Time to start bidding! Green Newton's online auction is now live! You have until September 19th at 9 pm to bid on amazing items and support Green Newton. The auction is part of our Environmental Leadership Celebration. See all auction … Read More
Do you want to reduce your energy use? Would you like to take advantage of rebates and tax credits to decrease the cost of installing insulation and energy-saving heat pumps? Is your current heating and cooling system nearing the end … Read More
Wednesday, September 11 from 7-8pm. Druker Auditorium, Newton Free Library (330 Homer St., Newton). Do you want to reduce your energy use? Would you like to take advantage of rebates and tax credits to decrease the cost of installing insulation … Read More
Saturday, September 14 from 9-11:30am (rain date, September 15). Wellington Park, West Newton (entrances on Kilburn Road and Princess Road). Attendance is free and preregistration is encouraged for the Fourth Annual Newton Monarch Festival. Butterfly oriented kids games, activities, and … Read More
Sunday, September 15 from 1-4 pm (Rain Date, September 22). Various Locations. The Second Annual Newton Pollinator Garden Tour will offers visitors a chance to view public and private pollinator gardens with mostly native plants in Newton Center, Newton Highlands, … Read More
Sunday, September 15 from 1:15pm-4pm. Newton Free Library (330 Homer St., Newton). Do you have a broken item in your home that you know you could fix with the right guidance? Fix-It Clinics empower Newton residents to fix for themselves, … Read More
Tuesday, September 17 from 1:30-6pm. Cold Spring Park Farmers Market (1094 Beacon St, Newton). Come to the Farmers Market at Cold Spring Park to buy your favorite native plants from GrowNative Massachusetts, Bluestem Natives, Lady Fern Farm, and possibly other … 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 loss … Read More
Hibernian Hall: 151 Watertown Street At the Newton / Watertown Line Watertown, MA 02472 Please join us on September 19 from 6:30-9:00pm, to celebrate Newton's environmental community, and honor our six Environmental Leadership Awardees for their outstanding contributions to protect … Read More
Tuesday, September 24 from 1:30-2:30pm. Online. The alarming acceleration of global warming is a grave threat to all forms of life. The only viable solution is the reduction and removal of the excess greenhouse gases –atmospheric CO2 and methane– produced chiefly … Read More
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.
f you can drive or afford a car, you may not understand what it’s like to rely on walking, rolling, transit and asking for rides. But for nearly a third of people living in the United States – people with … Read More
Fulfilled Goods was recently honored at the Green Newton Environmental Leadership Awards Celebration as a local business that strives to place sustainability and social consciousness as a priority. The store, located across the street from the Newtonville Whole Foods at … Read More
Tuesday, October 1 at 7pm. Wellesley Books (82 Central St., Wellesley). Co-Author Eve Driver will be speaking about her first book What We Can’t Burn: Friendship and Friction in the Fight for Our Energy Future. Eve, a journalist and climate policy … Read More
Saturday, October 5 from 9am-1pm. Nahanton Park Community Gardens Nursery, (Entrance off Winchester St. in Newton). The Newton Tree conservancy (NTC) is giving away sapling trees from its nursery located in Nahanton Park’s Community Gardens pictured in the map below. … Read More
Saturday, October 5 from 10am-12pm. 34 Clyde Street, Newtonville. Join your Newton community to meet neighbors who have taken steps to improve their homes — and reduce their energy use.
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