On Sunday, October 23, 11AM-12:30PM, Eliot Church (474 Center Street, Newton Corner) will host demonstrations and discussions of all sorts of sustainable transportation: electric vehicles, plug-ins, and hybrids, etc. Liora Silkes, City of Newton Energy Coach, will discuss recently new state and Federal rebates and incentives. Also learn about Newton’s successful…
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Mothers Out Front Newton will hold these events: October 18, 7:30PM-9PM: Chapter meeting on the building blocks of the Clean Heat / Clean Air campaign. RSVP here to get the Zoom link. Email questions to [email protected]. October 21, 10:30AM-11:30AM: “Take a Walk at Houghton Garden” to connect with other environmentally concerned…
The Newton Tree Conservancy — a private nonprofit organization promoting the health of Newton’s urban forest — is now accepting applications from groups of Newton residents to have trees planted at their properties, between the sidewalk and street, next Spring. Each neighborhood group must have at least 5 properties and…
Newton will hold its annual Pumpkin Smash at City Hall on November 5, 1PM-4PM. Bring your pumpkins to have them smashed for composting by the City’s curbside composting partner, Black Earth Compost, which will be on-hand to sign up customers for its service. You are welcome to smash your pumpkins or…
The Newton Democratic City Committee’s Climate Crisis Subcommittee will host a online watch party to view the Mass. Citizens’ Climate Forum on Wednesday, October 19, 6PM-7PM. Register here. The Forum is a hybrid event broadcast live from Fitchburg State University and featuring Rep. Lori Trahan (Mass. CD3), Jen Benson (President…
Green Newton will host this year’s GreenEXPO on Sunday, October 16, 11AM-4PM, on the Newton Centre Green, in conjunction with the City of Newton’s Harvest Festival. There will be interesting exhibits, fun activities for kids, and products for sustainable living. Representatives from sustainable companies, community organizations, and City departments will…
The Episcopal Parish of St Paul in Newton Highlands will host a free, four-part online discussion on Zoom — What is our spiritual response to the climate crisis? — September 28 through October 19. Register here. The sessions, all at 7PM, are: September 28: Getting motivated to take action: why…
The Newton Free Library and several other public libraries will co- host an online discussion, Water Protection Rights and Spirituality, on October 18 at 6:30PM-8PM. Panelists will be Hiawatha Brown (Narragansett Elder), Liz Santana-Kiser (Nipmuc Elder) Kasike Jorge Estevez (Taino), and Robert Quesada (Mexika/Aztec). They will discuss Indigenous Spirituality as it…
“We’ve waited a lifetime for this day,“ Annawon Weedon, master of ceremonies, told the crowd of approximately 800 people gathered on October 10 at Albemarle Park for Newton’s Second Indigenous Peoples Day event. Weedon noted that there are holidays celebrating Italian, Jewish, and other cultures, but until now, there had…
Eagle Scout candidate Dobi Wallober led the design and installation of a new pollinator preservation garden in Cold Spring Park, working with volunteers from his Troop 209, the Friends of Cold Spring Park, and the Newton Conservators. The goal of the garden is to provide habitat for bumblebees and butterflies…