Progress Report

OCTOBER 2015
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Countdown
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Directors
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ellen Rouse Conrad, Co-President
Mary Beth Kass, Co-President
Olivia H. Farr, Sr. Vice President
Caroline Niemczyk, Vice President,
Special Advisor
Lee Roberts, Secretary
Karen Sabath, Treasurer
Robin Ashley
Kirtley Cameron
Peter Kuniholm
Diane Lewis, M.D.
Stuart E. Marwell
Vickie Morris
Rabbi Jason Nevarez
Veronique Pittman
Mark Thielking
James Wood
ADVISORY BOARD
Jim Diamond
Drew Patrick
FORMER DIRECTORS
Reese Berman
Russell Hernandez
Kathryn Hoenig
Shirley Lindefjeld
Leslie Needham
Lisa Schwartz
Heather V. Wolf
STAFF
Midge Iorio, Executive Director
Ellen Calves, Program Assistant
Progress
toward reducing
greenhouse gas
emissions by 20%
(as of 2014)
79%
Community Partners
The Climate Action Plan was
conceived to be a communitywide, collaborative effort.
B2020 would like to recognize
and thank Task Force Members
and the many organizations,
businesses and special friends
who have worked to achieve
our collective goals.
TASK FORCE VOLUNTEERS
Energy Task Force
Mark Thielking, Chair
Jason Black
Lauren Brios
Wendy Breitner
Michael DeCandia
Jim Diamond
Alec Guettel
Nick Gutfreund
Kathryn Hoenig
Patrick McManus
Dan Potash
B2020 Marks 5-Year Anniversary
at Environmental Summit and
Solar Action Day
Over 550 people gathered on January 29th to learn
about New York State’s progressive, visionary program
to promote clean, renewable energy as a cost saving way
to eliminate fossil fuels
and the greenhouse gas
emissions they create.
Attendees included residents, businesses, civic
organizations, community
&
leaders legislators, media,
and experts. The event also
launched the Solarize Bedford-Mt. Kisco program.
Environmental
Summit
Solar Action
Day
“It really is about
communities and you,
[Bedford], are really
the leader and so the
rest of the state will be
following you…Other
states are looking to
New York…to show
the rest of the world
how this can be done…
That is the path to the
solution to climate
change.”
— Richard Kauffman, NY
State Energy Czar leading the
NYS REV, Energy Revolution
Food & Agriculture Task Force
Olivia H. Farr, Chair
Robin Ashley
Annie Farrell
Alexandra Forrester
Margaret Gifford
Anne Kronenberg
Mimi Lines
Vicki Marwell
Vickie Morris
Kate Sann
Karen Simons
Anita Stockbridge
Hatsy Vallar
Jim Wood
Transportation Task Force
Michael Blakeney
Robert Funicello
Heather Flournoy
Russell Hernandez
Caroline Niemczyk
Nat Rockett
Dennis Rowan
Mark Thielking
Mary Tobin
Luke Vander Linden
Heather V. Wolf
Summit leaders, including Amory Lovins (front, 2nd from right) and Richard Kauffman (top, 1st on left).
“Bedford 2020’s effort
in fulfilling its mission
to create a sustainable
community that conserves natural resources
is exemplary and has
been an inspiration for
individuals, organizations and communities.”
— Sara Goddard, Board
Member, Federated
Conservationists of
Westchester County
B2020 Recognized
for Environmental
Leadership
On September 26th, Bedford 2020 was honored
to receive the Federated Conservationists
of Westchester Award which recognizes an
organization whose work “exemplifies a
conscientious environmental ethic and the
promotion of a greener future.”
Bedford Students Compete for
Greenlight Award
Bedford 2020 has partnered
with the Bedford Central
School District to engage
students in achieving our
Climate Action Plan goals.
The Greenlight Award competition is underway at Fox
Lane Middle and High Schools. In this pilot program,
students, working with faculty and community leaders,
are developing creative ideas and solutions for
addressing climate change. Bedford 2020 will provide
financial support to develop ideas and a scholarship
grant for the contest winner.
