Studio HPDC Barn Tour
Join Studio for High Performance Design and Construction (Studio HPDC) for a project tour of their “High-Performance Barn Raising” renovation. Some highlights: Original barn boards incorporated into the finished carpentry…
Newsletter
People Over Utility Profits: Boston Rally
Mass Power Forward is holding a statewide rally asking legislators to cut their ties to utilities and pass a climate bill that puts people over utility profits. By rally day,…
MA Senate Discusses the Value of the Mass Save Program
The Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming will host a hearing discussing the value of the Mass Save program. The hearing will focus on the program’s cost effectiveness,…
Medicine from Your Backyard: A Foraging Walk at Newton Community Farm
Join herbalist Mo Katz-Christy for a meander through Newton Community Farm to learn how we can harvest local plants to use as medicine. We will explore weeds and cultivated plants,…
Waterfest at the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
Come learn more about local and global water conservation and technology, all while enjoying fun, family-friendly games, crafts, and other activities. Mothers Out Front and ProtectNewtonTrees will present demonstrations on…
Newton Community Farm Seedling Sale
The Newton Community Farm will have 99 varieties of vegetables, flowers, and herbs for sale on May 16 and 17. If you’d like to plan ahead, you can look at…
‘The Plastic Detox’ Film Showing and Discussion
Produced by an Academy Award-winning team, the film The Plastic Detox follows six couples struggling with infertility who agree to participate in a massive plastic detox of their homes and…
‘The Problem With Plastic’ Book Talk with Author Judith Enck
Join Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics and David Abel, award-winning Boston Globe reporter, for a free talk about the new book, The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save…
Focus on Friends 2026
Frustrated with federal affairs? Don’t go loco — go local! Mass Parks for All, a state-wide advocacy group for state and local parks, is holding its first ever Focus on…
Learnings from Initial Restoration Efforts in Newton’s Central and Largest Park
Climate change can already feel overwhelming, and now we have a biodiversity crisis, too? Can local conservation in our own parks and yards make a real difference in protecting wildlife,…