COMMUNITY EDUCATION
Community Education is an important component of what we do in Sustainable Braintree. We offer free opportunities for our community to learn from local experts. Community Meetings are held four or five times each year to inform our citizens about Sustainable Braintree projects. We also feature speakers on environmental issues,
Past Topics:
- Green Building Supply, a retailer of green sustainable building materials
- Tri Town Recycling Coordinator spoke on single stream recycling
- “Trash Talk “presented by the Recycling Task Force
- Executive Director of the Massachusetts Federation of Farmer Markets spoke on bringing a market to Braintree
- Conservation Energy Group showed us how to weatherize homes
- Shawn Carey shared photos and videos about the BP oil disaster
- Market vendors shared details of their operations
- Linda Schwartz’s Simple Prescription for Healthy Eating
- Movie - Vanishing of Bees
- Movie - Carbon Nation
- Organic Gardening Workshop with Bill Christianson
- Herbs for Healthy Living with Bonnie Cavanaugh
For more information on upcoming Community Educational events, please contact Cheryl Edgar here.
