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BEFORE YOUR {STAY}CATION NEXT WEEK

4/14/2021

 
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For those doing something different next week for the school April break, take a minute this week to:

1) Write/call your Town Meeting Member letting them know that you support the Town's updated greenhouse gas emissions reductions goals.  These goals appear in Article 24, Motion 1 and call for reductions in town-wide GHG emissions of 50% below Wellesley’s 2007 baseline by 2030, 75% below Wellesley’s 2007 baseline by 2040, and net zero town-wide GHG emissions by 2050. These science-based goals follow State policy, are in line with The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, support Wellesley’s Unified Plan, and echo similar climate actions taken by an increasing number of Wellesley’s peer communities across the Commonwealth. 

​2)
 Enjoy Sierra Club's free plant-based cooking classes! You know that 
going meatless is good for the environment and for your health. The production of meat and dairy generates a lot more greenhouse gases than the production of comparable amounts of plant-based proteins. Check out two upcoming online cooking classes from the Sierra Club for inspiration and helpful tips.

Sunday, April 18, 6-7pm 
Plant-based Cooking Demonstration: Learn how to make healthy plant-based food with the Plant-based Planet Team! We’ll demonstrate how to make various plant-based dishes at home. Feel free to ask us questions! Register in advance here.

Tuesday, April 20, 6:30-7:30pm
Our Sustainable Kitchen Cooking Class, Second Episode: Professional vegan chef Diana Goldman will teach you virtually how to prepare delicious plant-based food. Register in advance here.

3) Enjoy the week!  

RE-IMAGINE Wellesley Square

4/14/2021

 
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The Town of Wellesley is looking to understand the specific retail, restaurant and business wants, needs and patterns in Wellesley Square in an effort to bring vitality and new businesses to our community.

Imagine, a pedestrian weekend main street, re-use and plastic free stores, no
styrofoam, EV charging stations, community refrigerator, a fix it shop, in town composting and recycling, etc. Let them know what YOU want by filling out this survey.

It takes less than a minute to fill out the survey.

"Meatless Monday" Wellesley Food Pantry Fundraiser

3/8/2021

 
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​Wellesley residents are invited to share a delicious vegetarian dinner prepared by local chef Dave Becker of Juniper on March 29 at 6:30 p.m. Take a night off from cooking and learn the benefits to your health and the well-being of our planet when you make Mondays meat-free, all while you support the efforts of the Wellesley Food Pantry to help those in our community who need it most.  This event is sponsored through a partnership by LWV Wellesley and Sustainable Wellesley.

Participants will pick up a dinner at Juniper and then return home to watch a live, fun cooking demonstration as they dine. The cost to join this exciting community event is $75, which will include a three-course meal, the chef’s own cookbook and a generous donation to the Wellesley Food Pantry. A red or white wine pairing can be included with dinner for an additional $20 per bottle.  
"Meatless Monday" Menu:
  • Muhammara Spread (Roasted red pepper and walnuts) with fresh baked pita 
  • Miso-Lentil Soup
  • Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Curry Vinaigrette Dressing
  • Butternut Squash Farro Risotto
Here’s how it works:
  • Register before March 22 and pay $75.
  • Prior to the event, you will receive an email with final details about pickup, plus a link to join the cooking class.
  • Dave’s team will prepare a 3-course, meatless, fully cooked, takeout meal for two.
  • You pick up dinner at Juniper in Wellesley between 5:00 and 6:15 p.m. on Monday, March 29; a specific time for your pick up will be sent in an email the day before the event.  Optional bottle(s) of wine, selected for the meal, may be purchased for $20 cash at pick-up.
  • At 6:30, join other diners and watch Dave live on Zoom preparing the meal in his home kitchen.
  • Feast while you watch!
  • Ask Dave questions in the Zoom chat area and hear his responses live.

What’s Included:   The $75 fee includes: a 3-course takeout meal for two, a cooking class with Dave on Zoom, a Dave Becker cookbook, and a donation to the Wellesley Food Pantry.  Additional donations for the Wellesley Food Pantry are welcome.  A small fee for ticketing and use of PayPal will be added to your final cost; if you have questions, please email LWVWellesleyEvents@gmail.com 

Register before March 22 –Space is limited!  Each meal serves two but you may purchase more than one meal.  

The  Wellesley Food Pantry  currently serves approximately 200 Wellesley households and more than 420 individuals; about one-third are children and another third are seniors.  The Food Pantry has provided supplemental and emergency food to Wellesley residents in need since 1989.  

