Bethlehem Goes Green! Recycling & Green Living Tips

Elsmere School's Science Fair Siblings Go Green

Siblings, Lucas and Sarah Grove prove just how bad littering is to our environment.

Elsmere School hosted their annual Science Fair organized by the incredibly talented and generous Ann Marie Carswell and a host of supportive volunteers.

Dozens of elementary school students displayed their terrific projects ranging from volcanoes to bubble gum to mixing diet coke and mentos - and everything in between.

But the one that caught BethlehemGoesGreen's attention was titled "Today and Tomorrow" by Lucas and Sarah Grove.

Watch this short video to learn how they came up with this terrific idea and what they learned from it.

Junk Mail

Feel like your junk mail pile competes with your laundry pile? You can do something about it by removing your name from unsolicited offers and other direct mail pieces.

Visit the Direct Marketing Association's web site to learn more. It can really make a difference in limiting the amount of mail that comes in your door.

Give it a try and let us know how it worked out.

The Story of Stuff

The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns, with a special focus on the United States. All the stuff in our lives, beginning from the extraction of the resources to make it, through its production, sale, use and disposal, affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view.

The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues and calls for all of us to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something. It'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Delmar Dash 2008

The annual Delmar Dash will be held Sunday, April 6, 2008 beginning at 9am for the adult 5 mile race through our local streets.

The event will be held at the Bethlehem Central Middle School and if you missed the March 30th adult pre-registration you can still sign up the day of the race between 7:30 - 8:45am.

The cost is $25 for adults and $3 for children. The first 400 pre-registered runners are eligible to receive a t-shirt. There are no day of race t-shirts.

The kids races start at 10am and include 1/4 mile, 1/2 mile, and 1 mile runs.

For more information, please visit the Hudson Mohawk Road Runners Club, email Marcia Adams, or download the PDF flyer for more information.

Free Mulch

Free mulch / wood chips under 1 yard is available at the Town's Compost Facility to Town of Bethlehem residents.

When:
April (until they run out)
Mon - Fri: 8am - 4pm
Sat: 8-12

Where:
1244 Feura Bush Road (Route 32),
beyond Elm Avenue Park
Selkirk, NY  12158

What to Bring:
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS (yellow sticker on mirror) are available at the Town Clerk's Office at the Town Hall or the Elm Avenue Park Offices, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or Highway Department, Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  Bring your vehicle registration.

Shovel & Containers

If you need more than 1 yard, you may purchase it for a small fee. You may also pay a fee to have it loaded via backhoe into the back of a truck. Read more.

Farmers Market - Methodist Church

April thru mid-November
Tuesday's: 2:30 - 6pm

Location:

First United Methodist Church (across from Peter Harris - Delmar)
428 Kenwood Avenue
Delmar, NY 12054

Learn more about the Capital District Farmers Market.

Town Clean Up Days

The Town of Bethlehem (gov't) has initiated a monthly clean up day and they are actively seeking volunteers. Please help our community by lending a hand.

Eco-Friends

Are you aware of a Town of Bethlehem business or resident who deserves recognition for their eco-friendly habits?

If so, we want to hear about them by clicking on the Comment link below.

Town Wish List

Do you have an idea for making the Town of Bethlehem, including our town government, residents, or businesses more eco-friendly? If so, we'd love to hear from you by clicking on the Comment link below and telling us what's on your mind.

Mission: BC Gently Used Apparel

BC Recycles is an eco-friendly program to collect and distribute Bethlehem Central apparel, orange and black apparel, and accessories to re-use, for free, to support Bethlehem school pride and help our environment.