Wednesday, September 11 from 7-8pm. Druker Auditorium, Newton Free Library (330 Homer St., Newton). Do you want to reduce your energy use? Would you like to take advantage of rebates and tax credits to decrease the cost of installing insulation … Read More
Sunday, September 15 from 1-4 pm (Rain Date, September 22). Various Locations. The Second Annual Newton Pollinator Garden Tour will offers visitors a chance to view public and private pollinator gardens with mostly native plants in Newton Center, Newton Highlands, … Read More
The average elementary school disposes of 20,000 pounds of lunch waste every year. That’s 10 tons of trash per school! By packing a healthy lunch for your child in a reusable lunch box with a reusable bottle of water or milk, you … Read More
Sunday, September 15 from 1:15pm-4pm. Newton Free Library (330 Homer St., Newton). Do you have a broken item in your home that you know you could fix with the right guidance? Fix-It Clinics empower Newton residents to fix for themselves, … Read More
Registration is now open for the Newton Community Farm’s Late Fall CSA. Enjoy a variety of fall vegetables grown on the farm as well as by other local growers. Pick up is every other Tuesday beginning October 29, and the … Read More
Wednesday, September 18 at 1pm. Online. Artificial turf poses a number of health and environmental concerns, including chemicals in artificial turf materials, plastic pollution in the environment, habitat loss, and excess heat. Recent research has shed additional light on the … Read More
Saturday, September 7 from 7:30am-1:30pm. Resource Recovery Center (115 Rumford Ave., Newton). Disposing of household hazardous waste (HHW) products properly is crucial to reducing toxins in our bodies and our environment. Certain types of HHW have the potential to cause … Read More
Sunday, August 25 from 7-8pm. Online. Join the Sierra Club of Massachusetts for a virtual plant-based cooking course. If you’ve been interested in cooking more plant-based meals but don’t know where to start or even just want to gain some … Read More
Not all travel-sized toiletries are recyclable. Small, empty plastic bottles longer than 3” can go in the household recycling bin, but send tubes to the trash. Full sized plastic tubes are also not recyclable, and you may want to rethink … Read More
During a talk by Douglas W. Tallamy, an entomologist at the University of Delaware, he suggested controlling mosquitos at the larval stage instead of the adult stage. Spraying adult stage mosquitos requires spraying at such high concentration that it kills … Read More
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