonGreen.org will explain the benefits of […]