AdveNTURES IN GOING PLASTIC FREE Ready to take the Plastic Free July challenge? Sign up here and we’ll share a few tips each week in July. You can also sign up with the national organization below. Here are some observations from an MHH365 team member who tried...
COMPOSTING & FOODWASTE Whether you are ambitious enough to start home composting in your garden or yard or thinking about having a simple kitchen compost that you put out on pick up day, here are some tips for success. https://youtu.be/aEfVE_drhEs?si=Fpgb5c4_JTFL6IeNWhy compost? Food scraps that are composted are creating...
The Miyawaki Forest in Danehy Park There are at least 5 Miyawaki Forests in Massachusetts. Lucky Cambridge. We have a Miyawaki Forest right here in Danehy Park! Danehy Park is very active this time of year. Every playing field is occupied and multiple sports are represented-baseball, soccer...
Plan an outing with friends or family to observe the woodcock’s courtship display....
Yes, you.Often people feel like they don’t know what to do about the looming climate crisis. Of course, most know that it is actually a crisis that is right here, right now.In fact, according to the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, 73% of Americans...
This past Earth Day, Many Helping Hands 365 partnered with the Brookline Bird Club, Mass Audubon, the Feminist Bird Club Boston, Magazine Beach Partners and The Boston Birding Festival to offer four free bird walks in and around Cambridge. Participants spotted resident birds and migrants—from...
City heat is a special kind of heat. Ask anyone living in an urban area in the month of August. We’re familiar with the fact that cities can be warmer than rural areas—the difference can be as much as 20 degrees Fahrenheit! City buildings also...
Learn about woodcocks and plan your own woodcock viewing party in Cambridge to celebrate Earth Day....
Many Helping Hands 365 (MHH365, My Brother’s Keeper Cambridge (MBK), and YWCA Cambridge have joined forces offfer a program of learning and service for Earth Day....
Earth Day asks us to focus on many critical environmental topics, and these days, it feels like there is so much work to be done to protect what we love....