Search Results

Keyword search: sustainability

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Four Franklin County businesses and schools have been awarded $12,312 in micro-grants to aid in efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle.Swanson’s Fabrics and Hens & Chicks Consignment Store, along with Colrain Central School and Sanderson Academy, were...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — Combining creativity and community, Double Edge Theatre is working to create a sustainable future by providing eco-friendly housing and renovating old buildings into new apartments, while also constructing a Community Design Center.Between...

GREENFIELD — Greening Greenfield is offering an Energy Fair to introduce residents to the new programs and incentives that can help people of all income levels with making energy-efficient building upgrades and reducing reliance on fossil fuels.The...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Continued efforts to increase the clean energy workforce for offshore wind and “climate tech” in general in Massachusetts are looking to Denmark as a possible model where, even with a smaller population than the Bay State, the wind energy...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The evening before the city secured its second fully electric vehicle on Wednesday, Energy and Sustainability Director Carole Collins joined city councilors serving on the Economic Development Committee to discuss Greenfield’s plan to...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

NORTHFIELD — In an effort to promote sustainability and community, Dickinson Memorial Library is sponsoring an event where residents can get help with repairs from their neighbors.The event, called the Northfield Fix-It Fair, will be held rain or...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A Senate-passed bill featuring a streamlined approach to permitting and siting solar and energy storage projects in Massachusetts, with a consolidated permit for approving clean energy infrastructure instead of multiple local, regional and state...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — A new community composting plan was approved by the Selectboard on Monday night, beginning the process of getting a weekly compost collection program off the ground for Gill residents as a prior food waste pickup system is phased out.A...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — In an effort to raise further awareness of climate change and the power of collective action, the new Climate Club at Four Rivers Charter Public School held a day of action this week with a speaker panel and trash pickup around the...

By VIRGINIA RAY

SHELBURNE — If you’ve wondered how to decide on solar options, or a heat pump, or how to reduce your home’s oil/propane use, you can find information at a free Energy Fair organized by the Shelburne Energy Committee.The fair will be held on Saturday,...

ORANGE — LaunchSpace will hold its second annual ReMake Festival on Saturday to share ways to leverage makerspaces that provide space and equipment to repair, reuse and upcycle everyday items.The free event, scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m., is packed with...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — With a statewide push for renewable energy and electric vehicles, how will the Massachusetts Legislature approach modernizing the grid that would be supplying all this power? The answer, at this point, is unclear, but state Sen. Paul Mark...

By MAX BOWEN

ORANGE — From the Upcycle Fashion show to the Every Last Scrap Challenge, LaunchSpace’s inaugural ReMake Festival on Saturday has a variety of events geared toward teaching the community how to live more sustainably.According to LaunchSpace founder,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — With its solar array, and brick facades designed for seasonal sun angles and usage of natural light, the county’s regional transit center, the first net-zero building of its kind in the United States, has been honored with a national...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A day after announcing the creation of a new state Youth Climate Council during a visit to Mass Audubon’s Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton on Sunday, the state’s new climate chief met with activists from across western...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — With Mass Save offering new incentives for air-source heat pumps, Greening Greenfield is offering workshops for eligible residents on how they can start the process. “We are thrilled that Peter Wingate, director of energy services at...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — Despite being among the youngest in the room, a group of teenage environmentalists were turned to for guidance during a climate action panel at the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew. Their generation, after all, will be most...