24 Communities Achieve Prestigious Sustainable CT Certification, Five Towns Honored as Climate Leaders
Fairfield among 5 towns in Connecticut to achieve Climate Leader designation from Sustainable CT.
Share Your Views on Making Your Home Cold-Weather Comfortable for a $25 Gift Card
The SFTF is inviting Fairfield residents currently receiving support from the Town’s Human and Social Services Department to take part in a survey about the issues they face when heating and cooling their home. The first 20 residents who take part in the survey will receive a $25 Stop n’ Shop gift card.
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Share Your Views on Making Your Home Cold-Weather Comfortable for a $25 Gift Card
Once again, it’s that time of year when everyone is thinking about how to make their home as energy efficient and comfortable as possible as the mercury dips. The Sustainable Fairfield Task Force (SFTF) wants to help. The SFTF is inviting Fairfield...
Frequently Asked Questions on Food Waste
Background: While the world wastes about 1.4 billion tons of food every year, the United States discards more food than any other country in the world: nearly 40 million tons — 80 billion pounds — every year.1 That’s estimated to be 30-40 percent of the entire US...
Waste Not: SFTF Offers Household Tips on Reducing Your Trash Stream, Building Your Recycling Stream
The last time you threw that banana peel or cereal box into your kitchen trash bin, did you maybe wonder exactly how much trash you and your household generate every year? Well, the Sustainable Fairfield Task Force (SFTF) has “the receipts” – and the numbers are...
Greening Our Town and Our Planet
Earth Day Celebration Features Family-Friendly Activities The Town of Fairfield’s annual Earth Day celebration is more than just one day! It kicks off with a community clean-up and free, informative workshops on composting and recycling on Friday, April 22. On...
Growing season is here- join a CSA!
Certified organic produce in the fields at Stoneledge Farm, Orange County, NYhttp://www.stoneledge.farm The lengthening spring days mark the start of the growing season here in the northeast- which is an exciting, hopeful time for local farms and the people who...
A More “Constructive” Approach for Re-Purposing Fairfield’s Glass Recyclables
There’s no question that, for environmentally minded households, being able to toss all kinds of recyclables into the same bin for pick-up –so called “single stream recycling”– has made recycling even easier. But the convenience has come with a catch — and Fairfield residents will now have an opportunity to help fix a problem.
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