The Urban Ag Fair is back! Calling all urban farmers, gardeners, beekeepers, composters, fruit-tree enthusiasts, climate activists, and anyone interested in learning more about urban agriculture and climate justice in Boston! An annual celebration of 50+ years of urban agriculture in Boston. Play games, enter contests, and learn directly from local urban farmers, and climate […]
We have the chutzpah to protect the people and places we love. This fall, it's all hands on deck to build people power for our climate, our democracy, and a livable future. The Jewish Climate Action Network of Massachusetts is proud to partner with Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, and the Western Massachusetts […]
We are living in a time of multiple, interlocking challenges that we are experiencing psychologically, socially, and economically, and it is no surprise that these catastrophes are also manifesting in our climate patterns. When wildfires in Canada and the upper Midwestern states leave Boston with hazy skies and the smell of smoke for two days, […]
The problem with plastic goes way past those ubiquitous and annoying plastic straws and bags. When microplastics are being found in fetal tissue, the scale of the problem isn't about personal habits but systems--and that's the scale of the solutions we need. Did we mention that plastics *are* fossil fuels? And that they're the industry's […]