Category Archives: Environment

Wellesley trees whacked

By bbrown | Published: February 13, 2010
Wellesley Townsman reported on more than 90 trees being illegally cut down at Wellesley’s Boulder Brook Reservation Trail at the direction of a  property manager for Weston’s Steve Belkin, owner of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks (who once had a player named Tree Rollins who was involved in a classic basketball game fight with current Wellesley [...]
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Babson College grads to don “green” caps and gowns

By bbrown | Published: February 2, 2010
Babson College’s school colors are green and white, and 2010 grads will emphasize the green when they wear caps and gowns made from recycled bottles. Babson says the fabric is spun from molten plastic pellets and that each gown is made from about 23 bottles. Biodegradable dishes and cups, as well as recycled paper for [...]
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EPA's pay day comes years after Morses Pond cleanup

By bbrown | Published: July 27, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency has been awarded $2.9 million plus interest from an insurance company that inherited a lawsuit filed against Boston & Albany Railroad in 2005 related to contamination of the area between Morses Pond and Paintshop Pond in Wellesley. The EPA removed 3,000 tons (!) of chromium-contaminated soil and sediment between 2000 and [...]
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A Wellesleyite's DIY rain water barrel

By bbrown | Published: June 15, 2009
Wellesley Trails Committee member and Wellesley resident Peter Rovick explains in a guest column in the Globe how he built a rain water barrel with a used garbage can and less than $22 worth of other materials. The idea: using rain water to water gardens and shrubs. (Of course, you could collect even more otherwise wasted [...]
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Tidying up Centennial Reservation

By bbrown | Published: May 4, 2009
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Going green in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: April 29, 2009
The Wellesley Green Ribbon Study Commitee and Wellesley Municipal Light Plant tonight are sponsoring a free program about going green at the Wellesley Free Library from 7:30-9pm. Learn about renewable energy programs underway in town and how you can join in. More info here. Share/Bookmark
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Earth Day special

By bbrown | Published: April 22, 2009
We try not to get too starstruck/carried away with Saturday Night Live’s Michaela Watkins being from Wellesley, but did get this new ad that she stars in pitched to us as an Earth Day item. Share/Bookmark
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How to really farm out work to a Wellesley design firm

By bbrown | Published: February 13, 2009
Valerie Gates, creative director for Gates Studio in Wellesley, has come up with a novel way to help local farms better get the word out about themselves while also seeing to it that her family eats more healthy food. Here’s how it works: For the first 5 farms that respond to the offer, made public initially last [...]
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Wellesley College cited for greenness

By bbrown | Published: January 6, 2009
Earthfirst, a blog about environmental issues, puts its spotlight on Wellesley College’s green efforts. The blog recognizes Wellesley’s efforts in waste management and dining services and for attempting to instill awareness of green issues in students so they’ll be a positive influence on the environment once they graduate. The blog also lauds a student-led group [...]
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