In May, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released results from its 2023 Waste Composition Study. The study found that the state significantly increased the amount of food waste diverted from disposal over the last six years. In 2017, … Read More
Wednesday, August 21 at 7pm. Online. Rev. Vernon Walker, Climate Justice Program Director for Clean Water Action, will explore how climate resilience and climate justice are connected and why it makes sense for advocates of climate mitigation and climate adaptation … Read More
Not all travel-sized toiletries are recyclable. Small, empty plastic bottles longer than 3” can go in the household recycling bin, but send tubes to the trash. Full sized plastic tubes are also not recyclable, and you may want to rethink … Read More
Wednesday, August 14 at 7:30pm or Thursday, August 15 at 10am. Online. Maybe you know Massachusetts has a rebate for electric cars and trucks called MOR-EV. What you might not know: The rebate is now available for qualifying new and … Read More
Researchers at PSE Healthy Energy released a first-of-its-kind study published yesterday in Energy Policy that calculates the incidence of uncombusted gas leaks nationwide as well as the burden on fire departments. The researchers found that nationwide gas leaks cost taxpayers half … Read More
During a talk by Douglas W. Tallamy, an entomologist at the University of Delaware, he suggested controlling mosquitos at the larval stage instead of the adult stage. Spraying adult stage mosquitos requires spraying at such high concentration that it kills … Read More
Saturdays in August from 10am-12pm. Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Mattapan. Drop in at the Boston Nature Center (BNC) on Saturday mornings and learn all about honey bees from the Boston Area Beekeepers. The BNC hosts apiaries on the … 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
We are now registering exhibitors for the GreenEXPO! The fabulous sustainability showcase will be held on Sunday, October 20 from 11am-4pm on the Newton Centre Green in conjunction with the City of Newton’s popular Harvest Fair. Large and small businesses, … Read More
Massachusetts and four other New England states recently received a $450 million federal grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help boost efforts to get residents to replace natural gas or oil heating systems with electric heat pumps. The … Read More
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