Category: Carbon Footprint

  • 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…

  • Omnibus Climate Bill Zoom Today at 12-1pm

    Omnibus Climate Bill Zoom Today at 12-1pm

    Join the Zoom to hear the latest on the Omnibus Climate Bill today(3/4)! Dear Friend, This is a reminder that the zoom on the 2024 Omnibus Climate Bill legislation is today(3/4) at 12-1 PM (ET) to hear Roger Luckmann, MD MPH, Co-chair Elders Climate Action MA Legislative Team and Ed Woll, retired lawyer and member…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Sudbury’s New Climate Mobilization Action Plan (CMAP)

    Sudbury’s New Climate Mobilization Action Plan (CMAP)

    Progress! As requested in 2022 Town Meeting Article 58, The Climate Emergency Declaration, Sudbury now has a climate action plan. We are grateful to volunteer Andrew Blair, Facilities Director Sandra Duran, Sustainability Coordinator Dani Marini-King, and the dedicated members of the Climate and Sustainability Committee for making the CMAP a reality. Here is the announcement…

  • 5 tips for reducing plastic waste at your Fourth of July barbecue

    5 tips for reducing plastic waste at your Fourth of July barbecue

    A message from our friends at MassPIRG (https://masspirg.org) : Who doesn’t love a good Fourth of July barbecue? Hamburgers on the grill, watching the fireworks display, and at the end of the night … cleaning up lots and lots of plastic waste? Here are five tips for how to cut back on plastic at your…

  • Framingham Repair Cafe – Saturday, June 10th – 11am to 2pm

    Framingham Repair Cafe – Saturday, June 10th – 11am to 2pm

    Have you got something that needs fixing or mending?Bring it to the Repair Café… Saturday, June 10th, 11am to 2pmScott Hall at 24 Vernon St; Framingham Our volunteers can help fix many things for FREE including: clothing, lamps, small appliances, computers/other electronics, bikes, batteries, toys, jewelry and sewing machines. We will also have a station…

  • Composting 101 – 5/25 at Goodnow Library

    Composting 101 – 5/25 at Goodnow Library

    THURSDAY, MAY 257:00—8:00 PM Community Room Goodnow Library 21 Concord Rd, Sudbury, MA, 01776 Join us on Thursday, May 25, at 7PM for an IN-PERSON program, “Composting 101”! Did you know you can recycle all your kitchen scraps and yard waste, and turn it into beneficial food for your plants? Yep. Kate Donovan, owner of…

  • Sustainable Sudbury Bike Tour 2023

    Sustainable Sudbury Bike Tour 2023

    Meet In Front of Curtis Middle School1PM, Sunday June 4th We are going for a bike ride to enjoy the outdoors and to highlight some examples of sustainability around town! If you are interested in joining us, please sign up now to let us know and help us communicate with you about this event. All…