“BCSD and Bedford
2020 are excited that
the Greenlight Award
competition will inspire
students throughout
the district to come up
with ideas to improve
comfort, health and cost
of living in this beautiful
place while helping the
environment.”
— Drew Patrick,
Assistant Superintendent,
Bedford Central
School District
TASK FORCE REPORTS
Food and Agriculture
“Buying local is
now a permanent
part of our ‘Food is
Care’ program. As a
community hospital,
it is exciting to have
veggies being freshly
served to our patients
and staff, grown nearby
from surrounding
communities.”
— Maria Hale, VP of Patient
Advocacy and Patient
Centered Care at Northern
Westchester Hospital
LOCAL
FOOD
PROJECT
Our goal is to build an economically viable,
high-quality, locally sourced food system for
institutional buyers through the Northern
Westchester Local Food Project. Progress is
measured by calculating the dollar amount of
food purchased through the project, increasing from
$45,700 in 2013 to $497,034 in September 2014. Currently
14 hospitals, schools, daycare centers, senior and rehabilitative facilities are enrolled, and Northern Westchester
Hospital reports that it now purchases 90% of its produce
from the local food aggregator, who fulfills orders with
local food whenever possible.
Bedford 2020’s VegOut
website (bedford2020.org/
veg-out) is a virtual hub for buying, growing, and eating
local food in and around the Bedford community.
Waste & Recycling Task Force
Peter Kuniholm, Chair
Lauren Brois
Ed Campbell
Dan Colleluori
Neil Cutler
Ursula La Motte
Diane Lewis, M.D.
CJ Mitchell
Fiona Mitchell
Leslie Needham
Veronique Pittman
Anita Stockbridge
Betsy Weir
Water & Land Use Task Force
Diane Lewis, M.D., Chair
Elyse Arnow Brill
Rod Christie
Lori Ensinger
Amy Gallen
Pat Keesee
Nancy Kronenberg
Heather Langham
Mimi Lines
Virginia Maybank
Vickie Morris
Marian Rose
Karen Sabath
Glenn Ticehurst
Business Task Force
Stuart E. Marwell, Chair
Cynthia Brennan
Jim Diamond
Dan Ginnel
Leslie Lampert
Greg Riley
Michael Schechter
Phyllis Tunnell
Diana Tyler
Jim Wood
Civic Task Force
Lee Roberts, Chair
Religious Entities Task Force
Rabbi Jason Nevarez, Chair
Rev. Dr. Paul Alcorn
Rev. Lucia P. Ballantine
Rev. Melissa Boyer
Rev. Terrence L. Elsberry
Schools Task Force
Veronique Pittman, Chair
Kirtley Cameron
Alexandra Forrester
Melanie Gambino
Nick Gutfreund
Janet Harckham
Drew Patrick
Ryan Smith
ORGANIZATIONS
Bedford Audubon
Bedford Central School District
Bedford Farmer’s Club
Bedford Free Library
Bedford Garden Club
Bedford Hills Chamber of
Commerce
Bedford Hills Free Library
Bedford Hills Historical
Museum
Bedford Hills Neighborhood
Association
Bedford Historical Society
Bedford Energy Advisory Panel
Bedford Village Business Assn.
Boys and Girls Club of
Northern Westchester
Branch Out
Caramoor
Community Center of Northern
Westchester
Community Watershed Clean
Water Coalition
Electric Automobile Assn.,
Southern NY Chapter
Energize NY
Federated Conservationists of
Westchester
Green Schools Alliance
John Jay Homestead
Hopp Ground Garden Club
Katonah Chamber of
Commerce
Katonah Lewisboro School
District
Katonah Museum of Art
Katonah Village Library
Katonah Village Improvement
Society
Leave Leaves Alone
Marsh Sanctuary
Mianus River Gorge
Mount Kisco Childcare Center
Northern Westchester Hospital
Pound Ridge Land
Conservancy
Rippowam-Cisqua School
Riverkeeper
Rusticus Garden Club
Solarize Westchester
St. Matthew’s Church
Stone Barnes Center for Food
and Agriculture
Sustainable Westchester
Teatown Lake Reservation
Temple Shaaray Tefila
The Harvey School
The Nature Conservancy,
Eastern NY Chapter
Vote Solar
Westchester Green Business
Challenge
Westchester Land Trust
Westmoreland Sanctuary
Energy
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy is the most significant
way to reduce GHG emissions. To that end
Bedford 2020, in partnership with Sustainable Westchester, is working to pilot New York
State’s first Community Choice Aggregation program.
