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
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Whether you have a balcony, a sunny window, a yard, or a plot in your local community, you can garden and make a difference to help the planet. A free webinar on Wednesday, July 28 at 2pm (EST) will focus … Read More
Come visit the Green Newton booth at the Newton Farmer’s Market at Cold Spring Park on Tuesdays. We can help you with many questions about energy efficient home improvements, EVs, solar power, healthy lawn care, and much more! Saturday Market … Read More
Our Sustainable Kitchen Cooking Class Thursday, May 13 at 6:30pm Professional vegan chef Diana Goldman will teach you virtually how to prepare delicious plant-based food. Feel free to check out Diana’s repertoire of healthy recipes and cooking tips at her … Read More
You can now view the video of Massachusetts Department Environmental Protection’s Home Composting for Zero Waste webinar on MassDEP’s YouTube channel. YouTube offers closed captioning, if desired. The video has a few minor visual technical issues in the beginning, but they are mostly resolved … Read More
The Chair of the Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter Plant-based Planet Team, Sara Sezun, spoke about the environmental impacts of the meat, dairy, egg and fishing industries on Thursday, April 22 as part of Green Newton’s Earth Day celebrations. You can watch the … Read More
Last year over 500 gardeners bought more than 20,000 seedlings at the Newton Community Farm’s first online order/curbside pickup Seedling Sale. Due to the pandemic, the volume of customers, and the small space for seedlings, NCF will offer another online … Read More
Going meatless is good for the environment and for your health. The production of meat and dairy generates a lot more greenhouse gases than the production of comparable amounts of plant-based proteins. Try these online cooking classes from the Sierra … Read More
The City of Newton has plans to provide help to local restaurants to create more robust outdoor dining opportunities in the coming months. The support that restaurants will receive includes infrastructure – i.e. tables, trash/recycling containers and tents. The day … Read More
March 11, 6:30-7:30pm. Sustainable Kitchen Cooking Class (1st episode) Professional vegan chef Diana Goldman will teach you virtually how to prepare delicious plant-based food. Feel free to check out Diana’s repertoire of healthy recipes and cooking tips at her website: … 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.
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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?
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