Dear Staff & Community,  

Hope this Green eNews finds you all well! April is a great time to ramp up your environmental activities, both indoors in your classroom and schools, as well as outside in the spring weather. Read below for news, updates, resources, and ideas!

Thanks for your commitment to caring for our planet.

Best,

Kristen Middleton
[email protected], 617.349.6856

Household Hazardous Waste Event
The first Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) event of 2017 takes place Saturday, April 8, 9AM-1PM at the Field Street parking lot of Danehy Park (follow detour signs to Birch Street because of street construction nearby).

Common items to bring to HHW events include:
• Items containing mercury (fluorescent bulbs & thermostats)
• Paints
• Propane tanks
• Chemicals
• Batteries (automobile or non-alkaline ONLY)

Visit the HHW page for more information on how to "get rid of it right."



Climate Change Preparedness
& Resilience Planning for the
Alewife/Fresh Pond Area 
Public Meeting
Wednesday, April 12, 6-8PM 
West Cambridge Youth Center, 680 Huron Avenue

The City will present findings from the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the Alewife/Fresh Pond area and discuss strategies to increase preparedness and resilience. Alewife/Fresh Pond is an initial focus for the Climate Change Preparedness & Resilience (CCPR) Plan that is in development. The Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment - Part 2 summary report, which focuses on the risks from sea level rise and storm surges, has been posted on the CCPR project webpage.



Cambridge Climate Change Game 
Extending our work on face-to-face games, the MIT Science Impact Collaborative has developed a digital game on the health impacts of climate change that you can play alone on your computer or on your mobile phone. The game should take about 10-20 minutes. We would appreciate it if you could play the game at your convenience. Click here to play the game!



Go Green Challenge is Underway at Our Elementary Schools!
Hello Teachers!

If you haven’t already, please fill out and hang your Go Green Worksheet outside your classroom as soon as possible.

Leave it up through the rest of the school year, or at least through April break. We’ll be by your school after Friday, March 31st to tally the sheets.

The school with the highest percentage participation wins a trophy! There will be second and third place prizes, as well. Every classroom with a completed Challenge sheet will receive pencils made from recycled paper for each student.

Need to download the worksheet to fill out and hang up? Here it is >>