Tuesday, January 31 at 12pm. Online. Emissions from gas-powered vehicles account for 29% of all US greenhouse gas emissions – and an even higher percent in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Electric vehicles (EVs) are crucial to reducing emissions and air … Read More
Posted on January 15, 2023 by Green Newton Begins Wednesday, February 1 from 7-8:30pm and continues on February 8, 15, and 22. Online. Do you hear conflicting claims about climate change? Are the predictions confusing and solutions uncertain? Why not … Read More
Scary headlines about the decline of the natural world that serves as our life support have spurred people across the country to take action by planting natives to help reverse this trend. No plant will achieve this faster than one … Read More
Two area farms, Gaining Ground in Concord and The Good Food Farm in Ashby, have embarked on an experiment in “no-till agriculture” designed to build healthier soil with better water and carbon retention. As climate change challenges farmers with extremes … Read More
February 2 at 7pm. Online. The UU Plant-Based Eating Club is hosting a Zoom discussion of the blockbuster documentary Seaspiracy, a groundbreaking Netflix documentary that exposes the fishing industry’s impact on marine wildlife and ecosystems, and which identifies actions consumers can take … Read More
Thursday, February 9 at 7pm. Online. Do you wince every time you get takeout because of the unavoidable stack of single-use plastic containers and lids that come with it? Yet we seem to have no other options. Hear from Margie … Read More
With better awareness of BPA, PFAS, micro-plastic, and other hazards in our environment and in our bodies, concern over plastics pollution has been growing. Over the last 10 years, Newton has successfully eliminated the dispensing of single use plastic bags, … Read More
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