Sustainable Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow is now officially a Climate Smart Community! This means that we’ve resolved to do the following: “1. Pledge to be a Climate Smart Community 2. Set Goals, Inventory Emissions, Plan for Climate Action 3. Decrease Community Energy Use 4. Encourage Community Use of Renewable Energy 5. Realize Benefits of Recycling and Other Climate…

The little things really can add up…in a good way!  According to research by the NRDC and Garrison Institute, if everyone were to take a few simple actions, it would be possible to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by about 15%. These actions are free or inexpensive and can often even help save…

Here are some tips for reducing water use inside of your home all year round: Water Conservation Tips About 22% of the water used inside of a home goes towards laundry.  Try to wash only full loads or, if possible, choose the correct settings on your washer depending on whether you have a small, medium,…

The Sleepy Hollow Environmental Advisory Committee restarted in 2014 and we’ve been working on both behind-the-scenes initiatives and public events and resources. Here are some of the highlights of our first few months back in action: Sleepy Hollow Beautification Day: This year, we kicked off our revival by beautifying Horan’s Landing Park in Sleepy Hollow as part of…

Reusing objects isn’t completely successful until the item finds a new home. We’re pretty lucky to have tons of nearby opportunities to “close the loop”! Please email us at sleepy.hollow.eac@gmail.com with any other suggestions you may have! Located within 10591: A Nu Toy Store: Toys 16 Main St., Tarrytown | 914.372.7144 | http://www.anutoystore.com/ The Cherry Door: Antiques, furniture, jewelry, housewares, etc.…

We’re working on creating a page dedicated to listing locations near Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown where you can drop off everything from clothing to expired medication. We would love to hear any suggestions that you have for other places where things can be donated, reused, recycled, or safely disposed of. Please email us at sleepy.hollow.eac@gmail.com with ideas…

Please check tarrytownenvironmental.org or https://www.facebook.com/tarrytownenviro for updates!

Invasive plants are varieties of non-native plants that can grow uncontrollably and choke out local plant varieties. There are several varieties of invasive plants found in Sleepy Hollow: This Japanese Knot Weed grove in Douglas Park is more than 100 ft. long and 50 ft. wide. For reference, the man pictured is 5’9″. According to the…

The Sleepy Hollow Environmental Advisory Council is back, and we look forward to working on environmental issues within our village! Please feel free to get in touch at sleepy.hollow.eac@gmail.com to learn more!