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NEWSLETTER OF GREEN DECADE / NEWTON Over 20 Years of Environmental Leadership 1990 - 2012
Pictured from left to right are volunteers for Newtons Trade and Recycle Day: Barbara Wong, Miles Smith,Recycling Committee Chair, Michele Davis, Tom Boyd & Margaret Ford

VOL.22 - NO. 5

Newton schools going green

NOV/DEC 2012

Reduce, Reuse and Swap!

Thanks to all the 18 volunteers who helped on October 13th to make it another successful Swap Day! According to Miles Smith, Chair of Newtons Recyling Committee and organizer of the event, Trade & Recycle Day was bigger and better than ever with over 312 cars (up about 20% from last year) and over 5 tons (est.) of materials received for pick-up. Michelles Refuge group took leftover clothes, and the Vietnam Vets picked up other items. Loads of the leftovers were (or will be) recycled. Isnt this the perfect way to reduce and reuse, while keeping things we no longer need or use out of the waste stream! Newtons Recycling Committee has organized this special event for the last 9 years, and the group has a recycling history that stretches back 35 years. In the late 1970s a group of interested recyclers started meeting regularly at the home of Betsy Lewenberg. We met many times with Mayor Mann until he agreed to initiate a volunteer paper recycling program. Most of these people became the first members of The Mayors Advisory Committee on Recycling , our official name. Our first major project was to get a mandatory paper ordinance passed. The main objective of the committee has always been to help educate the public about recycling. Years later we celebrated the passing of an ordinance to recycle glass, plastic and metal. We also worked in collaboration with Mayor Cohen to install a book shed and other important environmental programs. Recycling today has evolved from a small volunteer effort to the large municipal program that we have today. The Recycling Committee also has a history of working with the City on recycling education and events at the library and the Recycling Depot. An environmental collection was established for the Newton library to assist the City with promotional brochures, and Trade and Recycle Day began as a Newton Serves project. Many members have stayed on the Recycling Committee for 25 or 30 years. We are always looking for interested recyclers to meet with us once a month at city hall usually on the 2nd Thursday of each month. If youre interested, please contact Miles Smith at newtonrecycling@gmail.com by Barbara Herson/Miles Smith

The Green Decade School Outreach Committee is a group of parents and school staff who are part of their schools Green Teams, or initiate Green activities in their schools. School representatives meet in members homes to share successful green project stories and best practice ideas. Projects that have focused on Resource Efficiency or Green Classrooms and Gardens include: Resource Efficiency: Classroom and Cafeteria recycling, Zero Waste Days and Green Wednesdays, Classroom and Cafeteria composting, Walk and Bike to School, Catalog Reduction Challenge, Crayon Recycling, 5th Grade Energy Teams, Terracycle Juice Pouch Recycling, Recycling and Minimizing Trash at PTO Events, Fundraising through selling zero waste items. Green Classrooms and Gardens: Collaboration with Newton Community Farms, Collaboration with Whitsons Food Service, Outdoor learning environments, School garden planning, planting and teaching, 5th Grade Leadership Opportunities, Kids Take Action / BOOYA, 5th Graders as Classroom Educators / Detectives, Green Artists, Groovy Green Fashion Show and Green Decade Art and Essay Contests. Programs such as Terracycles Juice Pouch Recycling give all students a chance to participate in doing something good for the planet. At Burr, the school has recycled 19,000 juice pouches over the last 4 years. School Gardens, like those at Mason-Rice, provide an organic classroom for students to learn about nature and gardening. At Countryside Elementary, students are actively recycling in their cafeteria to reduce trash. At Cabot, the school launched Green Wednesdays which encourages students to pack low trash lunches and wear green for the day. This initiative has been implemented in numerous schools throughout the district. The team has also noticed that green initiatives give students an opportunity to be leaders in the school as 5th graders take on roles to educate their fellow students about green concepts. This year, the group is promoting a city-wide project called the Catalog Reduction Challenge. The project engages students to call companies or use an online web service to save trees and reducing waste by cancelling unwanted catalogs. For more info: http://www5. parkschool.org/blogs/ted_wells/ If you are interested in helping to guide green initiatives at your school, contact Eric Bobby at ericpbobby@hotmail.com or 1-617-413-6360. by Eric Bobby

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NOV/DEC 2012

Banned in Boston: waste disposal practices in Mass.

