In case you missed it
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When: Oct 13, 2020
Time:17:07 - 17:07
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Missed it? No worries, we recorded it for you. Catch up at your leisure!
Beginning to End the Climate Crisis
On 3/23, at the Wayland Library, author Alexander Repenning and Wayland resident and scholar Sabine von Mering shared their newly published book Beginning to End the Climate Crisis: A History of Our Future with Luisa Neubauer.
There is no planet B. Activists share how we must inform and organize ourselves to save the future. So how do you begin to end the climate crisis? Luisa Neubauer and Alexander Repenning begin by telling stories. Neubauer co-founded the youth climate activist group in Germany and has become its most prominent voice. In this book she and Alexander Repenning weave in personal accounts of their evolution as climate activists with a thorough analysis of how climate change impacts their generation, and what everyone of us can and must do about it. The young and old in the US and around the world can learn valuable lessons from their European counterparts.
Battery Storage for Homes & Businesses
On 2/28, Metrowest Climate Solutions hosted a webinar on onsite battery storage systems are seeing a spike in interest. Some homeowners are motivated by concerns about access to energy during power outages or brownouts, while others are looking to add battery storage to make the most of their solar system. These battery systems often provide backup for 10 to 20 hours and can be charged either by solar panels onsite or electricity from your utility.
What's new with Wayland Water and Trash?
- Water: Wayland is preparing to make a Legacy Decision on sourcing its Drinking Water: local sources, or the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority?
- Waste: Wayland provides a Transfer Station to collect and dispose of trash and recycled materials in the context of an industry that is becoming more heavily regulated.
All you want to know about going solar! Webinar on Jan 17, 2023. Interested in solar? At this webinar
- learn about rooftop solar: how it works, how it works with the grid, best practices for sizing, requirements, and how to go about it.
- learn about community solar: how it works, pricing, wait times (from Nexamp, a community solar provider).
- meet the Energize Wayland volunteer solar coaches and the free service they offer
Green Heating and cooling with Heat Pumps. Electrifying your home’s heating and cooling system with a heat pump is one of the most effective ways to make your home more comfortable and reduce your overall carbon footprint. Learn about cold-climate air-source heat pumps, geothermal systems and heat pump water heaters. You will learn about suitable options for your home by talking with installers, neighbors who have installed systems, and Wayland own volunteer heatpump coaches. Cosponsored by MassEnergize.
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Induction Cooking: May 18, 2022
EV Showcase: April 12, 2022
It's a new day for electric cars, with lots of new models and extended range. Curious about the options? Join us on zoom to explore the 2022-23 models with the Green Energy Consumers Alliance and their Drive Green Team. There will be lots of time for Q&A. A collaboration of Energize Wayland with Energize Lexington, Sustainable Medfield, Jewish Climate Action Network, Harvard Energize, and Green Newton, and the Green Energy Consumers Alliance.
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Heating and cooling with electric heat pumps: January 11, 2022
Electrifying your home’s heating and cooling system with a heat pump is one of the most effective ways to make your home more comfortable and reduce your overall carbon footprint. Learn about cold-climate air-source heat pumps, geothermal systems and heat pump water heaters. You will learn about suitable options for your home by talking with installers, neighbors who have installed systems, and HeatSmart volunteers. You will also learn about all the new incentives and tax rebates in 2022!
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Winter Sow Hands-on workshop: January 5, 2022
In this follow-up to our December 16th Jump Start Your Seedlings webinar, Energize Wayland is excited to host Freddie Gillespie and Nikki Conzo of Lady Fern Farm, as they lead this free hands-on workshop. Most Native New England plants have co-evolved with weather patterns that require a period of repeated freezing and thawing for their seeds to break dormancy and germinate. Using this simple method of planting in milk jugs that are then placed outside over the winter, even the most inexperienced gardener can grow a bounty of native plants for their gardens with extras to share with friends.
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Jump Start your Seedlings: Winter Sow 1 (12/16/2022)
This free (online) event will explain the process of a winter sow, a terrific method for starting seeds earlier than you thought possible. Sow your seeds in a milk jug that becomes a mini greenhouse that allows the seeds to germinate several weeks ahead of direct sowing. The plants are sown in their mini greenhouse outside, eliminating the need to harden seedlings off. You will also learn about the importance of pollination systems in our natural places. How to support declining species of native pollinators in your yard, in public spaces and on conservation lands. A winter sow is an economical and easy way of providing native plant seedlings for a native pollinator conservation garden.
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Postcards from the Future (9/26 and 9/30 2021)
, reporting on what we see around us and what we did to address our concerns, to make it happen. Green Town Meeting Articles Workshop (4/29 and5/4/2021)
Get up to speed on no less than 3 Green Town Meeting Articles!
- Climate Emergency Declaration!
- Community Choice Electricity: This will enable the town to pursue a program to give residents and local businesses the choice to use an electricity supply option with a greater percentage of renewable energy compared to the Eversource basic rate. Many of our neighboring towns have such programs: Sudbury, Lincoln, Natick, Newton, etc.
- Loker School Solar PV: This will enable the town to add solar to the new roof and explore parking lot solar canopies.
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The Living Soil (4/14/2021)
Like Dante take a stroll through the Underworld (and back up again), with Waylander Kaat Vander Straeten as your guide. Part biology, geology, physics and wholly culture, after this presentation you’ll never walk on the earth the same again. Kaat is a certified Permaculture designer and guest instructor at Sowing Solutions Permaculture, grows vegetables and mushrooms, and brews her own fish emulsion and compost tea.
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Get the Electricity of Your Choice (1/26/2021)
What’s the difference between putting solar panels on your roof, buying renewable energy through the Town’s your Town's electricity choice program or through other energy suppliers, and subscribing to a community solar project? Can you combine these options? What if you live in an apartment? Where can you get unbiased information? How do you compare competing offers? Wondering that yourself? Then this evening was for you! EnergizeWayland was pleased to co-host a conversation with Energize Framingham to help you sort out the possibilities.
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Eoclandscaping (9/30/2020)
Fall is here, time to think about fall eco friendly cleanups and it’s a great time to plant for next year. Consider a redesign with less mowing and lawn care, more pollinator plants that support birds, bees and butterflies, fewer invasive species and more native plants. It’s all possible! Sponsored by Sudbury Valley Trustees , the Jewish Climate Action Network , and Energize Wayland.
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Preserving the Harvests (8/13/2020)
Is your garden giving you too many zucchinis? Your CSA box inundating you with - what is that.... kohlrabi? We have solutions for preserving and cooking up larger quantities of vegetables, finding the right microclimates in your home for "root cellaring," and some tasty recipes. You'll also have time to share your tips.
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Green Cooling and Heating (7/25/2020)
Hear from neighbors who have reduced their carbon footprint by using heat pumps to both cool and heat their homes. Hot weather is ahead. You'll especially benefit from attending if your home doesn't already have central air conditioning, or you still use inefficient, noisy window or wall air conditioners, or if you have a cooling or heating system that's more than 15 years old.
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Compost and Backyard Gardening (7/8/2020)
A must for backyard growers! Learn about soil and compost from the professionals: Andrew from Black Earth Compost will give a short presentation on what is good compost and how they make it. We’ll share backyard composting tips. We’ll also share resources for backyard vegetable gardening, like the new Wayland Grows support group and Gardens by Renee.
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