This pioneering energy-buying program will enable
participating Westchester communities to buy electricity
and gas in bulk, thereby increasing the amount of renewables in the mix (up to 100% for those who “opt-up”) and
to lower costs. If successful, this could make a significant
difference in the shift away from fossil fuels in our area,
and it could be replicated throughout New York State.
Additionally, in January, Bedford 2020 hosted the Environmental Summit and Solar Action Day and launched
the Solarize Bedford-Mt. Kisco program. The 18-week
effort generated awareness of and interest in clean solar
energy, with over 300 inquiries among residential and
commercial building owners. The campaign drove a 43%
increase in residential installations, and laid a strong
foundation for further adoption of solar and renewable
energy in our community.
“We decided to install
solar because it
makes a tremendous
amount of sense. In
addition to having a
positive impact on
our footprint, we’ll be
saving money right
away, and we’ll be
saving progressively
more and more every
year.”
—Kim Lapple,
Mount Kisco resident
Energy Efficiency
In 2010, Bedford 2020 launched Energize Bedford,
a home energy efficiency program to work with
homeowners to complete
energy efficiency upgrades
that on average, save 30%
of total energy usage that
is wasted by leaking out of
homes that are not energy
efficient. 785 homes in
Northern Westchester
have been “Energized”!
The Energized homes in
Bedford alone are saving
an estimated $334,400
in annual energy costs
and have reduced carbon
emissions equivalent to
taking 74 cars permanently
off the road.
The Ziegler Family in front of their
Energized home.
On May 13, Bedford 2020 partnered with
Rippowam Cisqua School to host the Beyond
Waste Forum to share ideas, solutions and actions
for reducing waste in Bedford and beyond. Over 100
residents, representatives from five different Bedford/
Westchester schools, and leaders from various religious
entities, businesses and organizations participated.
Bedford 2020 strongly supports the efforts of Bedford’s
Conservation Board, The Town of Bedford and Westchester County government to ban single use plastic bags.
— Chris Burdick, Town of
Bedford Supervisor
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Bedford 2020 continues to work closely with the Town of
Bedford to increase compliance with the single-stream
recycling law. Efforts to make it easier to recycle have
yielded an increase in recycling from 16% to 30%. Our
goal is 40% by 2020. Plans are in development for future
reductions in waste and increases in recycling, including
a public recycling bin pilot and further educational
outreach and events for residents and businesses.
Additionally, Bedford 2020 will continue to provide
information on simple backyard composting as one of
the best ways to reduce our waste.
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Much activity is underway to reduce waste
by increasing recycling and composting.
“Single-stream
recycling is simple and
easy. The more waste
that is recycled, the
less trash and the less
cost to the homeowner
from waste disposal.
Single-stream recycling
is good for us, it is good
for Bedford, and helps
us get to our goal of
reducing our carbon
footprint 20% by 2020.”
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Water and Land Use
“Taking the Healthy
Yard Pledge was a nobrainer. It is important
to me that people and
pets are not exposed
to harmful pesticides
and fertilizers and that
our water supply is not
taking on any more
chemicals.”
The Great Healthy Yard
Project is an easy way to protect our drinking water.
Synthetic pesticides are harmful to our health. They
leach into groundwater and drinking water sources. By
simply taking the Healthy Yard Pledge to eliminate use
of pesticides or chemical fertilizers on our yards and not
dispose of pharmaceuticals down the drain, Bedford
residents have protected over 4,400 acres in our town.
These homes and yards help keep our water clean. They
are also healthy yards for our birds and pollinators!
— Charity Brotman,
Katonah resident
4400
ACRES
Total Pledged
to date
Pledged chemical- and pesticide-free Bedford yard and veggie garden.
