Despite pouring rain, a steady stream of families headed to the Earth Day Festival at City Hall to indulge in sustainable food, get face painted, cuddle some baby animals, and learn about the environmental actions we can take. The War … Read More
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Fulfilled Goods (612 Washington Street, Newtonville), a Newton store specializing in zero waste, is running a refill campaign (#resolvetorefill) this month and will be offering a discount on different refills each week. Here are the specials: Week of 1/9 – 10% off … Read More
Saturday, November 5 from 1-4pm. Newton City Hall (1000 Commonwealth Ave.). Sponsored by the City of Newton, residents are invited to bring their Halloween pumpkins for target practice using any number of methods, including by smashing machines made by the Newton Ligerbots. All … Read More
The video of the May 26 talk by Dr. Doug Tallamy on ‘Sustainable Landscape Designs: Nature’s Best Hope’ is now available for viewing. The presentation covers how yard by yard, we can help pollinators by planting the native species that they depend … Read More
Thank you to all who attended Newton’s Earth Day Festival this past Sunday, April 24! We hope you enjoyed all the activities and information shared to help you take climate action ‘4 Our Future.’ So many of you started a … Read More
Our 4C Tree Memorial Project has been a great success – thank you to all our generous donors who contributed to the fund. 135 trees have already been planted around Newton this spring, and we have raised enough funds to … Read More
Is it difficult to compost yourself at home? Do you want to compost but are worried about a mess? The following services will provide compost buckets each week and pick them up leaving a fresh one for the following week. Easy … Read More
One of the highlights of the GreenEXPO is the EV Test Drive when visitors can go behind the wheels of an EV, take a drive around the block, and ask a dealer rep questions about the car–all without having to … Read More
Governor Baker’s MBTA Control Board recently presented two proposals, including one that would raise some T fares by over 10%. The administration also declared that passes were separate than fares and could be raised by any amount… at any time. Here’s what you … Read More
In November, Newton’s Aldermen will be voting on an ordinance to limit the use of leaf blowers. There is a meeting of Aldermen scheduled on this issue at City Hall on Wednesday, October 21 at 7:45 p.m. Green Newton strongly supports … Read More
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