Environmental economist, eco-consultant, and sustainability strategist Pamela Peeters’ remarkable path to becoming a true Eco Hero

Photo above: Pamela speaks at the “Dubai Innovation Center” during COP28 on her educational projects. Photograph taken by Martin Nweeia.

“My mother told me I was always pointing at the sun and trees. I always found great joy being in nature. When I was 12, that joy grew so large that I created my […]

By |2025-03-27T09:09:05-04:00March 27th, 2025|Featured Article, Our Environment|

Modern farming: Talking environmental changes, adapting to challenges, and connection to the land with four farms in the region

Above photo courtesy of Maitri Farm 

It’s no secret that farming is becoming harder and harder. It’s never been an easy job, but between climate change, the unprecedented environmental changes that come along with it, and constant changes in funding and grant availability, farming seems to be increasingly difficult in recent years. 

According to the US […]

The Firefly Environmental Arts Project brings together professional and student artists and environmentalists at their launch exhibit at the Millbrook School

The Firefly Environmental Arts Project launch will take place on Friday, February 21 at 7pm at the Millbrook School in Millbrook, NY. 

The Firefly Environmental Arts Project, developed by Carl Raab and Deb Schlee, is a collaborative arts and sustainability initiative engaging students and professionals within the CT/NY/MA tri-state corner to build […]

By |2025-02-07T14:20:09-05:00February 13th, 2025|Main Street News, Our Environment, The Arts|

Protecting our nights: Envoys of beauty

It’s eighteen degrees out at 9:12pm on December 23, and I’m at a trailhead, fumbling with the buttons of my headlamp. Ten minutes ago, I was in Falls Village, watching the Housatonic boy’s basketball home opener against Thomaston. We lost by fifteen.

We had a respectable first half, though, much like the Steelers did two nights […]

By |2025-01-31T13:20:07-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Featured Article, Great Outdoors, Our Environment|

Scenic Hudson’s Northside Hub project will reinvigorate Poughkeepsie neighborhood, bringing sustainability and support to the greater community

Scenic Hudson’s transformation of the 58 Parker Avenue property in Poughkeepsie, NY—“one of the most significant and transformational projects in its 60-year history”—aims to reimagine the former Standard Gage Factory site. The organization hopes to complete this monumental renovation by summer 2025.

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By |2024-11-05T11:14:10-05:00October 23rd, 2024|Main Street News, Our Environment|

Townscape of Millerton and North East – Celebrating 25 Years

Townscape, a nonprofit, volunteer-based organization that focuses on community beautification and revitalization in Millerton, NY, is celebrating its 25th year! Townscape was originally founded by Catherine Fenn – along with Renee Vollen and Jan Gilmor – as a volunteer committee in 1998, and was adopted by the Village of Millerton as a nonprofit […]

By |2024-08-26T10:16:23-04:00August 27th, 2024|Main Street News, Our Environment|

Housatonic Valley Association receives grant to expand Connections Program

The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA), a conservation organization dedicated to the tri-state Housatonic watershed, has recently received a grant of nearly $100,000 from the Long Island Sound Study Community Impact Fund and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. 

The grant was awarded through Restore America’s Estuaries, a non-profit conservation organization that is […]

By |2024-08-26T09:36:17-04:00August 26th, 2024|Main Street News, Our Environment|

Herbalism Education with Foliage Botanics

Hannah Schiller is a clinical, community herbalist and ecologist and owner of Foliage Botanics in Pine Plains, NY. Hannah believes that herbal knowledge and land connection is a birthright and that everyone deserves access to affordable, empowering, and supportive healthcare. 

What is herbalism, you ask? Hannah describes it as follows: “Herbalism is essentially […]

By |2024-08-01T11:45:11-04:00August 1st, 2024|Health & Beauty, Main Street News, Our Environment, Wellness|

I Thrifted It! An Investigation Into the World of Secondhand Clothes Shopping

Throughout my life, I’ve struggled with a bit of a germ problem. Particularly when the pandemic hit, and I barely did anything outside the house, my concern whenever I did branch out was underscored by the threat of getting sick. My approach to fending off the virus, besides masks, looked like: Purell application before […]

By |2024-08-02T15:18:03-04:00August 1st, 2024|Featured Article, Our Environment|
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