Exciting news. Starting November 1st, there will be a new composting program at the Saugerties Transfer Station and we have as our guest speaker the woman running the program, Mary McNamara.
Mary McNamara, is co-founder of Sawkill Watershed Alliance and Lower Esopus Watershed Partnership, and on board of directors in water related organizations, Hudson River Watershed Alliance, Esopus Creek Conservancy, and chair of advisory board of Riverkeeper. As a volunteer have leveraged the voice of water and waterways as an important part of community policy and planning. Currently, Town of Saugerties, Organic Recycling Coordinator.
For a decade ran a multi-faceted family business, Parnassus Square. An earlier career was involved with art editing and cataloguing, in Taipei, and New York City. Received a B.A. in Political Science and East Asian Studies, University of Colorado; additional courses at SUNY Ulster in Water Chemistry and Environmental Studies.
Grew up in Texas near the gulf coast, after returning from four years in Asia, moved to NY, where eventually moved to the Catskills and the Hudson Valley that have been a natural fit, and a wonderful place to raise a family.
In my conversation with Mary, she made 2 things clear.1.
Kudos to our own WOW organizer and facilitator, Jo Yanow Schwartz, for being the driver behind the community composting movement in our area.2. Whether it succeeds or not, will depend upon the community’s participation. Even if you compost in your own backyard, there is an opportunity to save items that you can’t compost like bones, pizza boxes, meat, food soiled paper and shells, and bring it to the Saugerties Transfer Station.
The meeting will be on Wednesday, 11/7/18, at Toni Wiedenbacher’s home from 6-8 PM. It is a POTLUCK.
