Green Team
Welcome to the brand new 98.1 KZE Green Team...the spot where we, and our sponsors, help you...and where you can help us, make the planet a better, healthier and more sustainable place! Stop by here often and check out our "Green Tips" below. In fact, don't just check them out, put them to use! In fact, don't just put them to use, send us your Green Tips, and we'll post them here too. That's how we use the KZE Green Team to help one another. Plus, listen to the KZE Green Team on the air...it runs 8x daily: M-F at 7:40, 9:20 and 10:20 am and 1:40, 2:40, 6:20, 7:40 and 10:20 pm, and Sat/Sun at 7:20, 9:20 and 11:20 am, and 1:20, 3:20, 8:20 and 11:20 pm.
Another way you can help to make the KZE Green Team a success is by patronizing our Green Team sponsors.
Solar electric is environmentally friendly with no pollution, emissions or noise and is now surprisingly affordable. Rebates and tax credits can total up to 60% of the cost. Go to Hudson Valley Clean Energy to find out more.
De Vries Building Supply --located on Berkshire School Rd in Sheffield, Mass,De Vries is our local distributor for UltraTouch Natural Fiber Insulation. Call them for more information at 413-229-8777.
The Bard Center for Environmental Policy was created in 1999 to promote education, research, and public service on critical issues pertaining to the natural and built environments. Its primary goal is to improve environmental policies by facilitating the use of the best available scientific knowledge in the policy-making process at the local, regional, national, and international levels. BCEP's premise is that to address environmental problems and pursue sustainable use of natural resources, scientists, economists, lawyers, ethicists, and policy makers must understand one another's perspectives and values, and communicate effectively with the general public.
For 15 years The Phantom Gardener has been helping customers
create and maintain sustainable landscapes and organic homes. The full-service
garden center offers the necessary elements for a gardening experience in
harmony with nature: specimen trees, native flowering shrubs, perennials and
annuals in season, a greenhouse brimming with exotic houseplants, and all the
tools, fertilizers and pesticides needed by the organic gardener. The shop
features an extensive collection of gardening and nature books, unique
fair-trade and recycled gifts, and FSC-certified furniture. Landscape design,
installation and maintenance services are also available, utilizing only the
best environmental practices.
Since 1978 Mother Earth's Storehouse has been providing our community with organic produce, natural foods, safe products for the home, and expert advice on vitamins, and healthy living. Mother Earth's is committed to responsible business practices regarding human and animal rights, as well as ecology, only doing business with like minded companies, to keep harsh chemicals off the earth. With 3 stores in Kingston, Saugerties and Poughkeepsie, you don't have to go far to 'walk the walk' at Mother Earth's Storehouse.
Ashokan Architecture prides itself in sophisticated design using sustainable materials. Ashokan clients can be assured of beauty, quality and attention to ecologically sound building practices. Ashokan Architecture's designers employ 'common sense' materials to create healthy buildings that you can live in, and live with. Green design options for new or renovated construction can be incorporated into home, office, or institutional environments. To learn more, call 845-338-8182 or visit AshokanArchitecture.com
KZE GREEN TEAM NEWS
Join Central Hudson and Paul Tesoro, host of "Almanac", in their Paperless eBills initiative, in conjunction with the Arbor Day Foundation.
Central Hudson will plant a tree on behalf of every new eBill customer who enrolls by September 30, 2008.
Click HERE for more info on Central Hudson's eBills, and make sure to stop in at their tent at the Dutchess County Fair!
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This Tuesday August 12th, HUDSON VALLEY GREEN DRINKS comes to TERRAPIN CATERING on Rte. 9 in Staatsburg
"Green Drinks" is a networking concept now in almost 400 cities worldwide. It's an opportunity for people who work in the environmental fields, the sustainably-minded and eco-curious to meet like-minded souls over drinks to share, brainstorm, find job leads, make and hang out with new friends. The Hudson Valley Green Drinks chapter was officially launched this past April.
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The 1st annual GREEN WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL is this Saturday August 16th at Cuomo's Cove in Windham, NY!
The day will feature music from KZE favorites Catie Curtis, Jess Klein, Meg Hutchinson and many more, plus demonstrations, displays, food and more
For tickets, information, and to volunteer, call (518) 734-5903 or go to greenworldfestival.com
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Thanks to all the KZE fans who helped make this the most successful CLEARWATER MUSIC & ENVIRONMENTAL FESTIVAL ever!
Remember though, CLEARWATER operates year-round, with environmental education and advocacy programs and celebrations to protect the Hudson River, its tributaries, and related bodies of water.
You can even sail on the Sloop Clearwater, from April to October.
Click HERE to find out more about Clearwater. See you at next year's festival!
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CONGRATULATIONS to PHOENICIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 4th GRADE CLASS, led by Ms. Sharon McInerney, who won FIRST PRIZE in the New York State Environmental Competition.
To date, the efforts of Phoenicia Elementary's 240 students and staff have saved over 70 mature trees, 28 cubic yards of landfill space, and recycled six tons of paper.cardboard, and co-mingled items according to Waste Management.
Click HERE to see their winning entry, a rousing rendition of "GO PHOENICIA" sung to the tune of "Grease Lightning".
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Click HERE to find out more about a petition to BAN PESTICIDES IN ULSTER COUNTY
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The second annual GREEN RIDE will be October 11-13, from NYC to the Catskills and back, to support Sustainable Hudson Valley and the Black Rock Forest Consortium.
The bicycle ride began two years ago to save an outdoor environmental science program for low-income city kids. Last year it grew to support BRF's environmental program and this year we've added Kingston-based SHV, which is making real headway teaching regional governments and businesses how to convert to sustainable practices.
melissae@earthlink.net
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(from us, from listeners, clients and musicians too!)
(Find more green info: news and magazine articles, non-profit and public interest groups and government websites, plus find your political representatives!)
To submit your own Green Tips, click here, change the "Category" to Green Tips,
and send us your suggestions. We're looking forward to hearing from you!