Wednesday, January 19, 2011
The Beacon Hill Civic Association’s Green Committee is moving forward with plans to educate neighborhood residents about area recycling policies.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
During the Beacon Hill Civic Association’s Green Committee first meeting of the New Year Tuesday, the group refocused its collective efforts intensely focused on one concept: recycling. Committee member Jordan Bray presented the group an updated version of its recycling flyer, a “cheat sheet” that includes a full list of household items that are recyclable along with the proper drop-off location for each of those materials. The flyer will go through one more round of editing before it is published online at the BHCA’s website. Similarly, committee member Vidya Sivan agreed to help design a poster that could be distributed to Beacon Hill landlords and management companies to help educate the neighborhood’s significant number of apartment …
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
The Boston Common tree is a great tradition, but some scientists day it's not so great for the environment.
When thousands of lights flicker on, illuminating the 50-foot tree at Thursday night's Boston Common Christmas tree lighting ceremony, most people won't be thinking about carbon footprints or just how "green" the tree is. After a four day trek, the white spruce arrived Friday, Nov. 26 on a flatbed truck. It was wrapped in pine branches to prevent it from drying out during the trip. However, the nearly 600-mile journey from Nova Scotia to Boston, and the tree farming process in general, have some scientists taking a closer look at the environmental impact of the tradition. Bill Moomaw, professor of International Environmental Policy at Tufts University, said the process of obtaining a carbon footprint is bigger than just removing the one …
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
The Beacon Hill Civic Association's Tree Committee met Wednesday night to review its agenda for maintaining the neighborhood's arboreal assets.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Beacon Hill residents can expect to see 19 new trees planted in the area before winter arrives, thanks to the actions of the Beacon Hill Civic Association's Tree Committee, which met Wednesday night. Chaired by Linda Cox since 2006, the Tree Committee's stated goals are to preserve and restore the trees of Beacon Hill, and replace those that are hazardous to the community. Seven neighborhood residents attended Wednesday's meeting, the group's third and final meeting of the year. Greg Mosman, chief arborist for the city of Boston, attended as well. In addition to the Committee's plans for new planting, a schedule is also in place to have each of the neighborhood's trees pruned by year's end. The group has been organizing tree pruning since …
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Linda Cox
11:23 am on Sunday, October 24, 2010
Hi, Leif. What a lovely surprise to see your comment on Patch.com. The committee is keeping up the good work we began with you, and we still miss you. Best, Linda more ›