For many, high school cafeteria food is not something to be looked back upon fondly. But a group of high school students at Newton North and Newton South see potential in the daily meals that their schools serve. This fall, Newton North student and leader of the school’s “Green Team”…
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Join the Newton Free Library and Joys of Nature for a Live Animal Lecture for Adults: Helping Endangered Species on Wednesday, November 12 at 7PM in the Library’s Druker Auditorium (330 Homer Street). What is an endangered species? Why are many animals and their habitats disappearing? Learn about endangered species in…
The Newton Conservators will host a webinar — Fish, the Missing Link in Suburban/Urban Conservation — presented by Bob Mallard on Thursday, November 13 at 7PM. Sign up here. Growing up in Newton Highlands in the 1960s and 70s, Bob Mallard was fascinated with the network of streams near his home.…
West Newton Cinema will host A Turtle Celebration (author talk and screening) on November 15, 11AM-1PM at the Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton). Famed naturalist Sy Montgomery, author of The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle , and E. B. Bartels, author of Good Grief, together for a…
The Newton Tree Conservancy will host a Community Tree Planting next spring on April 11, 2026 for Newton residents with space on their berm. However, there’s a social twist. One person must step forward as the neighborhood leader, assembling a team of five or more neighbors within a few blocks to identify places between…
Green Newton is inviting Newton residents, especially families and young professionals, to share their input on the kinds of community events they’d like to see in the year ahead. The quick, two-minute survey will help Green Newton design fun and engaging programs that fit into busy schedules. Participants who complete…
Newton Conservators will be hosting a webinar, Welcome to the Dark Side: Discovering Moths at 7:00PM pm on Thursday, December 4. Please register. Join naturalist Dave Small for an introduction to attracting and watching moths in your backyard. Discover the native plants you can introduce to your landscape to attract…
Join Mothers Out Front Newton (MOF/N) will host an online meeting, Ratepayer Ripoff?, on Monday, December 8, 7:30PM-8:30PM to discuss reshaping energy future. MOF/N aims to stop National Grid’s costly and wasteful gas pipe replacements and plan for a faster, fairer transition from fossil gas. Learn how to expand access…
Newton will install solar panels on three additional City buildings, bringing its total solar projects to 27, as part of an effort to make the city carbon neutral by 2050. The new rooftop installations at Peirce Elementary School, Lincoln-Eliot Elementary School, and the Cooper Center for Active Living will contribute…
Are there empty spaces on the berms — the stretch of grass between street and sidewalk — around your neighborhood, where street trees once provided shade and beauty? Would you like to work with your neighbors and the Newton Tree Conservancy (NTC) to plant new trees? The Newton Tree Conservancy…
Follow outdoor enthusiast and naturalist Jeff Adams on Saturday, October 11, from 10AM to 12:30PM, for a guided nature walk at Newton’s Kennard Park sponsored by the Newton Conservators. This walk is mostly the same as the Kennard Park #1 guided walk. Walk participants will learn how to identify a…
Nahanton Park offers one of the best birding spots in Newton for fall migrants and resident species. On Sunday, October 12, from 8AM to 10:30AM, lifelong birder Haynes Miller will lead new and experienced birders on a search for fall sparrows—timed for their peak migration—and other avians in this gently…