BUSINESSES
Arroway Chevrolet Cadillac
Bedford Magazine
Bedford Post
Bedford Village Florist
Café of Love and Ladle of Love
Captain Lawrence Brewing Co.
City Carting and Recycling
County Waste Management
Curtis Instruments
Diamond Properties
Ginnel Real Estate
Grand Prix New York
Healthy Home Energy and
Consulting
Hickory and Tweed
Kelloggs and Lawrence
Katonah Wine and Liquor
La Maison Fete
Lloyd Bedford Cox
Long Run Media
Mill River Supply
Mt. Kisco Chbr. of Commerce
Mount Kisco Seafood
Mount Kisco Wine and Spirits
Northern Westchester Hospital
Really Social Strategies
Record Review
Robison Oil/Bright Home
Ross Solar Group
Sav-A-Tree
Sunrise Solar Solutions
Table Local Market
Tesla Motors
The Paint Box
Thomas Fox Catering
Trustco Bank
T-Square Properties
Vine and Co.
Winter Brothers Carting
Wizard Studios
SPECIAL FRIENDS
Town Supervisor, Chris Burdick
Jill Brooke
Brett Cameron
Alison Chernow
Mayor Michael Cindrich and the
Village of Mount Kisco
Dan Cohen
Boo Fumagalli
Peter Grunthal
Jere Hochman
Heather Iannucci
Joe Lovering
William Louis-Dreyfus
RJ Marks
Michael Millius
Deanna Morano
Geoffrey Morris
John Morris
Lisa Papernik
Christopher Roberts
Matthew Saravay
Brian Sisco
Deborah White
Josephine Ziegler
Town of Bedford Board,
Department Heads and Staff
Donors, September 2014 – August 2015
THANK YOU!
B2020’s mission could not
be fully realized without the
many generous financial
contributions from friends
and community members.
We would like to express
our deepest gratitude to the
following individuals who
made donations to B2020
over the past year. These
gifts allow us to continue to
improve the environment and
preserve natural resources in
Bedford and beyond.
Dale and Noriko Akinla Linda Alziari
Alan and Judith Appelbaum Peter and Kathi Arnow
James Attwood and Leslie
Williams Anthony and Grace Bardinelli
Timothy and Kathryn
Barefield Richard and Joan Barickman
Ralph and Jean Baruch Jon and Nancy Bauer and The
Bauer Family Foundation
John and Marilyn Beck Steve and Pat Beckwith
Skip and Michaela Beitzel Daniel Benton Stan and Reese Berman ▲
Steven and Sheryl Bernhard Ralph and Yasmeen Bernstein
George Bianco Wing and Cathy Biddle
Paul Bird and Amy Parsons Jason and Meredith Black ▲
Robert Blacker Jeffrey and Sherry Blackinger
Tom and Nancy Blaney Allison Blinken
David and Mary Boies Philip and Suzanne Bowers
Robert and Katie Boyd Bill Bradsell
Drs. Erich and Cynthia Braun
Andrew and Kathleen Brenner
Stephen and Charity
Brotmann Charles Brown
Alli Brydon David Buchwald
Chris and Illyria Burdick Coley and Susan Burke
Kirtley and Seth Cameron ▲
Tabling at the pool this summer, B2020 taught
residents about saving energy and had some fun
getting people to pose as the Energize Energy Man.
