Are YOUR days Green Days?  

Action News and WSTM.com are spotlighting the members of our community who make everyday a Green Day! Each Wednesday Action News will showcase Central New Yorkers' efforts to protect our environment and natural resources.

If you know of a person, family, business, school, or organization who deserves to be recognized, email us at news@wstm.com and let us know about it. Then, take a look at the stories below to see how YOU can make everyday a Green Day!

 


Saving energy in the laundry room (video)

If you're the person who does all the laundry in your home, you probably know fabric softener costs can add up, but there's a product that claims to save you time, energy, and money.

Driving a Mercedes for 40 cents a gallon

When Mario Russo started to feel the pinch at the pump, he decided to do something about it. Rather than filling up at the gas station, he created his own system at home using alternative fuel.

Learning to go Green (video)

Parents are their children's greatest role models and if you go "green", so will they.

Traveling Green

If you are looking to help Mother Nature by “staying green” we have some great tips from the Green Hotels Association.

Thou shalt not litter

More and more important world leaders have signed on to the environmental movement.

Green Days: Big Belly Solar

There is a creative way to make your next trip to the trash can more eco-friendly.

Paper or Plastic?

Many people are making an effort to avoid plastic bags, some are reusing paper ones.

Recycling your television the proper way

As more people are rushing to switch to digital before next year’s looming deadline, they are quickly discovering that is very difficult to throw away their old televisions.

Recycle your computers (video)

Thousands of computers are recycled at Northeast Materials and Surplus in Syracuse.

Global Warming and Central New York (video)

Environmentally friendly fluorescent lights

The new energy efficient bulbs cost almost double, but they last much longer and save plenty of energy.

A Green day is everyday at a local hotel

Every day is a Green Day at the historic Jefferson Clinton Hotel.

Green at the Dry Cleaners

Angelo Dry Cleaners in Ithaca is one of the only Green Dry Cleaners in Central New York.

Dining Green in Ithaca

Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca has been serving “green” dishes for thirty-five years. Owner David Hirsch says he uses all organic ingredients and tries to buy only locally grown produce.

Southwood volunteer fire department first in country to go green

The Southwood Volunteer Fire Department in the Town of Onondaga is the first in the nation to commit to buying 100 percent green energy.

Green gifts for Green Days

It’s coming down to the wire to get those last minute holiday gifts. But make your holidays green by shopping green.

Buying a fake Christmas tree or a real Christmas tree

You can buy a fake tree just about anywhere, including at your local grocery store. The imitation trees are convenient and many are already decorated.

Keeping your holidays greener

The holidays are said to be the busiest time of the year for waste plants because of the high amount of trash, wrapping paper, and other holiday products. However, are you throwing away things that could be good for the planet?

SUNY-ESF's "Green Roof"

What you plant outside your home could make a huge impact on the environment.

Builders go green in Skaneateles (video)

As more homeowners are choosing to go green, so is the homebuilding market and more builders are respecting the environment.

Families living healthier lifestyles

It seems more and more people are turning to the all-green living lifestyle.  We met up with one Central New Yorker who is taking this lifestyle into her own household.

Healthy foods, healthy planet

 A SUNY-ESF professor shows us what is good for our bodies and our planet.

Gas Saving Tips

Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!

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