A controversial City plan to remove a beaver dam and hut from the Wells Avenue culvert has incentivized some to speak out. Since 2022, increased beaver activity in the area has sparked widespread flooding, resulting in devastating consequences for residents and local businesses. Mike Landau, Chairman of the 210 Nahanton…
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Green Newton’s online 2024 Environmental Leadership Celebration auction runs from September 9 at 9AM through September 19 at 10PM. Your bidding helps fund Green Newton’s many environmental initiatives, so bid high and bid often. Some of the items featured: Register and start bidding on the 2024 Environmental Leadership Celebration Auction…
Green Newton will host its annual Environmental Leadership Awards Celebration on September 19, 6:30PM-9PM, at Hibernian Hall (151 Watertown Street). The event will celebrate the important work of environmental community members with the presentation of the 2024 Louise Bruyn Environmental Leadership Awards to six who have made significant contributions to…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) will host a discussion of earth-based spirituality and paganism at FUUSN (1326 Washington Street, West Newton) on Sunday, September 22, from 8:30AM to 10AM. Coffee and tea will be provided, and participants are welcome to bring their own breakfast. Participants will deepen…
Green Newton has organized yet another Sustainable Street Tour — this one on Clyde Street in Newtonville on October 5, 10AM-Noon — where attendees can talk with Newton homeowners who have made their homes more energy efficient with heat pumps, solar panels, and EV chargers. Clyde Street is across Walnut…
Newton Tree Conservancy (NTC) is giving away sapling trees from their nursery. These are small trees that will easily fit into a car trunk. There will be many oak species as well as other varieties such as Sweetgum and Eastern Redbud. It will take place on Saturday, October 5, 9AM-1PM…
Mothers Out Front Newton is hosting an online program — Protecting Our Canopy: How Preserving Mature Trees Promotes Climate Resilience — where participants can learn how the Charles River Watershed Association’s Regional Tree Planting & Protection Plan helps us protect, maintain, and grow our tree canopy. It will take place on Monday,…
On December 18, 2023, the Newton City Council updated the 1999 Newton Tree Preservation Ordinance (TPO). The revised TPO applies to private properties and protects trees that are six inches and larger in diameter at breast height (DBH, 4.5 feet above ground). Removal of all trees requires one of two…
Unlike the characters in Disney’s “Pinocchio” — who were swallowed whole by Monstro, an evil whale — on Thursday lots of Newton kids eagerly crawled inside a massive inflatable Humpback as part of an educational program at the Newton Free Library. The Whalemobile, which is used as a teaching tool…
Are there empty spaces on the berms in your neighborhood — perhaps where street trees formerly provided shade and beauty? Would you like to work with your neighbors and the Newton Tree Conservancy to plant new trees? The Newton Tree Conservancy has extended its deadline until July 7 to apply…
On June 20, an unseasonably steamy night, three Newton climate activist organizations — 350Mass Newton, Green Newton, and Mothers Out Front — hosted a forum on climate and the environment for State Representative candidates at Newton’s War Memorial Auditorium at City Hall. Amy Sangiolo and Alex Jablon — the two…
The Newton City Council voted to amend and pass a new Electrification Ordinance as part of the Commonwealth’s Fossil Fuel-Free Demonstration Project. As stated in Article VI of regulations of Newton’s Public Buildings and Inspectional Services, “The purpose of the Fossil Fuel-Free Demonstration Project is to restrict and prohibit new…