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
The school year begins in a few weeks and shopping for school supplies looms large for many families. Before you reach for new, take a good look at what you already have and can reuse. It can be a teaching … 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
Plastic pollution impacts the not only the environment but also our health and wellbeing. Because companies do not have to pay for the cost of these impacts, plastics are often the cheapest options on the store shelf. As consumers, we … Read More
The temperature outside is expected to rise above 90 degrees again this week, creating high demand on the electric grid and requiring the use of dirty peaker plants to meet demand. Let’s do what we can to reduce that need … Read More
Sunday, July 30 from 7-8pm. Online. Learn how to make healthy plant-based food with Chef Diana Goldman. The event is free and open to the public. After registering, instructions for joining via Zoom or phone will be sent one day … Read More
Wednesday, July 10 from 6:30-7:30pm. Greentail Table (9343 Watertown Street, Newton). Join Greentail Table for a cookbook signing and a cooking demonstration (and tasting) of vegan chocolate mousse with Newton-based Diana Goldman of Beantown Kitchen. Diana recently authored her first … Read More
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