George Caratzas
Mark Carson and Molly
Friedrich
Leslie Cecil and Creighton
Michael Vincent Celenza
Carol Christian Florence Clark
Donald and Margaret Coe
Edward and Joan Cohen
William and Patricia Colavito
Whit and Ellen Conrad ▲
Joyce Corrigan
Deirdre Courtney-Batson Lloyd and Tori Cox
Walter and Tatsie Curley Pierre and Christian Daviron
Paula Desperito and The
Desperito Foundation
Jim and Ashley Diamond ▲
James and Fran Dowling Douglas and Suzanne Durst
Jonathan and Michaelene
Durst Selby Ehrlich
Philip Eifert Ted Emerson
Linda Rodgers Emory Lori Ensigner and Bill
Kuebler ▲
John and Olivia Farr ▲
David Fenton and Sylvie Erb Kirk and Robert Ferguson
Steve and Sue Fields Robert and Polly Finn
David and Sally Firestein Nick and Edmee Firth
Bill and Wendy Foulke Molly Friedrich and Mark
Carson
Jeanette Galvin Donna Garr
David and Nancy Gernert James and Deirdre Glascott
Virginia Gold Jerry and Dorothy Goldstein
Randy and Evelyn Goodhue Cecily Grand
Google Matching Gift Fund
Penelope Graves Evan and Sascha Greenberg
Bill and Susan Greene
Ira and Amy Greenstein Daniel Griffin
Robert and Ellen Grimes Peter and Eve Guernsey
Nick Gutfreund and Mary
Duncan ▲
Eric Hadar
Joseph and Susan Handelman Janet Harckham ▲
Anthony Hass
Bambi Hatch George and Marina Hatch
Whitney and Tizzy Hatch Carla Hawryluk
Susan Heller Andrea Herron
Melissa Hoglund John and Kate Horn
David Howell and Susan
Alport
Andre and Kelly Hunter
Chris Stern Hyman Mark and Gail Imowitz
Midge Iorio
Raymond Infarinato and Lisa
Cribari Tom and Barbara Israel
Robert and Patricia Ivry Bill Jackson and Linn Sage
Barbara Johnson Charles and Carolee Jones
Ward and Jackie Jones James Kane and Jeannie Lane
Billy and Joan Kantor Joel and Laura Kaplan
Evan and Mary Beth Kass ▲
Herbert and Nancy Kaufmann
Patricia Keesee ▲
WHY I SUPPORT BEDFORD 2020
“We love that we live in a community that is committed
to making fundamental environmental changes and to
making ours a better, cleaner place to live. And it’s all
happening because of Bedford 2020.”
— Wendy Breitner and Ken Kirshenbaum
WHY I SUPPORT BEDFORD 2020
“Bedford 2020 is a great resource! We have learned
about buying and growing local food, energy efficiency,
alternative energy options, better recycling practices,
and how to be better environmental citizens from this
wonderful organization.”
— Karen Lucia and Nick Sourbis
Henry Kensing
Ashley Kidd and Julie and
Wilmot Kidd and The
Endeavor Foundation
Kenneth Kirshenbaum and
Wendy Breitner ▲
Jerome and Nancy Kohlberg
and The Kohlberg
Foundation
Alison Koppelman Stanley and Barbara Kravitz
Eric and Anne Kronenberg ▲
Lewis and Laura Kruger
Peter and Jane Kuniholm ▲
Carol Kurth
Roy and Lydia Landesberg Ted and Karen Lerner
Benjamin & Hope Levene, Jr Drs. Blair and Diane Lewis ▲
Shirley Lindefjeld ▲
Susan Lodge
William Louis-Dreyfus Joe and Lisa Lovering
Tatiana Lowe and The Tatiana
Lowe Foundation
Harry and Rosemary
MacLaughlin
Beatrice Maguire
Stuart and Vicki Marwell ▲
Cynthia and Paul Mas
Joseph and Virginia
Maybank ▲
Douglas Maynard and Kathryn
Hoenig ▲
Bill Mayo-Smith MBIA Foundation
Ann McDuffie
Michael and Courtney
McGinnis Patrick and Maureen
McManus ▲
Mianus River Gorge, Inc. Michael Minard and Phyllis
Ross
Jiri and Hilda Minarik Hans Morefield and Helene
Kopal
Mary Morgan and David
Callard Jefferson Morris
George and Linda Moskowitz Rabbi Jason and Nicole
Nevarez ▲
Caroline Niemczyk ▲
Bruce Niles and Bruce K.
Niles, Inc.
