Austerlitz To Host Repair Cafe!


Second Sundays For Sustainability
The Great Vegetarian Potluck Challenge!


Come Visit Austerlitz at the Columbia County Climate Carnival
Austerlitz is now a Bronze certified CLImate Smart Community!

Implementing New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, a conversation with Jen Metzger Feb 12th 5-6pm
The NYS Climate Action Council has released, for public comment, a much-awaited draft plan to implement New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), the most ambitious climate law in the country. Join us for a Zoom presentation and Q&A with Jen Metzger, who will give us an overview of the plan and issues and recommendations that are important for communities to know about and weigh in on. She will also highlight actions that state and local governments need to begin taking now if New York is to reach its emissions targets.
Jen served in the State Senate in 2019-2020, where she was a leading voice for action to tackle climate change and move away from reliance on fossil fuels. She was an active member of the Senate’s workgroup on the CLCPA, passed in 2019, and she led efforts in the State Legislature to create a permanent ban on fracking, passed as part of the budget in 2020.
Prior to her election to the State Senate, Jen served for over a decade in local government in the Town of Rosendale, and co-founded and directed Citizens for Local Power, an organization dedicated to helping communities shift to an equitable, locally-based clean energy economy. She is currently Senior Policy Advisor to New Yorkers for Clean Power, and also serves on the NYS Cannabis Control Board, which is charged with creating a framework for cannabis policy grounded in public health, equity, restorative justice, and sustainability. She has a PhD in political science, with a specialization in environmental politics and policy.
This event is brought to you through the combined efforts of the New York State Climate Reality Project Coalition, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Riverkeeper, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, New Yorkers for Clean Power, and Scenic Hudson.
FOR ANYONE WHO MISSED THERE IS A RECORDING HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/implementing-new-yorks-climate-leadership-and-community-protection-act-tickets-249719587007


Austerlitz CEC Named #2 In Region!
SouthAMPTON ARTS CeNTER – DRAWDOWN FESTIVAL

Solarize Austerlitz!
Free compost buckets
The Austerlitz Climate Smart Task Force & Davistudio in Spencertown
Pick one up at the Town Hall in the entrance vestibule
Monday-Friday 8:00-12:00 p.m.
Just help yourself! Learn more!
Repair it or Fix-it
REPAIR CAFÉ COMES TO OUR CORNER OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
Saturday, Oct.23, 2021, 10-4 pm
New Lebanon Fire House, 523 US 20, New Lebanon, NY
Covid protocols for gatherings will be observed.
PAST EVENTS
Students of the Weather: The 19th century New York Network that Gave Birth to the National Weather Service
Sunday, October 3, 2021 at 2 pm
In the Morey-Devereaux Barn at Old Austerlitz
11550 State Route 22, Austerlitz, NY 12017
Given by Conrad Vispo from the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program, in partnership with the Austerlitz Historical Society
Embracing a Life with Bees
Sunday, July 18, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Presented in collaboration with the Austerlitz Climate Smart Task Force