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Preserving Summer’s Bounty: A Canning and Freezing Workshop

Event info: Thursday 15 September 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Looking for some inspiration to preserve some tomato sauce or other sweet tastes of summer? With anticipation of New England’s short growing season drawing to a close, the rush is on to save the bounty of the harvest for the long winter months. Following the forum will be information on canning demonstrations taking place in [...]

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Winterizing Workshop: Making a More Efficient Home

Event info: Friday 4 November 2011 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

To RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook, Click Here Presenters: Paul Keifer, Alex Minm and Loie Hayes Get ready for the winter heating season with this workshop. How much are you spending to keep yourself warm? Winterizing your home is simple and can produce enormous benefits for the environment as well as your home budget. [...]

Tagged as: community, DIY, environment, local, urban sustainability

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Yes, We Can! Preserving the Bounty of the Harvest

Event info: Friday 11 September 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

With anticipation of New England’s short growing season drawing to a close, those who have been bitten by the localvore-bug are in a panic: what will they eat over the winter?!  Well, have no fear – the Fresh Girl is coming to town to teach us how to pack the summer’s bounty into those neat [...]

Tagged as: canning, DIY, environment, food preservation

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Winterizing Workshop: Making a more efficient home

Event info: Friday 6 November 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

With November fast approaching, homeowners and renters alike begin to anticipate the frozen pipes and leaky windows of winter, as well as the financial strain of keeping the winter’s cold at bay. As part of our continuing Urban Sustainability Series, the JP Forum joins with the Massachusetts Municipal Association to present a 1-hour workshop on [...]

Tagged as: climate, DIY, energy efficient, environment, greening, preparation

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“Sustainable City Living” Talk with Scott from the Rhizome Collective

Event info: Friday 3 October 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

With a warming globe and diminishing oil, it is critical that we begin to live with a dramatically different way. Bike-power, rain water collection, permaculture and relocalization of our communites are just the beginning. We will discuss the creative methods that “urban environmental stewards” have been testing out to live within the earth’s limits and [...]

Tagged as: climate, community, DIY, environment, greening, preparation, social movements

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The Defining Moment for Climate Change with Bill McKibben

Event info: Sunday 8 June 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Bill McKibben, author, educator, environmentalist Sunday, June 8th, 7:00pm Read Bill’s most recent article on Alternet.org As a part of our continuing series on climate-change, join the Jamaica Plain Forum for a conversation with Step-It-Up! global warming activist, Bill McKibben after the Bikes Not Bombs Bike-A-Thon and 1st annual Green Roots Festival. Bill McKibben is [...]

Tagged as: climate, community, DIY, environment, greening, social movements, urban sustainability

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