Category Archives: Environment

The Sustainable Wellesley project has launched its Town Wide 10% campaign in an effort to cut Wellesley’s emissions by 10% from 2007 levels by 2013. The volunteer outfit says this would save $800 per household annually and $7 million annually for the town. With Thursday’s possible record heat in the greater Boston area, Sustainable Wellesley [...]

* Wellesley Town Hall’s front lawn is getting a bit greener, as the old paved path has been dug up and is being seeded over. *Wellesley High School students are putting pressure on the administration to move to a dual-stream recycling system they argue is more environmentally friendly than the single-stream system in use today [...]

Add to the list of reasons why Wellesley’s a great place to live: it’s never been whacked by a tornado, at least from what we’ve been able to uncover (if any weather buffs know differently, please fill us in here). We’ve been wondering about Wellesley’s history with tornadoes in light of the deadly ones that [...]

And we thought The Swellesley Report had a narrow focus. A website called New Streetlights writes about….new streetlights. They highlight “the city of Wellesley” for its installation of more than 500 post-top LED streetlights. From the site: “Based on the success of Wellesley’s first installation, city officials chose to pursue a second phase retrofit of [...]

Come learn how to grow a very low maintenance, environmentally safe organic lawn as well as how to reduce water and energy consumption. Learn about what the Town is doing to help create a sustainable community.  Presentation by Scott Bender of the Sustainable Energy Committee and Jackson Madnick, an environmental expert. Refreshments served. More info:  [...]

Dozens of volunteers showed up for an Earth Day clean-up in Lower Falls along the Charles River in Wellesley and Newton Saturday and they hauled quite a bit of junk off the shore and out of the woods. The event was organized by Wellesley’s Natural Resources Commission. Also of note, fish were spotted on the [...]

Wellesley’s Wetlands Protection Committee and Network and Information Systems staff have joined forces to offer a new Wetlands Viewer on the town website. The interactive map highlights vegetated wetlands, wetland buffer zones and even certified vernal pools, temporary homes to many of your favorite amphibians. The Wetlands Protection Committee stresses the tool is intended to [...]

The Wellesley Natural Resources Commission is sponsoring its 12th annual Earth Day Clean-Up on April 16, 9:30 AM- 12 PM along the Charles River in Lower Falls. Volunteers should meet at the intersection of River Street and Route 16 in Wellesley at 9:30 AM. Ample parking is available in the municipal lot on River Street, [...]