Tricia O’Donnell John Oram
Alison Overseth Foxhall and Helen Parker
Steven and Carol Parker Richard and Muriel Pearl
Fred and Marjorie Piker Robert and Veronique
Pittman ▲
Leslie and Yvonne Pollack Oscar and Nan Pollock
Ricardo Pou and Vivian Song Christopher and Didi
Raxworthy David and Katie Redalieu
Donna Reimer
John and Diana Rice Frank and Kimba Richardson
Andrew Richter Andrew and Lexann Richter
Ken and Lee Roberts ▲
Christopher and Mary Ann
Robinson For more information, please contact B2020 Executive
Director Midge Iorio at [email protected].
Go to bedford2020.org to obtain the complete details of the
Climate Action Plan Progress Report published in June 2014.
Nat and Courtney Rockett ▲
Philip and Dorinn Rodman Jeff and Janice Rodner
Daphne Root George and Joanne
Rosamond
Marian Rose ▲
Mark and Rochelle Rosenberg
Paul and Nancy Ross Stuart and Wendy Ross
John Rudge and Sara Weale Bruce and Karen Sabath ▲
Richard and Maureen Sabo Joel Sachs and Keane and
Beane Elizabeth Sachs
Paul and Elizabeth Sander
Roger Savitt Wallace and Elizabeth
Schwartz
John and Susan Scofield Richard and Doris Seidlitz
Mona Shapiro and
Christopher Parke Ted and Mary Jo Shen
Karin Shiel Heide Shilstone
Joseph Simonetti and Carol
Goldman
Louis Sorell
Nick Sourbis and Karen Lucia
Steven and Judith Spitz
Nicholas and Martha Spofford Jonathan and Debbie Stanley
Mark Stanley Stanley and Elizabeth Starr
The Stepping Stones
Foundation
Beth Stern
John and Anita Stockbridge ▲
Suzanne Sunday David Swope
Elizabeth Taggart Jeff Tannenbaum and Nisa
Geller
Michael and Sandra
Tannenbaum Mark and Moira Thielking ▲
Cheryl Thomsen
James A. Tilley Rod and Marilen Tilt
William and Dookie Tingue Peter and Ginny Tobeason
Barbara Trotta Truck Restaurant
Bart and Diana Tyler Norman and Melissa Vail
Hatsy Vallar ▲
Jean and Carol Valles
Roger and Nancy Vincent Leo and Barbara Vircillo
Gerard and Stacey Virga Lee Manning Vogelstein
John and Phyllis Warden
William and Teresa Waterman Neil Wattles
Jonas and Sharon Weiner Fred and Trina Whitridge
Norman and Vera Winskill Joanne Witty and Gene Keilin
Jim and Twink Wood ▲
William and Catherine Ziegler
Paul Zofnass and Renee Ring Thank you to the hundreds of
members of our community
who have contributed to our
progress by participating in
Bedford 2020 programs and
events.
WHY I SUPPORT BEDFORD 2020
“Bedford 2020 has been a powerful leader and a persistent
driving force for carbon reduction and environmental
sustainability in Bedford and beyond. With other
communities following Bedford’s example B2020 is making
a real difference in the fight against climate change.”
— Skip and Michaela Beitzel
▲ = Board Member
▲ = Former Board Member
▲ = Task Force Member
Actions You Can Take
Participate in Single Stream Recycling
bedford2020.org/single-stream-recycling/
The Great Healthy Yard Pledge
Look into solar for your home or business
I, ,
pledge to help protect the quality of our local
drinking water by managing my lawn and garden
without synthetic pesticides and chemical
fertilizers, except on rare occasions to improve
habitat or resolve an infestation. I also promise to
dispose of pharmaceuticals responsibly.
Take the Healthy Yard Pledge
Address Compost food and yard waste
bedford2020.org/get-the-dirt-on-composting/
Energize your home!
bedford.energizeny.org
(at right) →
Consider an electric vehicle for your next
car purchase
Use public transportation
Eat local and sign up for VegOut! Newsletter bedford2020.org/vegout
bedford2020.org
Email Acreage pledged Include my name on your pledge list.
Fill out and sign this pledge, then take a picture of it and
email it to us at [email protected]
OCTOBER 2015
Look how far we’ve come!
P.O. Box 812
Bedford Hills, NY 10507