On Wednesday, July 28 from 4-5pm, join Auburndale Builders in their first of a lineup of virtual tours of projects currently in progress. This tour will cover the remodeling of an existing Newton home for accessibility (adding an elevator) and reducing … Read More
Do you have children’s books to donate? Service Stars campers will be collecting books in August to set up a children’s library in Ghana through the African Library Project. The goal is to collect 1,000 books that are at preschool through … Read More
Newton’s Resource Recovery Center Swap Shop (115 Rumford Ave., Auburndale) is now open Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30am-1:30pm. City residents continue to be generous by dropping off quantities of wonderful, usable items. Come and check it out, and take home items … Read More
You can get up to $8,500 off of the Nissan LEAF Plus (220 mile range) and thousands of dollars off of other EV models through the Green Energy Consumer Alliance’s (GECA) Drive Green discount program – plus the $7,500 tax credit and … Read More
You may have mastered the habit of taking reusable shopping bags with you to the grocery store, but do you also take reusable produce bags? Much sturdier than the single use plastic produce bags in stores, these bags come in … Read More
Most people who dream of an electric car are anxious about how far they can drive and if they can charge on road trips. This is known as ‘range anxiety’ and EV owners will tell you that it is not … Read More
Are you in the market for a deal on a full length mirror? A window air conditioner? Or perhaps you are trying to sell or give away the crib your child has outgrown? Try the free Nextdoor website and app … Read More
During the pandemic, the plastics industry pushed the idea that single use is safer, but it just resulted in more garbage. To protect our health and environment, we need to reduce first, then reuse and recycle. On Wednesday, July 14 … Read More
Yes, we’ll be hitting our 200th Tip of the Week in July! For fans of Green Newton’s weekly Tip of the Week, here is a listing with links to 196 tips to help green your everyday living that have appeared … Read More
As part of the Zoning Redesign effort, the City of Newton has been asking residents to give input into how they imagine the future of their village centers. See the comments and polls that have been contributed through the online … Read More
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Schatz introduces electric bike tax credit legislation in Senate https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2021/07/23/schatz-ebike-tax-credit-legislation.html via @Pacificbiznews
Shout out to @CambridgeDPW & @UTEC_inc for recycling over 10,000 mattresses since 2019! By deconstructing the mattresses and recycling their parts, the city reduced it's trash by 600,000 lbs.
Watch the process in action http://youtu.be/UHItG7lCcbQ & learn more http://bit.ly/2UhwvQb
Why do 95% of the school buses our kids ride everyday still run on diesel when electric school buses are here and ready to roll?
Tell your U.S. senators to oppose funding for dirty, diesel and gas-powered school buses in the #infrastructure agreement.
https://masspirg.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=45492
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