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Feed the Monster: Pumpkin composting event

Our "Feed the Monster" composting event encourages residents to throw their pumpkins into a "monster's mouth" while educating about composting!

November 4, 2020
  • 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Jewish War Memorial Drive
    Franklin Park - Shattuck Picnic Area (see photo at left)
    Boston, MA 02124
  • Contact:
    Parks
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Citywide
  • Posted:
2020-11-04T10:00:00 - 2020-11-04T13:00:00

Compost your pumpkins this Halloween! Composting your food waste creates a rich, black soil that is great for any yard and or garden.

Shattuck Picnic Area - Franklin Park

Join us for the fun in a socially distant manner on one of three dates!

Learn about Feed the Monster

November 4, 2020
  • 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Jewish War Memorial Drive
    Franklin Park - Shattuck Picnic Area (see photo at left)
    Boston, MA 02124
  • Contact:
    Parks
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Citywide
  • Posted:
2020-11-04T10:00:00 - 2020-11-04T13:00:00
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Feed the Monster: Pumpkin composting event

Our "Feed the Monster" composting event encourages residents to throw their pumpkins into a "monster's mouth" while encouraging and educating about composting!

November 2, 2020
  • 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • 38 Beacon Street
    Parade Ground (see photo at left)
    Boston, MA 02467
  • Contact:
    Parks and Recreation
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Citywide
  • Posted:
2020-11-02T10:00:00 - 2020-11-02T13:00:00

Compost your pumpkins this Halloween! Composting your food waste creates a rich, black soil that is great for any yard and or garden.

Boston Common Parade Ground

Join us for the fun in a socially distant manner on one of three dates!

Learn about Feed the Monster

November 2, 2020
  • 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • 38 Beacon Street
    Parade Ground (see photo at left)
    Boston, MA 02467
  • Contact:
    Parks and Recreation
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Citywide
  • Posted:
2020-11-02T10:00:00 - 2020-11-02T13:00:00
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Building emissions policy open house #2

The City of Boston is developing a new policy to cut carbon pollution from large buildings.

September 28, 2020
2020-09-28T18:00:00 - 2020-09-28T19:30:00

This meeting is the second of three open houses. During this meeting, we’re going to answer some of the questions asked by attendees during the first open house in July. The second open house will include updates from the Technical and Resident Advisory Groups, and breakout discussions on specific areas of interest identified that were, including:

  1. Financing retrofits
  2. Designing for equity
  3. How to decarbonize a building

Large buildings in Boston are the biggest emitters of carbon pollution and they also represent the buildings that have the largest opportunity to cut their carbon emissions. This pollution comes from the oil and gas we burn to heat and power our homes and offices.

We're developing this policy as part of the implementation of Strategy #5 in the 2019 Climate Action Plan Update: Develop a carbon emissions performance standard to decarbonize existing large buildings. During the first meeting, we introduced the building performance standard, and the process to develop it and help inform the City’s process moving forward. You can view the meeting recording, slides, and breakout discussion notes on our project page.

The Zoom link for the meeting will be emailed to all attendees ahead of the meeting. Please let us know if you have any requests for accommodation when you register at the link below.

September 28, 2020
2020-09-28T18:00:00 - 2020-09-28T19:30:00
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Building Energy Retrofit Resource Hub launch

Join the virtual launch event for a Building Energy Retrofit Resource Hub, a partnership with the Environment Department and Eversource Eversource Energy.

September 9, 2020
2020-09-09T12:00:00 - 2020-09-09T13:00:00

The City of Boston and Eversource are partnering to launch a Building Energy Retrofit Resource Hub. This resource will make it easier for large building owners, operators, tenants, and stakeholders to reduce their energy use and carbon emissions and save money.  It will help you find the best solutions for your building by helping you understand, access, and implement Eversource’s expertise, energy efficiency services and incentives.

Large buildings account for nearly 70% of carbon emissions in Boston. As we strive towards carbon neutrality by 2050, the Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO) and the Resource Hub will continue to work with residents to become more aware of their emissions and responsible for their reductions.