“Meatless Monday” is a global movement that encourages people to reduce meat in their diet for their health and the health of the planet.  Since it began in 2003, the movement has taken root in over 40 countries and been adapted to 22 different languages.   Eating less meat and more healthy plant-based foods can help reduce the incidence of chronic preventable diseases, preserve precious land and water resources, and combat climate change.  More information is available at the “Meatless Monday” website.

This event was created by the League of Women Voters of Wellesley and Sustainable Wellesley in the interest of fostering both community support for those who need it, as well as an awareness of the many ways individuals can act to promote a more sustainable lifestyle.  LWV Wellesley is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in government. It works to influence public policy through education and advocacy.  Sustainable Wellesley strives to engage residents, businesses and the Town of Wellesley to take sustainable actions to protect biodiversity; minimize waste; and ensure environmental justice.

Kitchen composting made easy

11/17/2019

 
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Swing by Roche Brothers in Wellesley on Saturday, November 23rd from 10am-2pm to learn about kitchen composting and the Wellesley RDF's Food Waste Program. Volunteers from Sustainable Wellesley will be on hand to demo the process and answer all of your questions. In addition, from 1pm on Leslie Richman zero-waste lifestyle coach will also be there to answer additional questions you might have about plastic-reduced and plastic-free grocery shopping and more!

Skip the Straw

7/8/2019

 
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Wellesley Skips the Straw
Why the buzz?  The average straw is sipped for only 20 minutes but it can take over 200 years to break down.  Straws are very lightweight and often wind up in our oceans and on our beaches where they are a danger to marine life.  Plastics never biodegrade — they just break into smaller and smaller pieces.

Sustainable Wellesley is encouraging local restaurants to be part of the #SkipTheStraw Initiative and we need your help asking local managers to re-evaluate their use of plastic straws.

This is not a pipe dream!  The city of Seattle is now straw-less and some local restaurants have already switched so swing by and say thanks to the folks at CocoBeet, The Local, and Quebrada Bakery.  If you know of more please email us.


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Food Recovery at Wellesley Middle School

6/10/2019

 
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Matt Delaney Food Services Manager, Wellesley Public School. Champion of Food Recover Program
The plan to launch the food recovery trial at the Middle School came from the Wellesley Reduce, Reuse, Recycle working group and the Wellesley Green Schools committee during a meeting on Feb 26th.  At that meeting, Matt Delaney, the Food Services Director of the Wellesley Schools for Whitson’s Culinary Group, recounted a food recovery program that was in place at Disney World when he was employed there.

Wellesley Middle School has implemented a system that allows them to collect unused food and bring it to a local food pantry. The program involves bagging and freezing excess food and redistributing it.



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Shout out to Land's Sake Farm

6/1/2019

 
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Land's Sake Farm image.
Just down the street is Land’s Sake Farm, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has been connecting people to their local ecology in Weston, MA since 1980.  Their focus is tri-fold: environmental education programs, food donation programs, and sustainable land management.  Education programs run year-round and are for people of all ages, ranging from tomato canning workshops to week-long summer camps to maple sugaring, and after-school programs.  These community-building programs are focused on connecting people to each other, as well as to the land around them.

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Only a few spots left!  Compost your Food Waste

5/7/2019

 
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Composting Starter kit
Stop throwing away all of your food waste.  Instead, EASILY turn it into bio gas and compost.  The Town Of Wellesley will actually do it for you!  There are only a few spots available left in the Town’s Food Waste Program.

Get your free starter kit (paid for by DEP grants) by clicking here. It includes a counter top bucket, compostable bag liners, and a container for transporting your food waste to the RDF. 


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What's in your wine?

2/13/2019

 
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What's really in your wine?
Many of us care about the what we eat and how our food is sourced, but have you considered what is in your wine?

Wellesley resident, mom, chef and the friendly face at the Wellesley Farmers’ Market pick up spot for Farmers’ to You, Janine Malone, wondered the same.  After doing some research, she learned and loved the idea of drinking clean-crafted wine that is organic or biodynamic, vegan and bottled consciously, with no chemicals or added sugar.  She now sells a variety of these wines, all from small family vineyards that hand picked their grapes.

Contact her for more information. These are the wines folks have tasted at two recent Sustainable Wellesley events – Taste the Future; and Conversation with The Candidates and Community Dinner.

Cheers!


In the market for a new oven?  Taste the future...

1/31/2019

 
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Sustainable Wellesy Chef
Earlier this month a full house gathered for the Sustainable Wellesley's Taste the Future event at Jarvis Appliances where we sampled delicious food and clean wine, watched cooking demos on an induction stove, and learned more about the ways to move off of dangerous gas appliances.

Huge thanks to Wellesley Public Media for covering the event. For those that missed it or want to learn more
 watch it here

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