Green Living is series of articles written by Cile Downs, Co-Founding Member of APC and passionate defender of our natural environment. The informative stories, which originally appeared in the East Hampton Star, offer a wide variety of ecologically friendly ways to lighten your footprint on the planet and on our beautiful Creek. ORGANIC GARDENING is a term that has been used for decades to mean using natural […]
Green Living is series of articles written by Cile Downs, Co-Founding Member of APC and passionate defender of our natural environment. The informative stories, which originally appeared in the East Hampton Star, offer a wide variety of ecologically friendly ways to lighten your footprint on the planet and on our beautiful Creek. Yes, I know how Americans love their lawns, and how they demand that they be […]
Green Living is series of articles written by Cile Downs, Co-Founding Member of APC and passionate defender of our natural environment. The informative stories, which originally appeared in the East Hampton Star, offer a wide variety of ecologically friendly ways to lighten your footprint on the planet and on our beautiful Creek. A cycle is a wheel, a circle. A thing cycles around to the beginning again, […]
Green Living is series of articles written by Cile Downs, Co-Founding Member of APC and passionate defender of our natural environment. The informative stories, which originally appeared in the East Hampton Star, offer a wide variety of ecologically friendly ways to lighten your footprint on the planet and on our beautiful Creek. “Avoid it like the plague” — as they used to say where I grew up […]
Green Living is series of articles written by Cile Downs, Co-Founding Member of APC and passionate defender of our natural environment. The informative stories, which originally appeared in the East Hampton Star, offer a wide variety of ecologically friendly ways to lighten your footprint on the planet and on our beautiful Creek. Lately, I’ve been thinking about alternative energy sources and various ways of reducing electric company […]
Green Living is series of articles written by Cile Downs, Co-Founding Member of APC and passionate defender of our natural environment. The informative stories, which originally appeared in the East Hampton Star, offer a wide variety of ecologically friendly ways to lighten your footprint on the planet and on our beautiful Creek. Once, back in my school days, I saw a little film in biology class that […]
Green Living is series of articles written by Cile Downs, Co-Founding Member of APC and passionate defender of our natural environment. The informative stories, which originally appeared in the East Hampton Star, offer a wide variety of ecologically friendly ways to lighten your footprint on the planet and on our beautiful Creek. Biodegradable thing are generally things that Nature made. Biodegradation is the process in which natural […]
Green Living is series of articles written by Cile Downs, Co-Founding Member of APC and passionate defender of our natural environment. The informative stories, which originally appeared in the East Hampton Star, offer a wide variety of ecologically friendly ways to lighten your footprint on the planet and on our beautiful Creek. It was around the turn of the century, I forget exactly what year. I was […]
The Barbara Barnes Hale Nature Preserve is a 17-acre parcel on the west side of Accabonac Harbor, accessible from Springs-Fireplace Road near its intersection with Hog Creek Road. The Town of East Hampton and Suffolk County acquired the property in 2001, after some 15 years of lobbying by the APC and others, including The Nature Conservancy and what is now Group for the East End. The parcel […]
[september 1, 2014: estimated publication date] [photo: kayak racks] The Accabonac Protection Committee counts among its members many individuals who enjoy kayaking, canoeing and using other portable watercraft around Accabonac Harbor. The APC values such low-impact recreation as a responsible means of enjoying the beauty of our town waterways and takes pride in its achievements that have helped keep Accabonac accessible and pristine. The APC for many […]