This is the first of two articles on state and local policies for reducing waste.
Did you know that paper and cardboard are banned from disposal in landfills and incineratorsstatewide? And yet 25% of the garbage we send to these facilities is paper and cardboard. Most people are unaware that many of the materials in our trash cans and dumpsters are banned from disposal by MassDEP in an effort to reduce waste and the myriad problems associated with it. In addition to paper, other banned materials include bottles and cans, leaves and grass, computers and TVs, tires, metal, wood, and more. According to state regulations, garbage haulers are prohibited from dumping banned materials at transfer stations, incinerators, or landfills in Massachusetts. If they do, they risk being fined. But unfortunately, the risk is very small. While every disposal facility in the state230 of them--must inspect every incoming truckload and file reports on those that fail inspection, facility staff are not authorized to enforce the waste bans. Only DEP staff can issue penaltiesand DEP lacks the staff to conduct frequent inspections. In the last three years combined, DEP has issued only three penalties for waste ban violations. Before declaring a material banned for disposal, DEP determines that residents and businesses have options for recycling or safe disposition of that material. But despite the careful planning that has gone into development of the list of banned materials over the years, DEP does not have the resources to follow through with enforcement. DEPs guidelines for waste ban compliance are very lenient. Each waste ban category has its own action threshold. For example a truck has to be 20% full of paper to fail inspection19% would pass. The acceptable levels for the various categories added together total 66%, meaning that a truck two-thirds full of banned material can still pass inspection. This situation is especially galling to communities that host regional landfills and incinerators. Boston area trash is burned or buried in distant Massachusetts communities and in six additional states. The town of Barre, for example, in central Massachusetts has a payas-you-throw program for its own residents to increase recycling and reduce waste, but the Barre landfill is filling up with waste from Boston and other Massachusetts Bay towns. The volume of banned items that are burned or buried should be of concern to all of us because waste is at the root of many global problems: climate instability, pollution of air and water, destruction of habitat, and waste of energy and material resources. (Incineration captures only 20% of the energy in garbage; recycling saves three to five times more.) Also, disposal facilities are expensive to build and to regulate. Reducing waste, on the other hand, generates new businesses and jobs in repair, remanufacturing, recycling, and composting and minimized the need for disposal facilities. To join other residents calling for stronger enforcement of waste bans to reduce waste, write to Lynne at lpledger@ cleanwater.org or Staci at < Staci Rubin staci@ace-ej.org. by Lynne Pledger, Solid Waste Director for Clean Water Action, Massachusetts.

Jenny & Ed Craddock at their energy efficient house with electric Ford Focus

Energy efficient 112 year house

On a sunny Saturday in October, Newton resident Ed Craddock opened his energy efficient house on Crafts Street to visitors looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprints. An advisory member of the Newton Energy Commission, Craddock has been renovating his house built in 1900 for the last 32 years. During that time he has torn the house down to the studs and is rebuilding the interior with new insulation, electrical wiring, heating, and plumbing. Featured in the renovation is a house and garage roof glistening with 36 solar panels from Sunlight Solar. The panels in turn power his Nissan Leaf 100 percent electric car (I drive in Massachusetts and it costs me nothing, Craddock notes). On the side of the house outside are two new Carrier Green Speed air source heat pumps that heat and cool the house, depending on the season. An AO Smith Voltex Hybrid Electric Heat pump water heater in the basement absorbs heat from the air and transfers it to the water, at the same time cooling and dehumidifying the ambient air. All of this energy use is monitored with banks of energy monitoring gauges in his basement. All in all, the open house provided much to think about for families considering ways to improve energy efficiency especially in older houses. Craddock plans to continue sharing his ideas with other tours in the future. by Ken Mallory

Photographer Ken Mallory

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Fords Focus Electric made from eco-friendly materials

