Category: Sustainability

  • Sudbury Earth Day 2024 – 4/20 at Town Center

    Sudbury Earth Day 2024 – 4/20 at Town Center

    Event Details Event Start: Saturday, April 20, 2024 (10:00 am) Event End: Saturday, April 20, 2024 (2:00 pm) (Expected) Location: Town Hall Department: Town Manager Notes: Saturday, April 20 at Town Center (322 Concord Rd) from 10AM – 2PM. Come and learn what YOU can do to help protect our planet! Download: Download this event to…

  • Styrofoam and Hazardous Waste Joint Collection March 30, 2024, 8 am to 12 noon.

    Styrofoam and Hazardous Waste Joint Collection March 30, 2024, 8 am to 12 noon.

    Spring 2024’s styrofoam recycling will be held on Saturday, March 30th from 8:00am to noon in conjunction with the Health Department’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection day WHICH REQUIRES PRE-REGISTRATION. Styrofoam Recycling does NOT require preregistration and is free for members of Sustainable Sudbury or you can pay a $5 drop off fee. Please bring your…

  • A Few Volunteers Wanted for Styrofoam Collection

    A Few Volunteers Wanted for Styrofoam Collection

    It helps support the work of Sustainable Sudbury. It’s fun and not too hard. Under shelter. A bit dirty so wear old clothes. If available and interested please sign up here: Styro Sign up Link. Thanks, Sustainable Sudbury

  • Webinar: Transform Your Lawn to Save Our Ecosystem

    Webinar: Transform Your Lawn to Save Our Ecosystem

    MARCH 21, 7 P.M.Transform Your Lawn to Save Our EcosystemTurf grass lawn covers more of the U.S. than any other irrigated crop. Lawns are resource-heavy, requiring mowing, irrigation, fertilizer, and pesticides to thrive. Learn why you should transition your lawn using beautiful and environmentally friendly plants. Incorporating native plants in lawns and gardens helps to…

  • Framingham Repair Cafe – Saturday, February 24th – 2pm to 5pm

    Framingham Repair Cafe – Saturday, February 24th – 2pm to 5pm

    Do you have some things at home that need fixing or mending? Bring it to the Repair Café! Most items are welcome, but we specialize in: clean, mendable clothing; lamps; small appliances; computers and other electronics; bikes; batteries; toys; jewelry; sewing machines and straight, dull blades.If your item needs a part, save time and bring…

  • Renewable You for 2024: Clean Energy Upgrades for Your New Year’s Resolutions

    Renewable You for 2024: Clean Energy Upgrades for Your New Year’s Resolutions

    As the confetti from New Year’s Eve celebrations settles, it is only fitting that we prepare our 2024 New Year’s Resolutions. Our resolutions are often about a change we wish to see in ourselves, but what about making them around the change we wish to see in our homes and our world? Here’s how making…

  • Sudbury Steps Up Its Sustainability Game 

    Sudbury Steps Up Its Sustainability Game 

    By Kevin LaHaise The following article is reprinted with permission from the Sudbury Weekly 12/8/23 newsletter. Sudbury Weekly is written as a service to Sudbury by resident Kevin LaHaise. Thank you Kevin! In May of 2022 a Citizen Petition passed at Sudbury’s Annual Town Meeting after much debate. The petition called for the Town to…

  • Induction cooking – no more gas! October 25th 2023, 7:29 pm-8:30 pm

    Induction cooking – no more gas! October 25th 2023, 7:29 pm-8:30 pm

    If you cook with gas, you may not be aware of the drawbacks… and the alternative! Gas stoves likely make the air in your kitchen more polluted than recommended outdoor clean air quality standards. Burning gas releases nitrogen dioxide, small particulate matter, and carbon monoxide, all components of air pollution. Cooking on a gas stove…

  • Fall Styrofoam Collection October 7, 2023, 9 am to 12 noon.

    Fall Styrofoam Collection October 7, 2023, 9 am to 12 noon.

    The Fall 2023 styrofoam recycling will be held on Saturday, October 7th from 9:00 am to noon. Styrofoam Recycling does NOT require preregistration. Please bring your CLEAN WHITE SOLID packing styrofoam only please. NO foodtrays, egg cartons, cups, peanuts, thin sheets etc. Every piece recycled is a piece that doesn’t end up in a landfill!…

  • Framingham Repair Cafe – Saturday, October 7th – 2pm to 5pm

    Framingham Repair Cafe – Saturday, October 7th – 2pm to 5pm

    Do you have some things at home that need fixing or mending? Bring it to the Repair Café! The Framingham Rotary Club, with help from Transition Framingham and First Parish, is hosting a Framingham Repair Café on Saturday, Oct 7th, from 2pm to 5pm.  The event will be held in Scott Hall, First Parish at…