• About
    • Our Mission and Who We Are
  • Take Action
    • Group Action >
      • Join an Action Group
      • Donate
      • Volunteer
    • Individual Action >
      • Landscaping
      • What We Eat
      • Plastic Reduction >
        • Reduce Plastic
        • Plastic Bans, Taxes, Charges, Recycling
      • Milkweed for Monarchs
      • Reduce Your Carbon Footprint >
        • Choose Renewable Energy
      • Solar
      • Gas Leaks/Blowdowns in Wellesley
      • Gift Wrap
    • Global Action
    • More Action In Wellesley >
      • Other Local Organizations
      • Run For Office
  • News
  • Calendar
  • Green Schools
    • Mission and Who We Are
    • Teachers >
      • Environmental Education
      • Green Cerify your Elementary Classroom
      • Book recommendations
      • Classroom tips
      • Posters! Walk to School. Litterless lunch
    • Parents >
      • Smart Event Guide
      • Borrow Free Supplies for Your Event!
      • School Supply list
      • End of year Locker Cleanout Tips
    • Families

No Place Like Home:Attainable, Affordable, Sustainable Housing – In Our Town?

1/14/2020

 
Picture

Thursday, January 30, 7:00pm
Wellesley Free Library
530 Washington St.
​
Many young families, seniors, and people of middle, moderate, or fixed incomes are
unable to move to — or stay in — our town. What does this mean for Wellesley’s future? Our expert panelists will provide an overview of the challenges and benefits of creating diverse housing. Bring your questions and comments and join us to discuss how we can develop a broader range of housing choices for the long-term health of our community.

Panelists:
• Eric Shupin, Director of Public Policy, Citizens Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA)– Describing the state of housing in MA.
• Amy Dain, Consultant, Dain Research – Reporting on two years of research into the regulations, plans and permits in the 100 cities and towns surrounding Boston.
• Shelly Goehring, Senior Program Manager, Massachusetts Housing Partnership – Sharing the benefits and challenges for our community.
• Rebecca Winterich-Knox, Net Zero Organizer, Massachusetts Climate Action Network – Focusing on sustainable considerations and impact on climate.

This event is free and open to the public.
Co-Sponsored Wellesley's League of Women Voters, Wellesley Free Library as well as Build a Better Wellesley, Our Affordable Wellesley, Sustainable Wellesley, TBE Racial Justice Initiative, UU Wellesley Hills, Wellesley's Council on Aging, Wellesley Village Church, World of Wellesley, and the 

Kitchen composting made easy

11/17/2019

 
Picture
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!

Milkweed for sale at July Jubilation

7/15/2019

 
Picture
Monarch Butterfly
Sustainable Wellesley will be selling Asclepias incarnata/ swamp milkweed plants this Saturday at July Jubilation.

By planting milkweed in your yard, you are helping the monarch butterfly population. They need to eat milkweed to survive, plus these beautiful pink plants attract even more beautiful butterflies to your home!

Find us at from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm in front of Bruegger’s Bagels.  Come by and learn about new initiatives that the Natural Resources Commission and Sustainable Wellesley have going on.

Summer is coming - lower your cooling costs!

5/14/2019

 
Picture
Lower your cooling costs
Worried about Summer Cooling costs? Want to cut your utility bills? Come to a Home Energy Savings Seminar at the Tolles Parsons Center on May 22nd at 1:30 PM to learn ways to reduce your energy usage and make your home more comfortable and efficient.

The seminar will review available programs that help you reduce energy usage. The Wellesley Municipal Light Plant and National Grid offer no-cost energy audits, free light bulbs and significant rebates and assistance on insulation, heating equipment and appliances.  The seminar will familiarize you with the home audit process.

Please bring your oil, gas and electric bills with you. Volunteers will help you calculate your benchmark energy rating and assist with the audit process. Sign-up with the COA 781-235-3961. Walk-ins are welcome.

This program is sponsored by the Wellesley Sustainable Energy Committee.

What's in your wine?

2/13/2019

 
Picture
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!


Be proud of your Toxin-Feee Lawn!

2/13/2019

 
Picture
Free Toxin-Free yardsigns available
Be proud that your lawn isn’t treated with chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

Wellesley’s Natural Resources Commission is offering, as part of it continued Grow Green Wellesley Campaign, these free lawn signs to highlight your healthy lawn this spring. They will even come install it for you. 

Email them for more information.
Want an organic lawn and looking for assistance?

Try giving some of these organic landscapers a call.




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

1/31/2019

 
Picture
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

Read More

Is There A Better Way to Recycle? Learn More Jan 31 at 7pm at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills

12/26/2018

 
Picture
 Waste reduction efforts should be our number one priority, re-using is number two, and recycling is the third option — so lets get it right!

Wellesley’s Recycling and Disposal Facility (RDF) was part of a story last Friday on Public Radio International’s The World.  You can listen to it here and learn how contaminated recycling compromises the ability to efficiently and cost-effectively sort materials into bales of marketable recyclable materials. This is especially true since China changed its policy, disrupting the global marketplace for mixed paper and mixed plastics.  This story will encourage you to rethink recycling.  When cardboard, cans and bottles are treated like real commodities, and not just trash, it can be worth some real money.
 

Read More

    Categories

    All
    Food
    Green Building
    Living Sustainably
    Social And Family Event
    Take Action
    Town Meeting
    Wellesley Green Schools

    RSS Feed

×
“The world is literally counting on us.”
-Gan Golan and Andrew Boyd Artist who created this climate clock.

Sign up for updates!

Get Our Newsletter

Contact

info@sustainablewellesley.com
75 Emerson Road
Tel: 781-772-1188

Support us!

Volunteer
Donate

Follow us!

Copyright © 2019 By Sustainable Wellesley
Photos used under Creative Commons from Rennett Stowe, shixart1985, vwcampin, aqua.mech
  • About
    • Our Mission and Who We Are
  • Take Action
    • Group Action >
      • Join an Action Group
      • Donate
      • Volunteer
    • Individual Action >
      • Landscaping
      • What We Eat
      • Plastic Reduction >
        • Reduce Plastic
        • Plastic Bans, Taxes, Charges, Recycling
      • Milkweed for Monarchs
      • Reduce Your Carbon Footprint >
        • Choose Renewable Energy
      • Solar
      • Gas Leaks/Blowdowns in Wellesley
      • Gift Wrap
    • Global Action
    • More Action In Wellesley >
      • Other Local Organizations
      • Run For Office
  • News
  • Calendar
  • Green Schools
    • Mission and Who We Are
    • Teachers >
      • Environmental Education
      • Green Cerify your Elementary Classroom
      • Book recommendations
      • Classroom tips
      • Posters! Walk to School. Litterless lunch
    • Parents >
      • Smart Event Guide
      • Borrow Free Supplies for Your Event!
      • School Supply list
      • End of year Locker Cleanout Tips
    • Families