Saturday, September 28 from 10am-2pm. Brown School (40 Baldwin Road, Marblehead). Head up to Marblehead for Sustainable Marblehead’s Sustainability Fair where green vendors, local nonprofits, speakers, children’s crafts and EV test drives will be featured.
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, October 6 from 9:30am-12pm. Newton Community Farm (303 Nahanton St., Newton). The popular Fall Family Fun Day is back with lots of fun for the whole family! Come for the farm scavenger hunt, pumpkin decorating, seed matching game, and … Read More
Fall is the best time to start transitioning lawns to organic. The key to a healthy lawn is healthy soil and good mowing, watering, and fertilizing practices. Healthy soil contains high organic content and is teeming with biological life. Healthy … 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
Sunday, September 8 from 3-5pm. Meet at the Newton Free Library (330 Homer St., Newton). Join Bike Newton for a special ride they are calling the “Tour de PictureUsNewton.“ Newton Community Pride (NCP) has produced a public art exhibit, #PictureUsNewton, … 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
Stand Up! Speak Up! A Story Inspired by the Climate Change Revolution (2020) Written and illustrated by Andrew Joyner Stand Up! Speak Up! is a picture book about a young girl with a mission to inspire climate activism. I highly … 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
Saturdays in August from 10am-12pm. Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Mattapan. Drop in at the Boston Nature Center (BNC) on Saturday mornings and learn all about honey bees from the Boston Area Beekeepers. The BNC hosts apiaries on the … Read More
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