Dumping More Sewage into the Charles? Just Say No!
When: Dec 17, 2025
Time:00:00 - 01:00
The MWRA recently proposed a plan that would allow for sewage to continue to be dumped into the Charles River forever. Learn what the plan entails, why the board should reject it, and what you can do to influence the board's vote.
Offshore Wind Energy – Overcoming Federal Headwinds
When: Nov 19, 2025
Time:00:00 - 01:00
Offshore wind is facing unprecedented impacts from Federal actions in 2025.
Learn about the current status of the offshore wind industry in New England in this free webinar, presented by Metrowest Climate Solutions.
Geothermal Energy – Clean, Renewable, Proven
When: Sep 24, 2025
Time:23:00 - 00:00
MetroWest Climate Solutions and Green Newton will offer a free webinar on geothermal technologies. Geothermal has significant potential as a clean, renewable, predictable energy source for local communities. It taps local energy that’s always available, shielding customers from fluctuating fossil fuel prices. Our speaker: Angie Alberto Escobar, HEET.org's Gas-to-Geo Transition Director
Allowing Your Landscape to Work for You: Designing for Resilience and Sustainability
When: Jun 10, 2025
Time:23:00 - 00:00
There is so much that nature does to support our gardens when we create a partnership. Ecologically based design strategies help strengthen the partnership by giving nature the ability to do what it does best: live and reproduce. We, in turn, benefit from far fewer demands for maintenance and more time to take in nature’s wonders. Marie Chieppo, a native plant designer and horticulturalist, will use case studies to explain how to work with nature to create beautiful landscapes with maximum function for living organisms.
Inundation District Film Screening
When: Apr 01, 2025
Time:23:00 - 01:00
Inundation District – an award-winning documentary – explores the implications of Boston’s decision to ignore the threats posed by climate change and spend billions of dollars on building a new waterfront district.
Webinar: Induction cooktops
When: Mar 18, 2025
Time:23:00 - 00:00
Learn about health benefits of induction vs gas, how it works, and current incentives
Don’t Throw it Away – Donate!
When: Feb 12, 2025
Time:00:00 - 01:00
Join MetroWest Climate Solutions on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. for a free webinar on repurposing your discards. To register, visit metrowestclimatesolutions.org.
Massachusetts is facing a waste crisis. It is quickly running out of landfill space and no new sites are currently in the pipeline. Trash incinerators are operating at capacity. Everyone agrees that we need to reduce the amount of trash we generate. But how?
Many of the items we throw out could have a second life – perfectly reusable sinks, doors, beds, dressers, housewares, etc. How do we connect the “excess” with the “need?” Two organizations working to find a new life for unwanted household goods and building supplies are Household Goods in Acton and Boston Building Resources in Roxbury.
Household Goods provides a full range of donated furniture and household items, free of charge, to help people in need make a home. Last year Household Goods furnished 3,100 homes with 90,000 items – large and small. This was made possible by hundreds of dedicated volunteers. Brigid Bieber, Board of Directors Vice President, will talk about how Household Goods has successfully provided its services to MetroWest since 1990.
Boston Building Resources provides the Boston community with high-value, affordable materials, both new and used, for home maintenance and improvements. The organization also provides expert advice, technical assistance, and hands-on skills workshops. Donating reusable materials to the BBR Reuse Center keeps these items out of landfills. Andrew Thompson, Assistant Director of Partnerships at BBR, will talk about the BBR story, evolving since 1978.
Jumpstart Native Seeds in January!
When: Jan 15, 2025
Time:21:00 - 23:00
Learn a new technique, the winter sow, for growing our local native flowering perennials from seed.
Local Native Plant gardeners, Shelley Trucksis and Jean Milburn, will make a presentation about local native plants and their role in preserving our ecosystem. Sowing native seeds in winter is an economical way for private homeowners to add native plants to their own yards so that their gardens work to support pollinators in synergy with surrounding properties.
New this year we will use a peat-free potting mix, PittMoss, a sustainable alternative to peat containing potting mixes. You will receive PittMoss enough for 5 milk jugs and 5 packets of local native perennial seeds.
Sustainable Middlesex 2024: Community Climate Actions
When: Dec 07, 2024
Time:15:00 - 17:00
Keynote Speaker: Secretary Rebecca Tepper from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. • Sries of rapid, “lightning” presentations highlighting successful town-level climate initiatives that can be adapted and implemented in your own community.Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect, learn, and spark change.Virtual and registration required.
Forests for Our Future: The Role of Massachusetts Forests in Combating Climate Change
When: Nov 13, 2024
Time:00:00 - 01:00
This free event will be offered in person at First Parish in Lincoln (4 Bedford Road) and on Zoom. You can view the webinar by visiting metrowestclimatesolutions.org.
Our speaker, Dr. Jonathan Thompson, is a Senior Ecologist and Research Director at the Harvard Forest, Harvard’s 4,000-acre laboratory and classroom for ecological research. His research focuses on long-term and broad-scale changes in forest ecosystems.
En-ROADS Climate Workshop
When: Oct 23, 2024
Time:23:00 - 00:00
Join Energize Wayland on October 23 at 7 p.m. to learn how we can reduce our global carbon emissions and thus keep global warming in check!
In this one-hour workshop, you will be able to test how various climate solutions can contribute to reducing carbon emissions with the En-ROADS simulator tool.
You might even come up with a scenario that would allow the world to stay within 1.5 Celsius degrees of global warming in 2100!
Greener Technologies for Residential Cooling
When: Oct 21, 2024
Time:23:30 - 00:30
Please join Congregation Or Atid Climate Action Committee for a presentation by several subject matter experts about greener technologies to cool your home on Monday, October 21 at 7:30 PM on zoom. The attached flyer provides additional details and a link to register (please double click on the document to show the registration link as active). The event is free and open to the public. Please share this event with colleagues, friends, and family.
plugIN to Wayland Climate Solutions
When: Mar 01, 2024
Time:00:30 - 01:45
Learn about town sustainability initiatives, our plugIN initiative to help residents explore heat pumps, home and community solar, and our new program Wayland Electricity Choice to provide residents choices for greener energy.
Farm Fiber Day
When: Jan 21, 2024
Time:15:30 - 20:00
Join over 50 fiber vendors at Wayland Winter Farmers Market
Jumpstart Native Seeds in January!
When: Jan 17, 2024
Time:21:00 - 23:00
Learn a new technique, the winter sow, for growing our local native flowering perennials from seed.
Electric Vehicles 101
When: Jan 31, 2023
Time:17:00 - 18:00
Offered by the Green Energy Consumers Alliance