Nissan Leaf (left) and Ford Focus Electric (right) two of three electric cars as well as a Volt on display at the Green Decade/Newton - Newton/Needham Chamber of Commerce Green Solutions EXPO October 14 at Newtons Harvest Fair

New lease on Leaf

Jason Klein, owner of Beacon Hill Athletic Clubs and a resident of Waban, took a lease on a Nissan Leaf, all-electric vehicle in 2011. While hes looking forward to greater range in future modelshis car goes about 75 miles on one chargehe says, I dont see ever going back to a regular combustion car. Do you know how much the Leaf costs to drive? I can tell you exactly, the car gives you the information: it costs about 4 cents a mile, based on the current electric rates. Before [with his sports car] I was getting 12 miles a gallon at four bucks a gallon, so Im paying an eighth of what I was paying for gas. How has the local Nissan dealer treated you? To be honest, I was only there once. At 10,000 miles I brought it in because they wanted to check the battery as part of the warranty, and I got the tires rotated -- thats it. Theres literally no maintenance except for rotating the tires and getting the wiper blades replaced. How does it drive? Its pretty much like gas. I find the acceleration to be very good, theres a lot of torque with an electric motor. I never find I have to floor it or feel nervous when Im pulling into traffic. How long does it take to charge? If Im completely depleted I need 12-14 hours for a charge, but if Im going about 50 miles a day, eight or ten hours is enough to charge it back. It charges about 5 miles an hour. Do the kids like it? They were very excited about it. I carpool with my daughter and 1 or 2 other kids. Its certainly large enough. We drive it as our primary car for the family. Its like driving around for free instead of paying for gas. by Jack Cheng
At the Green Decade/Newton booth during the Chamber of Commerce Green Solutions EXPO Sunday October 14th: Roz Aronow on the left and Sonya Jampal on the right try out the Magic Energy Bike

Green Solutions EXPO, Oct 14 at Harvest Fair in Newton Centre highlighted the new wave of electric cars including The Focus Electric, Fords first all-electric car, one of Americas most fuel-efficient five-passenger vehicles. A Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf were also on display. The Focus Electric offers the equivalent of 110 mpg (MPGe) city while traveling up to 76 miles on a single charge. It is designed to provide outstanding energy efficiency and reliable operation with zero CO2 emissions. The Focus Electric is capable of fully recharging in four hours at home using a special wall-mounted 240-volt charge station. Additionally, the Ford Focus Electric is also made from environmentally-friendly materials. The vehicle contains REPREVE-based fabrics that are made from the equivalent of about 22 recycled PET bottles in each car. Soy-based foams, which are used on more than 20 Ford vehicles, also make an appearance on Focus Electric, with seat cushions shaped from 8 percent soybased content. A material called Lignotock is used behind the cloth on the door. Derived from 85 percent wood fibers, this lighter application results in a weight reduction and provides sound-deadening benefits compared to conventional plastics.

Plastic bag fee will help

Green Decade supports a proposal by a committee of the Newtons Board of Aldermen to institute a 5 or 10 cent fee to single-use plastic and paper bags that are not at least 40% post-consumer recycled content, at large retail and grocery stores. This step would benefit the environment, particularly the Charles River. Currently, consumers must bring plastic bags back to stores for recycling, since they cannot be recycled in our recycle bins. Thus, many end up as trash to be burned or as litter. Over 90% of plastic bags are not recycled. Many communities across the country and around the globe have instituted bans or fees to reduce bag use with successful results. This includes 36 California communities and the state of Hawaii. Communities in Washington, Alaska, Oregon, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Texas, and Nantucket, MA have bans or fees on plastic bags. Los Angeles and San Jose adopted ordinances banning plastic bags and imposing a 10-cent fee on paper bags, reducing overall single-use bag use by 95% in a year. Lets not leave future generations a legacy of toxic plastic. Small pieces of plastic are a problem in marine environments, since fish often mistake plastics for food. We can easily mitigate harmful pollution by eliminating our use of single use plastic and paper bags. by Marcia Cooper

