Green Living Fair
Green Living Fair
Friday, September 25, 2026
SUNY Potsdam, Barrington Student Union
Potsdam, NY
Tabling/Exhibit - Vendors & Local Organizations
EV-Hybrid Car Show
Registration & Call for Proposals Coming Soon!!
Friday, September 25, 2026
SUNY Potsdam, Barrington Student Union
Potsdam, NY
Tabling/Exhibit - Vendors & Local Organizations
EV-Hybrid Car Show
Registration & Call for Proposals Coming Soon!!
Exhibitors from 2025 Sustainability Day & Green Living Fair
*Sponsors of Sustainability Day and Green Living Fair
** Organizers of Sustainability Day and Green Living Fair
Alcoa Foundation*
https://www.alcoa.com/sustainability
At Alcoa, our unwavering commitment to innovation and adherence to best practices form the cornerstone of our sustainability strategy. Our suite of emerging green technologies in aluminum smelting and our portfolio of low-carbon Sustana® products are proof of this dedication. By continuously pushing the boundaries of technology and embracing responsible business practices, we strive to create a positive impact on the environment and society.
American Forest Foundation/Family Forest Carbon Program
https://familyforestcarbon.org/
The Family Forest Carbon Program is a nonprofit conservation organization motivated to help landowners make conservation impacts throughout their forest. We provide annual payments and forestry services for their enrollment in one of our Improved Forest Management practices. Our goal is to mitigate climate change by enabling private forest landowners.
Barstow Motors*
https://www.barstowsubaru.com/
https://www.barstowmotors.com/
https://www.instagram.com/barstow_subaru/profilecard/?igsh=dm44dWI0ZHh5YnA4
https://www.instagram.com/barstow_motors/profilecard/?igsh=bWU5dG5zbTZqZ2p6
Local Subaru, GMC and Chevy car dealership proudly serving the north country for over 70 years. Currently selling and servicing the fully electric Subaru Solterra and in the near spring the hybrid Forester.
Bill Rapp Chevrolet of Ogdensburg*
Chevrolet EV Dealer
Birdsfoot Farm
Birdsfoot Farm offers certified organic vegetables, herbs and flowers along with Summer, Fall, Student and Winter CSA weekly boxes.
Potsdam Climate Smart Community Initiative & Canton Sustainability Committee**
The Canton Sustainability Committee's principal areas of focus are food and agriculture, energy, transportation, and plastics. The committee also works on waste, climate change mitigation and adaptation, natural resources, open space, and land planning. In each of these areas, the committee supports and promotes smart sustainable practices that enhance Canton’s human, natural and financial resources. The annual Sustainability Action Plan provides a framework for the committee’s work.
Potsdam Climate Smart Community - www.facebook.com/groups/852161308931472 will provide general info about the Potsdam Joint CSC Task Force. They are working on Community Choice Aggregation, Pollinator habitats, community vulnerability and resilience - and more!
Casella Waste Systems
Recycling, Collection, Organics, Energy, Landfills, Professional Services and Sustainability form the foundation for providing service to our customers.
Clarkson Institute for a Sustainable Environment**
https://www.clarkson.edu/academics/research/labs-centers/ise
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cusustainability/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clarksonsustainability/
The Clarkson Institute for a Sustainable Environment is a hub of all environmental and sustainability activities on campus. We offer academic degrees, coordinate sustainability initiatives and work toward a goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Coakley Home and Hardware
www.coakleyhomeandhardware.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CoakleyHomeandHardware
Coakley Home and Hardware is a family owned business that has been serving the North Country since 1902- currently operating stores in Canton and Saranac Lake. Their stores feature traditional hardware (paint, plumbing, electrical, hardware, hand and power tools and lawn and garden), a flooring department (carpet, ceramic, hardwood, luxury vinyl for both residential and commercial use), a kitchen and bath design & showroom, in home installation/repair service, kitchen and bathroom remodels, and professional handyman services.
Compost for Good/Clarkson Compost Project
Compost Outreach and Food Waste Audits. CfG/CU have a USDA grant to support a transition from landfilling food waste to reducing or recycling these materials.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County**
Agriculture
CCE of St. Lawrence County's Agriculture Program offers a wide range of services from livestock trainings and workshops to natural resources and local food initiatives. Whether you are a farmer, food entrepreneur, or a curious community member, there is something for everyone at the Extension Learning Farm. Stop by our table to see our upcoming trainings and workshops! You can also come chat with some of our staff to learn about what other resources we can offer you.
