Thursday, March 21 at 7pm. Online. Turf grass lawn covers more of the U.S. than any other irrigated crop. Lawns are resource-heavy requiring mowing, irrigation, fertilizer, and pesticides to thrive in New England. Learn why you should “kill your lawn” … Read More
Sunday, March 24 7-8pm. Online. Join the Sierra Club as they show you how to make delicious healthy plant-based food at home. In this free session, Chef Jay, a 30-year veteran of the restaurant industry and cooking teacher based in … Read More
Are you tired of all the plastic bags you get when your dry cleaned clothes or laundered shirts come back from the cleaners? Holly Cleaners in Newton is considering offering reusable dry cleaning bags for purchase. This plan would be … Read More
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, March 20 and join Newton Public School students in walking, riding or rolling to school.
Is tomorrow trash day? Can you put used paper napkins and tissues in the recycling bin? (The answer is no, they go in the trash.) The handy phone app Recycle Right Newton will get you the answers and more. Created … Read More
The City of Newton’s expanded sustainable packaging ordinance will go into effect this week, and food establishments will be required to use takeout containers that are reusable, compostable, or recyclable. In addition, Newton has implemented Skip the Stuff, which means … Read More
Newton’s EV Task Force is a community group which aims to increase awareness and adoption of electric vehicles here in Newton. We’re offering free consulting sessions to help condos and apartments adopt EV charging on site. We will volunteer our … Read More
The beginning of February is an exciting time, as sunset shifts past 5 pm. Sunlight in the evening is wonderful for us, and also for the many solar panels in our community! The City has 18 solar projects operating on … Read More
Stanley cups are the current “it” reusable water bottle of the moment, and in the last few weeks, we’ve seen them all over our feeds. We’re all for reusables and making sustainability more popular. But excessive consumption and microtrends? Not … Read More
It’s true–30% of our trash is food scraps and compostable paper (collectively referred to as organics, sometimes also called compost), that’s a lot. Organics could instead be collected separately so they can be made into compost, a nutrient-rich soil amendment … Read More
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