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NOV/DEC 2012

Holidays are the most wasteful time of the year

Did you know the holiday season is the most wasteful time of the year?
Gift Giving: Give gifts that not only last a long time, but help reduce packaging waste. The gift within a gift instead of wrapping paper, use tea towels to wrap cups or silverware, a pair of gloves for rings or bracelets, a bath towel for oils and bubble bath, or gardening tools inside a composter! Reusable wrapping wrap presents in newsprint comics, old calendars or magazines. How about using reusable containers such as baskets, wood boxes, cookie tins, decorative jars or old shoe boxes - decorate the container with fabric, poster paint or magazine cutouts and reuse them yearly. The City does collect clean, white Styrofoam for recycling, please drop it off at the Recycling Depot at Rumford Ave. All Styrofoam must be bagged, no peanuts, no loose pieces will be accepted. Make your own wrapping paper - decorate scrap paper, paper grocery bags or left-over tissue paper with ink or poster paint using cookie-cutters or rubber stamps. Make a gift - fresh baked cookies, cakes, and candies yum! Crafts to decorate the home are easy and fun to make and reusable too! Give an experience - tickets for a show or sporting event, gift certificates for a spa treatment or dinner out will always bring a smile. Give a service - babysitting, home-cooked gourmet meals, gardening, doing the laundry day or snow shoveling! Pass on the green spirit - adopt a piece of rain forest in the name of a loved one, give diaper service for a month, a set of reusable food containers or a potted plant. If you cant reuse - recycle! Cards and wrapping paper (no foil paper) are accepted in Newton s residential recycling program. (But keep bows and ribbons to reuse next year.) Make your own make envelopes from paper grocery bags or other paper products. Simply trace around the card and add triangles for flaps (cut triangles large enough so that they overlap the card). Cards and gift tags: Save trees and the energy used to produce festive cards and gift tags. The personal touch skip card sending, call friends and relatives to wish them Happy Holidays. Think ahead save any cards or wrapping paper received during this year for next they make unique gift tags, use pinking shears to cut out pictures from old cards or wrapping paper. Decorating: Beauty without waste. Keep the living alive - use potted plants instead of cut flowers to make center pieces. Think about transplanting a potted Christmas tree into your garden next spring. Life after the holidays - greenery (evergreen trees, wreaths and boughs) can be used as mulch in your garden or composted. Recycle your Christmas tree! - The City of Newton will collect undecorated Christmas Trees on

your collection day between January 2nd and January 13th, 2012. Click here for more information. Or visit Earth911.org for a listing of locations. Make your own tree garlands can be made from strings of popcorn or berries, and hung outdoors afterwards to feed birds and squirrels. Time it - put your outdoor lights and decorations on a timer, dont let them burn all night. Save energy Purchase LED Christmas Lights. Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are a new lighting technology that is up to 90 percent more efficient that its incandescent counterpart. A household burning 10 strands of lights for eight hours a day for a month would spend about $127 to light large, incandescent bulbs, $7.20 for traditional mini-lights, and just 72 cents for LEDs. These newer bulbs are available at most stores that sell Christmas lights, and they are sturdy, last up to 20 years, and barely warm up, thus reducing fire concerns. Using energy-saving fluorescent light bulbs (or give one as a gift!). Compact fluorescent bulbs last longer and use about a quarter to a third of the energy of an incandescent bulb. By substituting a compact fluorescent light for a standard bulb, you can prevent the emission of 5,000 pounds of carbon dioxide and reduce your electric bill by more than $100 over the life of those bulbs. Recycle old lights - As youre sorting through your old decorations, remember that both incandescent and LED holiday lights are recyclable. By recycling your broken and outdated lights, youll keep the toxins in the electric cables from polluting landfills. You can mail in broken or obsolete lights to a number of retailers, including Christmas Light Source in Fort Worth, Texas and HolidayLEDs.com in Jackson, Michigan. Pack it up for the long haul - cushion your glass and plastic decorations with newspaper or old clothes to ensure they last a lifetime. Entertaining ideas: Waste-free celebrating. Avoid disposables - rent plates, cups and cutlery from a party company for just pennies a guest! Most services will pick up dirty dishes, saving you the clean up. Use cloth napkins instead of paper, theyre elegant and cheaper in the long run. Get organized - planning your menu ahead of time and buying in bulk saves you time, money, and avoids excess packaging. Buy food and drinks packaged in recyclable or returnable containers. Minimize food waste by planning meals carefully. The personal touch - phone your guests instead of mailing invitations. If you do use printed invitations, remember to buy paper products made of recycled post-consumer. Cards and wrapping paper (no foil types) are accepted in Newton s recycling program. After the holiday season, remember: Save and reuse this applies to all boxes, bags, bows, ribbons and wrapping paper. Reprinted for the City of Newton web site

