By John Bradley The Town of Claverack has been awarded a $5,000 decarbonization grant from The Partnership for Climate Action (PCA). The...

By John Bradley and Tom Helling The local impacts of climate change are evident on a monthly if not daily basis. It serves us to discuss...

By: Katy Flammia Until recently I assumed the deer were a nuisance to our gardens and shrubs, limiting what we can grow unfenced. The...

By: John Bradley Nature and conservation have been subjects of public interest for centuries. Since colonial times, nature in America has...

By Brenda Shufelt Ecotopian Library @ Hudson Area Library, Pollinator plant @ Claverack Free Library, & Free Veggies @ Philmont Public...

by John Bradley I recently read two excellent books that took me back to some climate science basics. Both contain good insights on how...

By Brenda Shufelt This month we’re highlighting an exhibition at Hudson Hall that focuses on protecting the natural world for its own...

By John Bradley Some Columbia County Wins Climate Smart Task Forces across New York State and the County are active in completing actions...

By Jeff Kiplinger If you have any business with longtime local heating suppliers Valley Energy (formerly Valley Oil) and Mulhern Gas,...

By Brenda Shufelt Over the years my wife Lynda and I have been proactive about energy efficiency in our 1875 farmhouse: using passive...

By John Bradley The Claverack and Taghkanic Climate Smart Committees and the Claverack Free Library held an educational event on Saturday...

written by Victoria Masters Did you know that our very own library also has a seed library...and it's free? You may be asking, what is a...

Written by Katy Flammia When we bought our 50’s era ranch house in Claverack, we took out the oil furnace and replaced it with cold...

Claverack’s Climate Smart Communities Task Force (CSC) will soon be engaged in an Adaptation and Resilience planning process as part of a...

For several years the Town Board (TB) has been discussing the town’s intention to build a new town hall. The Claverack Climate Smart...

Claverack Climate Smart Committee has joined the Columbia County Clean Heating, Cooling, and Energy Efficiency Campaign – Learn about...

By Brenda Shufelt In Margaret Roach’s October 26, 2022 New York Times article "How to Do a More Conscious Fall Cleanup" she writes:...

Last year, Claverack’s Climate Smart Committee encouraged the Town Board to apply for a grant from the New York State Energy Research and...

By Tom Helling Last year, Climate Smart Claverack shared information regarding our Town’s GHG Emissions Inventory. The analysis of this...

At the October 13, 2022 meeting, the Claverack Town Board passed resolutions for the Climate Smart Committee to engage in planning...