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Port Jeff Go Green — Round 2
Environmental excitement draws young, older to Village Center
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November 12, 2009 | 11:44 AM
The Village Center was filled with children and adults Saturday on the occasion of the second annual Port Jefferson Village Go Green Information Fair. Visitors learned, listened, sang and enjoyed the numerous vendors providing information on a wide range of environmental topics.
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| | | Port Jefferson Mayor Margot Garant displays an origami duck she made at the Go Green fair. Photos courtesy of Dick Solo. (click for larger version) | |
Added attractions included an original play by Stony Brook Graduate student Amy Jensen that was performed with much audience participation and utilized different settings within the Village Center and Harborfront Park.
Public radio station WSHU was represented with volunteers and essayist, writer and classical music maven David Bouchier. Four Harbors Audubon Group, Port Jefferson's Suwassett Garden Club and many others also enriched the day. Port Jefferson and Comsewogue high schools had booths run by many student volunteers. People could trade in an incandescent bulb for an energy-saving (and more expensive) compact fluorescent light bulb for free.
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| | | Elementary school teacher Kari Costanzo works with children on art projects. (click for larger version) | |
Port Jefferson Mayor Margot Garant and the village trustees showed their support by attending the Go Green fair, as did Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson). Organizers John Lutterbie, Kathy O'Sullivan and this reporter know we still have a ways to go, but believe we are off to a good start, having witnessed the community bond in the work toward common environmental goals. We are already looking forward to next year's project.
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