Energy Navigator Volunteer Program
Energy Navigator Volunteers are concerned and capable residents who help their friends, neighbors, and other community members learn about ways they can reduce their energy use and energy bills and use renewable forms of energy to heat and power their homes. Do you want to save energy, save money, and learn ways to address climate change? Communities around the world are facing the double impacts of the economic crisis resulting from COVID-19 and the ongoing climate crisis. Ask an Energy Navigator how you might lower your energy bills while becoming more climate resilient.
Master Gardener Volunteer Program
The Master Gardener Program is a national program of trained volunteers who work in partnership with their county Cooperative Extension offices to extend gardening information to the local community. Come meet some of the master gardeners representing Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County and learn more about our programs and one-on-one consultations.
CUHEAT
CUHEAT equips participants with the fundamental knowledge and skills needed to assess residential energy efficiency and recommend cost-effective improvements. This training program equips students with knowledge and skills in home weatherization and energy auditing, and provides a solid foundation for those entering the field.
EDF Renewables*
https://www.edf-re.com/solar-in-new-york/
www.edf-re.com/project/rich-road-solar
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/edf-renewables-north-america
Rich Road Solar Energy Center is a 240 MW solar project that will provide enough emissions free energy to power 75,000 homes. Located in the Town of Canton, the project will also create many benefits for the local community: from stable sources of revenue to town, county, school district and local landowners, to workforce development opportunities, potential for co-location of solar and agriculture, and improved storm water retention and carbon sequestration possibilities. EDF Renewables and Rich Road Solar Energy Center will be at the Green Living Fair to discuss community group activities and project integration into the local community.
GardenShare
www.GardenShare.org
GardenShare promotes a local food system that ensures food security for all St. Lawrence County residents.
GRO Energy Solutions
https://groenergysolutions.com/
GRO Energy Solutions provides energy efficiency services such as insulating, air sealing, and energy audits. We also offer blower doors for new construction homes.
IMEG Consultants Corp.
Consulting Engineering
Indian Creek Nature Center
https://www.indiancreeknaturecenterny.org/
Indian Creek Nature Center features ~320 acres of woods and wetland within the Upper and Lower Lakes Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in the Town of Canton, NY. The Center borders flooded lands between the Oswegatchie and Grasse Rivers designed to enhance waterfowl habitat. The nearly eight miles of trails at Indian Creek include a boardwalk trail through a marsh to an overlook with expansive views of Upper and Lower Lakes WMA. All trails are free and open to the public. Many of the trails include informational plaques or feature self guided nature walks. Please enjoy the center as a wildlife haven with a myriad of amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and resident and migratory birds. Guided programs are offered throughout the year.
Lavapod
instagram/lavapodusa
facebook/lavapod
Natural Eco Friendly Home Cleaning Products
League of Women Voters of St. Lawrence County
The League of Women Voters organized in St. Lawrence County in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment. We've been educating voters ever since!
Visitors will be able to register to vote, fill out an absentee ballot application, and get information about the League of Women Voters.
Local Living Venture
http://www.locallivingventure.org
Local Living Venture is reinvigorating in 2025 - with simple living skills, renewable energy, green building, and real food in its many forms at its heart! Stop by to see what's on the event schedule and share both your thoughts about how we can best serve you, and your skills, with your community!
Matt Burnett Guiding LLC
Matt Burnett Guiding hosts outdoor Adirondack Adventures for All Seasons
New York State Poor People's Campaign
The Poor People's Campaign is a social justice movement bringing people together to dismantle interlocking systems that keep people in poverty, keep racism alive in our society, and contribute to the ecological devastation of the planet.
Nature Up North
https://www.natureupnorth.org/
https://www.facebook.com/NatureUpNorth
https://www.instagram.com/natureupnorth/
We will have an informational table themed around bio-regional literacy in the North Country. We think the first step to green living and sustainability is a connection to place, and NUN provided opportunities to form that connection through public educational programming.
Nicandri Nature Center
The Nicandri Nature Center provides recreation and Nature opportunities free of charge. We are located within Robert Moses State Park, Massena NY.
Northern Power & Light
NP&L provides locally-sourced hydroelectric power for North Country homes and businesses. NP&L is based in Saranac Lake and works with customers and hydropower producers from Potsdam to Glens Falls.
Paul Smith’s College
Paul Smith's College offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in sustainability, natural resources and environmental studies in the beautiful Adirondack mountains.
Potsdam Food Co-op
Our Co-op has been dedicated to meeting the community's need for specialty and whole foods ever since it opened its retail doors in 1973. As a consumer cooperative, The Potsdam Co-op exists for the benefit of the people who use it.
Potsdam Pride
Facebook & Instagram @potsdampride
Potsdam Pride is a grassroots organization that holds events for the LGBTQIA population in St. Lawrence County, including the annual Potsdam Pride festival.
