Green Streets Initiative Blog

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WALK RIDE DAY, the last Friday of every month!

Commute car-free, celebrate, and check-in!

Be proud and rewarded by retail partners, too!

Walk or ride a bicycle, bus, train… even carpooling or walking partway count!

Invite your colleagues, family and community… we can show you how!

Jamaica Plain Walk, Ride, and Roll Social - May 21, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Jamaica Plain in Hyde/Jackson Square Walk, Ride, and Roll Social: Monday, May 21, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Come on foot, transit, bike to the circle in Hyde Square. Drop by to meet your neighbors and local business owners and enjoy delicious refreshments!

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Date: May 14, 2013 - 1:10pm

Posted by: janie
City of Cambridge-Sponsored Walk/Ride Day Breakfast Events

Come enjoy fun, food, giveaways and much more, in various locations around the city on Walk/Ride Day mornings, April through October, 2013, 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM.

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Date: April 25, 2013 - 11:55am

Posted by: janie
Car-Free Vacation Destination

As I was speaking to Kelly Fellner, Walk/Ride Day Challenge coordinator for the National Park Service, about my family's fabulous car-free vacations, she told about a new destination: the New River Gorge National Park, in National River, West Virginia.

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Date: April 25, 2013 - 11:51am

Posted by: janie
Teach People with Disabilities to ride a conventional two wheel bicycle!

This looks like such an amazing opportunity - for both the student and the teacher!

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Date: April 5, 2013 - 10:56pm

Posted by: janie
New Volunteer / Research / Internship Positions

Ongoing Internship Positions: See attached descriptions. Ongoing volunteer opportunities: Click here. Exciting Short-Term Projects:

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Date: February 7, 2013 - 3:39pm

Posted by: janie
Are you a Green Parent?

Kristen von Hoffmann, Sustainability Manager for the Cambridge Public School District and great friend of Green Streets, is hoping to foster a fun Walk/Ride Day Challenge among Cambridge Public Schools. For that project and for many others, she is convening a group of "Green Parents". See email below: 1/22/2013: Are you an environmentalist? Would you like to be involved in...

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Date: January 22, 2013 - 1:02pm

Posted by: janie
NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL BIKE CLUB IN CAMBRIDGE

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Date: January 22, 2013 - 1:26pm

Posted by: janie
Annual Harvard Square Walk/Ride Day Breakfast Becomes a "Green Tea"!

Join us for Green Tea and Crumpets on the January 25 Walk/Ride Day from 4:30-5:30 PM, to kick off another great year of Walk/Ride Days! Entertainment will be provided by Cambridge Rindge and Latin's newest acapella group "Pitches and Do's" and by Vassal Lane Upper School's violinist, Lila Lifton! Brattle Square (outside Crema Cafe), in Harvard Square. More details here and...

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Date: January 10, 2013 - 5:35pm

Posted by: janie
October Walk/Ride Day Reminder and Newsletter

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Date: October 23, 2012 - 10:01pm

Posted by: janie
October 26, 2012: Walk/Ride Day Storefront Window Painting Party in Central Square!

Try your own hand at painting beautiful storefront windows in Central Square this Walk/Ride Day and the next day! Click here for all the details and to sign up! Coordinated by Robin Lapidus, Central Square Business Association.

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Date: October 22, 2012 - 1:48pm

Posted by: janie