Home sustainability workshops in town

BY CAMERYN OAKES

The town of North Hempstead will be hosting a three-part series of home sustainability workshops throughout the month of March to garner resident support and involvement for the town’s efforts to combat climate change.

The three workshops will approach three different topics of home sustainability: sustainable www.grammanplumbing.com l-r: Plandome Heights Civic Association Rosemary Mascali, Town Council Member Mariann Dalimonte and Town Council Member Veronica Lurvey at the 2022 Earth Day cleanup at Mary Jane Davis. yard care March 1, native plant gardening March 15 and rain gardens March 29. All three will be held via Zoom and begin at 6:30 p,m. Registration is required beforehand through the town’s website.

The workshops will be hosted by the town’s Climate Smart Community Task Force Coordinator Meagan Fastuca and include informative presentations and opportunities for attendees to ask questions and have discussions about the workshop’s topic. The second workshop will include a presentation from the president of the Long Island Native Plant Initiative, Rusty Schmidt.

Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey said the first workshop covering sustainable yard care will inform residents about methods such as composting, rain barrels, saving water, pesticide alternatives and much more.

North Hempstead is working towards becoming a Climate Smart Community, Lurvey said, and these workshops will contribute to those efforts. Climate Smart Communities are a New York State program to help local governments address climate change.

“It’s really important for us to be environmentally progressive and environmentally active to do the right thing for future generations,” Lurvey said.

She said that she hopes these workshops will bring individual residents to take sustainable actions that result in a chain effect until the majority of the town is involved in those efforts.

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