SUNY Canton*
Admissions*
www.canton.edu/admissions/
We invite you to take a closer look at SUNY Canton. We encourage you to visit us, glance through our Academic Catalog and our publications, take a virtual tour, request information or email us with your questions. Whatever your academic or career goals may be, we hope you will let our office help you reach them.
Automotive Technology* **
We have an old hybrid in which we are trying to find ways to bring back the life of the high-voltage battery. Most people have never seen what a hybrid battery looks like or what the vehicle looks like with the battery section exposed. We will bring the vehicle to the Fair to show these two parts: battery rejuvenation and what a hybrid internal looks like.
Center for Workforce, Community & Industry Partnerships
The Center for Workforce, Community & Industry Partnerships develops innovative programming for SUNY Canton, the North Country, and beyond. The Center assists with the promotion and development of new micro courses, microcredentials, and workforce training programs based on campus, industry, and community need. Other educational opportunities such as summer camps, early college, and lifelong learning for all ages are also developed by the Center.
SUNY Potsdam**
HEARTH
https://www.potsdam.edu/academics/AAS/depts/Anth/applied-learning/hearth
Applied Learning in Sustainability at HEARTH (Hand-crafted, Experiential, Archaeological Research and Teaching Hub) at SUNY Potsdam features maple and cider production and other initiatives.
WISER Center, Biology Department *
www.potsdam.edu/academics/AAS/biology/wiser
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WISERPotsdam
Twitter: @WISER_Potsdam
The WISER Center at SUNY Potsdam is the Biology Department's research and outreach facility. Comprised of three greenhouses and teaching space, this student-operated facility is focused on several student-created sustainability initiatives. Whether it's growing hyperlocal foods, creating pollinator habitat, promoting wellness, or battling food insecurity in our region, the WISER Center is committed to providing applied learning experiences for students on campus and our local community. Our activities and events have provided hundreds of people with opportunities to learn how they can put sustainability into their lives. Please stop by our booth and learn how we can work with you in your local community!
St. Lawrence County Arts Council
SLC Arts enriches the vibrancy of the North Country community by cultivating art appreciation and inspiring creative expression for ALL!
St Lawrence County Center for History and Culture
https://www.facebook.com/stlawrencecchc
The St. Lawrence County Center for History & Culture is a not-for-profit organization that collects, preserves, researches, and shares the history of St. Lawrence County, NY. We preserve and interpret the c. 1833-35 Silas Wright House and are working on creating a historic culinary, medicinal and cutting garden on our property that will highlight native plants and provide spaces for pollinators.
St. Lawrence County Planning Department/Environmental Management Council
stlawco.gov/Departments/Planning
stlawco.gov/Departments/Planning/AdvisoryBoards/EnvironmentalManagementCouncil
Let people know about EMC activities.
St. Lawrence County Public Health
https://www.facebook.com/SLCPublicHealth
https://stlawco.gov/Departments/PublicHealth
The St. Lawrence County Public Health Department has been serving the county since 1936. We offer a wide variety of health services and programs to county residents, geared toward improving both individual health and well-being; and that of the community.
St. Lawrence County Public Transit & Mobility Management
Website: www.slcnypublictransit.com
Facebook & Instagram: @SLCNYPublicTransit
Information about public transit and transportation programs available in St. Lawrence County (what they are, how they work, how to use them, individual trip planning assistance)
Talking Rivers, Inc.
https://www.facebook.com/talkingrivers/
https://www.instagram.com/talkingrivers/
Talking Rivers is a local nonprofit that weaves together communities across the Upper St. Lawrence River / Kaniatarowanénhne and Adirondack Watersheds, advocating for the Rights of Rivers and their Ecosystems. Through art, storytelling, and community conversations we strive to educate our human neighbors about the Roles and Responsibilities we have towards the rivers that unite our communities.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton
Promoting safe, economical and environmentally friendly use of wood for home heating is one project of our religious community.
VoltWise Consulting
Modern Americans are extremely busy, and when faced with the "electric question" when buying a new car, there is an unbelievable amount of nuanced information that a buyer would need to consider, costing them time they don't have. This decision is one that would take most people dozens or hundreds of hours to really figure out, which is not a reasonable ask given their schedules. My interest in electric vehicles has allowed me to become a subject matter expert, and equipped me with everything I need to make recommendations to prospective EV buyers that would help them avoid making a 50,000 dollar purchase that they end up regretting. My service would not only allow car buyers to identify the right vehicle for them and their family, but it would give them access to personalized information that would help them get the most out of their new vehicle. I can answer questions about costs and benefits as well as address all of the concerns a client could bring forth about making the switch to the powertrain of the future.
WaterFurnace International
https://www.waterfurnace.com/commercial/
Water Furnace is a manufacture of Water Source Heatpumps and chillers. Focused on Geothermal and net energy loop systems.