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Thermal images show where the heat is going

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The Newton Eco-Project is collaborating with Sagewell Inc. of Woburn to help Newton residents access thermal images of their homes. Last winter, Sagewell made thermal images of homes throughout the entire city. Sagewell drove through Newton with a hybrid vehicle equipped with thermal heat loss sensors to see where homes may be leaking energy. Unfortunately, some Newton homes do not have images because of blocked views from roadways or because some streets were not covered. These images help homeowners see just where their homes leak the most energy. We are excited about this program, says Jay Walter, Director of the Newton

Eco-project. Thermal images offer another tool to help homeowners tighten up their homes and avoid wasting energy. The images are a real eye opener. With this technology homeowners can actually see energy escaping from their homes. We believe the thermal images will motivate homeowners to make energy efficiency improvements to their homes. To see an image of your home, log into www. sagewell.com, follow the directions to submit a request and the images, along with a brief report will be prepared for you at no cost to you. Sagewells thermal images show only heat loss from buildings. They are privacy-protected and available only to the homeowner. Sagewell can also arrange a no cost home energy assessment through the Mass Save program so that homeowners can act on the report and access the utility sponsors subsidies and rebates available for home weatherization improvements. Sagewell is currently operating in cities and towns around the Commonwealth. More than 280 Newton residents have already requested these free images and reports. If you have any questions contact Sagewell: Brad Harkavy (o) 617-845-1201 or the Newton Eco-project at www.newtonecoproject.com

Thanks for donations go to:

(for contributions received July-Oct) FRIENDS: Mary Adelstein, Ana Zarina Asuaje Solon, Alderman Lisle Baker, Emily Norton, Ruth Nussbaum, Daphne Petri DONORS: Sarah & Octo Barnett, Maria Curcio & Paul Abercrombie, Gilbert Woolley PATRONS: Ann & Bob Buxbaum, Katherine & Ted Gekas, Kathy Read & John Houston, Elaine Vildzius BENEFACTORS: Hugh Wilkinson MAY 31 CELEBRATION: Dr. Charles Abele & Dr. Melanie Mathies, Sandy & John Butzel, Delia Cantor, Audrey Cooper, Joanne & Paul Egerman, Shawn & Kate Fitzgibbons, Kim & Andy Gluck, Richard & Diana Gomberg, Jim & Teresa Hofheimer, Sunwoo Kahng & Peter Boberg, Carole & Alan Kushnir, Treff LaFleche, Louise & Bernard Lown, Sheila & James Purdy, Melvin & Rohna Shoul, Barbara & George Whitesides BUSINESS FRIEND: Whole Foods Market BUSINESS PATRON: Next Step Living Inc. BUSINESS BENEFACTOR: NSTAR, Serrafix Corp

Bill McKibbens Do the Math Tour - Thurs, Nov. 15

At 6pm Orpheum Theater, 1 Hamilton Place, Boston 02108. Bill McKibben and 350.org are going on tour across America to build the movement to face the crisis of climate change. Bill will be in Boston to lay out the terrifying new math of climate change, explaining the incredible odds we face, and the difficult path we must walk in the coming years to create a livable future for our planet. He will be joined by friends from across the climate movement and beyond to explain how together we can confront the fossil fuel industry, using lessons from the most successful movements of the past century and the past year of dramatic new actions against the industry across the country. To buy $10 tickets: www.eventbrite. com/event/4357555566

Thanks ! and next newsletter deadline

For the next newsletter, please send submissions by e-mail to Ira Krepchin, irapk@alum.mit.edu, by Mon, Sept 24, 2012. Thanks for making this newsletter possible to Managing Editor Ira Krepchin, Editor Peter Smith, Copy Editor Susan Tornheim and article authors. Many thanks to our newsletter mailing volunteers Marcia Cooper and Shirlee Eisenberg.

