Tuesday, April 30 from 7-8:30pm. Cary Memorial Library, Living Room (1874 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington). Internationally published author and humorist Eve Schaub challenged her family to attempt the seemingly impossible: to live in the modern world, for an entire year, without … Read More
Join The Boston Globe’s fourth annual Sustainability Week—a week-long virtual event series focusing on the climate crisis, current environmental issues and actionable solutions. See the schedule and register today for free. Revolutionizing the Waste Stream Tuesday, April 23 from 2-2:45pm … Read More
Saturday, May 11 from 9am-12pm. Scandinavian Living Center (206 Waltham St., Newton). Bring your clean unwanted clothing, shoes, and textiles for reuse and recycling. Gathered materials will be processed by Helpsy and help raise funds for the Rotary Club.
Wondering what to do with those eclipse glasses now that it’s over? Fulfilled Goods (612 Washington St Suite 2, Newton) is collecting glasses in good usable condition through the end of April. They will be sent to a non-profit organization … Read More
Thursday, May 2 from 7-8pm. Online. The negative impacts of plastic on human health are increasingly visible and increasingly costly. This March, the New England Journal of Medicine released the results of a study detecting micro- and nanoplastics in the … Read More
The Too Good to Go app connects users with local cafes and restaurants who have delicious but unsold food items. Keeping good food from going to waste is a good thing for us, for businesses, and for the planet. There … Read More
In celebration of Earth Month, Fulfilled Goods (612 Washington Street, Newtonville) is offering 10% off refills all month. This is a good chance to stock up on staples like beans, grains, spices, olive oil, in addition to soaps, shampoos, conditioners, … Read More
The environmental crisis is multifactorial: consumerism, pollution, extreme weather, loss of biodiversity, and other catastrophes – too complex, too intertwined, but above all, too urgent. A collective problem that requires collective solutions. The eco-minded artists featured in the i3C (Inspiring … Read More
Tuesday, March 19 at 7pm. First Parish Watertown (35 Church Street, Watertown). First Parish Watertown in collaboration with Beyond Plastics Greater Boston and Oceana will host a free film screening of Rory Fielding’s documentary “We’re All Plastic People Now.” The … Read More
Are you tired of all the plastic bags you get when your dry cleaned clothes or laundered shirts come back from the cleaners? Holly Cleaners in Newton is considering offering reusable dry cleaning bags for purchase. This plan would be … Read More
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