The virtual launch event will include short presentations from:

  • Carl Spector, Commissioner of the Environment Department
  • Benjamin Silverman, Climate and Buildings Program Manager
  • Steven Miller, Eversource Energy Efficiency Consultant
September 9, 2020
2020-09-09T12:00:00 - 2020-09-09T13:00:00
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Franklin Park ecology small group discussion

We are diving deep into topic areas of the Franklin Park Action Plan with small group discussion sessions.

July 30, 2020
2020-07-30T19:00:00 - 2020-07-30T20:00:00

Join us for a discussion about the Franklin Park Action Plan's Ecology analysis findings.

Register for the event

July 30, 2020
2020-07-30T19:00:00 - 2020-07-30T20:00:00
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Franklin Park connections small group discussion

We are diving deep into topic areas of the Franklin Park Action Plan with small group discussion sessions.

July 28, 2020
2020-07-28T13:00:00 - 2020-07-28T14:00:00

Join us for a discussion about the Franklin Park Action Plan's Connections analysis findings:

Register for the event

July 28, 2020
2020-07-28T13:00:00 - 2020-07-28T14:00:00
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Franklin Park communities small group discussion

We are diving deep into topic areas of the Franklin Park Action Plan with small group discussion sessions.

July 23, 2020
2020-07-23T19:00:00 - 2020-07-23T20:00:00

Join us for a discussion about the Franklin Park Action Plan's History analysis findings.

Register for the event

July 23, 2020
2020-07-23T19:00:00 - 2020-07-23T20:00:00
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Franklin Park history small group discussion

We are diving deep into topic areas of the Franklin Park Action Plan with small group discussion sessions.

July 21, 2020
2020-07-21T13:00:00 - 2020-07-21T14:00:00

Join us for a discussion about the Franklin Park Action Plan's History analysis findings:

Register for the event

July 21, 2020
2020-07-21T13:00:00 - 2020-07-21T14:00:00
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Canceled:
A changing climate: Anti-racism and Boston's environmental justice

Reason for cancellation: Contact organizer
July 30, 2020
2020-07-30T17:30:00 - 2020-07-30T20:00:00

"A Changing Climate: Anti-Racism and Boston's Environmental Justice" will address the topic of how systemic racism affects Boston's climate and environmental work to create disparate realities for Black communities in Boston. Black communities in Boston are disproportionately climate and environmental justice communities, as the projections of all of the greatest climate impacts will drastically impact this community. This is common not only in these impacts, but also within the realm of rampant income and wealth disparities, gentrification and displacement, and many other societal impacts. At the core, each of these come from the same source: systemic racism.

Register for the event

As Boston has pledged to be a leader in combatting racism and racism has been listed as a public health crisis, this conversation serves as the beginning of an effort to combat the racism that exists in climate and environmental work. This is all to take powerful steps forward to completely rid Boston of the insidious residue of racism. Anti-racism is powerful in how we must accomplish these lofty goals, as it aims to change the structures that allow for racism, in all of its forms, to pervade our society. We must integrate this ideology and practice into all facets of our society to counteract the effects racism has had on the Black community's ability to be strong, thriving, and resilient to any danger. 

If you are interested in participating in this conversation, please complete our registration form. If you have any questions, feel free to email David Corbie at David.Corbie@Boston.Gov. 

July 30, 2020
2020-07-30T17:30:00 - 2020-07-30T20:00:00
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Building Emissions Policy Open House

The City of Boston is developing a new policy to cut carbon pollution from large buildings.

July 29, 2020
2020-07-29T18:00:00 - 2020-07-29T19:30:00

This open house is the first of three. During this open house, you can learn more about the building performance standard, the process to develop it, and help inform the City’s process moving forward. 

Large buildings in Boston are the biggest emitters of carbon pollution and they also represent the buildings that have the largest opportunity to cut their carbon emissions. This pollution comes from the oil and gas we burn to heat and power our homes and offices.

We're developing this policy as part of the implementation of Strategy #5 in the 2019 Climate Action Plan Update: Develop a carbon emissions performance standard to decarbonize existing large buildings. Learn more about our work to reduce emissions.

July 29, 2020
2020-07-29T18:00:00 - 2020-07-29T19:30:00
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