Our mission is to create an environment in better balance with the natural world by making significant, measurable improvements in the way we use resources. Goals include helping households, businesses and institutions to: Increase energy efficiency & seek alternatives to fossil/nuclear fuels; Use IPM and organic alternatives to pesticides; Promote high performance (green) building measures; Prevent pollution through source reduction and reduced consumption; Promote reuse and recycling practices; Improve waste disposal practices; Conserve water and other resources. Our programs are designed to build awarness, promote opportunities for public dialogue and educate and empower citizens to take personal and civic action.

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2013 EnviroArt Contest for Newton students grades 2-5!

Calendar

NOV/DEC 2012

Nov. 1 (Thurs) 7pm Carbon Nation, a documentary

Green Decades Environmental Art Contest is open to students in grades 2 - 5, who live or attend school or after school program in Newton! Last year over 170 students participated and their artwork was exhibited at the Newton Cultural Center. The 2013 theme is How our schools can help the environment The 2013 poster contest guidelines: Enter as an individual or in teams of 2 children. Entries are limited to 2-dimensional posters - 12x18 maximum Recycled materials for collage are encouraged. Entry forms are required to be attached to the back of each submission. To obtain an entry form visit www. greendecade.org (starting in January) Correct spelling! (important to judges!) Entries will be judged according to grade level with one prize awarded in the after-school category. Art entries will be due to be delivered at one of the following locations by Friday, March 1, 2013: The Newton Cultural Center, The Mayors Office at City Hall, The New Art Centre or the Green Planet Kids store. The awards ceremony will be held during the first week in April at the Newton Cultural Center. Green Medalists (first place) for each grade level will receive an Energy Smart Newton t-shirt with a gift from Green Plant Kids and all participants will be recognized at the Awards Ceremony. Each student who enters will receive a certificate of participation and the names of all participants will be entered into a raffle to win an Energy Smart Newton t-shirt to be drawn at the awards ceremony. In an effort to save paper, parents of student winners will be notified by email only by March 15, 2013. For more information call: 617-965-1995 or energycontest@ greendecade.org.

movie about climate change solutions at the Walker Center, 144 Hancock St., Auburndale. Gary Rucinski, Env. Co-Chair of the Newton Democratic City Com. and New England Coordinator for Citizens Climate Lobby, will speak. Sponsored by Charles River Neighborhood Foundation Nov. 3 (Sat) 10-3pm, Compost your Pumpkin Party! At Whole Foods Market Newton, 916 Walnut St, Newton to Support Newton Souths Sustainable Agriculture Croup. A donation will be made for every pumpkin composted. Jan. 7 (Mon) 7pm, Gasland: A film about fracking - Greening Our Community Series at Newton Free Library. Think natural gas is clean and green? Think again. Gasland is a documentary film that tells the stories of communities where fracking or hydraulic fracturing is extracting natural gas. It shows the health damage and environmental dangers of fracking toxic chemicals, radioactive waste, methane leaks, and polluted air and water. See tap water so contaminated it catches on fire right out of the tap. Gasland was nominated for Best Documentary OSCAR 2011 and it won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize. Guided discussion by Ellie Goldberg, Green Decade Advisory Board member will follow the movie.

Please join or renew for 2013!

Green Decade is proud of its 22 year history and our organizations efforts to help residences, businesses and public facilities become more sustainable. You may also send a $25 payment for a basic membership to Green Decade/Newton, P.O. Box 590242, Newton, MA 02459
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Since January 1, 2012 Green Decade helped 360 local residents to sign up for the no-cost home energy assessments with Next Step Living. There were nearly 200 scheduled assessments and over 35 weatherizations of homes to make them more energy efficient! Sign up for your assessment today at: www.nextstepliving.com/gdn/
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