New City, NY – Rockland County Legislator Alden H. Wolfe will initiate a discussion to learn more about helical wind turbines and the possibilities they offer for generating energy in a suburban environment, such as Rockland County.  Full Article

~New Monthly Journalism Award Recognizes Social Justice Journalism~

The Hillman Foundation announced today that Suffern resident Katy Bolger, has won the October Sidney Award for an extraordinary piece about the environmental catastrophes produced by coal and uranium mining on a Navajo reservation in Northeast Arizona. Bolger's piece is part of the series, "The Forgotten Navajo: People In Need," which was published in the Pavement Pieces website of New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.  Full Article

New City, NY (November 19, 2009) – The Rockland County Legislature has approved a bipartisan resolution amending the County of Rockland Procurement Policy.  The amendment implements a sustainable procurement policy that will reflect the County’s ongoing commitment to integrate fiscal, health and environmental factors into the County‘s process of acquiring goods and services.  County Legislators Alden H. Wolfe and Ed Day introduced the measure, which was passed unanimously at the November 17, 2009 Legislative meeting.  Full Article

Don't let those fields of green confuse you -- most farming isn't environmentally friendly. From animal waste to pesticides and fertilizers to plastic trash, farms take their toll on Mother Earth. But some companies are looking to help farms clean up -- and green up -- their act.  Full Article

Suffern, NY—Rockland Community College (RCC) marine biology students will perform oyster reef maintenance and water quality testing at the Bronx River with City University of New York Graduate Center students and New York City Department of Parks & Recreation workers.  Full Article

New City, NY (September 30, 2009) - Rockland County Legislators Alden H. Wolfe and Ed Day have introduced a bipartisan resolution to amend the County of Rockland Procurement Policy to authorize a sustainable procurement policy, integrating fiscal, health and environmental factors into the County ‘s process of acquiring goods and services.  Full Article

Join the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference for their second annual People for Trails Hike-a-thon at Bear Mountain State Park on October 3rd, 2009 starting at 7:30am.  Registration is limited, along with gift bags stuffed with goodies donated by their sponsors for the first 100 registrants.  Full Article

Rockland County Legislators Alden H. Wolfe, Connie Coker and Bob Jackson introduced a resolution requesting that the NYS State Legislature pass bills, currently pending in both houses, enacting “The Rockland Bergen Bi-State Watershed Flood Prevention and Protection Act”.  This legislation would create the Rockland Bergen Bi-State River Commission.  The Legislator’s resolution received unanimous approval at the August 4, 2009 meeting of the Rockland County Legislature. Full Article

The world has changed -; Wii has replaced "Wheeeee!" Tweeting is no longer for the birds, and Blackberries aren't for picking on a warm summer afternoon. Kids today spend twice as much time indoors than their counterparts two decades ago.  Full Article