October Sustainable Concord Coffee
Samiksha (Sami) Poudel, Environmental Engineer working for Concord Public Works, will talk about the new Stormwater Enterprise Fund.
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First Parish Church
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First Parish Church 20 Lexington Rd, Room Side Entrance, Concord, MA, US
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ConcordCAN Sustainable Coffee: Building Sustainable Housing
First Parish Church 20 Lexington Rd, Room Side Entrance, Concord, MA, USConcord is one of a small group of towns that has joined a pilot program that requires all new construction to be fossil free. If you are wondering about such […]
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ConcordCAN Sustainable Concord Coffee
First Parish Church 20 Lexington Rd, Room Side Entrance, Concord, MA, USRaptors, foxes, coyotes, and other predators keep our ecosystems in balance. But rodent poisons—specifically second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs)—harm thousands of these creatures in Massachusetts each year after they eat a poisoned rodents. SGARs can also harm children and pets who eat the poison itself. Come learn about this issue and what we can do in […]
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ConcordCAN Sustainable Coffee
First Parish Church 20 Lexington Rd, Room Side Entrance, Concord, MA, USArrive at 7:45 am to enjoy coffee, treats, and conversation A Presentation on Mothers Out FrontBetsy Olsen-Mackowski Since its founding in 2013 Mothers Out Front has grown into a nationwide grassroots organization focused on climate justice, community organizing, and environmental advocacy. Mothers Out Front is a great option for volunteering because of its local roots, focus […]
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Climate Risk Assessment and Adaption Planning
First Parish Church 20 Lexington Rd, Room Side Entrance, Concord, MA, USDr. Paul Kirshen will talk about the theory of climate risk assessment and adaptation planning and then talk about some of the likely threats facing Concord and the Boston area in terms of environmental, social, and built systems in our region. Dr. Kirshen is a Professor of Climate Adaptation in the School for the Environment at University of […]
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Silent Spring II: The Dangers of Yard Pesticides
First Parish Church 20 Lexington Rd, Room Side Entrance, Concord, MA, USFeaturing Concord resident Wilson Kerr Forty percent of all of our insect species now face extinction. US Monarch butterfly populations are down 80-90% in the last 20 years. Since 1970, the number of songbirds in the United States has dropped by over 3 billion. Annually in the US, a staggering 80 million pounds of pesticides are […]