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…
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The Newton Conservators will lead a FREE walk through upland woods and wetlands, and by old stone fences and dramatic puddingstone outcroppings, at Saw-Mill Brook Conservation Area on Saturday, September 21 from 8:30 AM to 10AM. The walk will go from Vine Street to Marla Circle and return back along the…
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…
Newton Conservators is hosting A Visit to Houghton Garden as part of the Newton Conservators Fall Walk Series. Participants will explore this gem of a conservation area with its land steward, Michele Hanss of the Friends of Houghton Garden. The walk will be canceled in case of steady rain. It…
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…
Newton Conservators is hosting Fall Birding at Nahanton Park, as part of the Newton Conservators Fall Walk Series. Participants can enjoy a leisurely walk through Nahanton Park in Newton, looking especially for migrant warblers and sparrows. It will take place on Sunday, October 6, 8AM-10:30AM and the walk will start at…
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…