Block after block, many of our neighbors put in many hours shoveling and sanding sidewalks this winter. Their work ensures that those who live, work, play, shop and go to school in Somerville and Cambridge can easily and safely walk.
Recognize their role in keeping Somerville and Cambridge moving all year round by nominating a block in your neighbohood for the "Best Shoveled...
The LIFT Bike Project is a program to provide homeless and low- incomecommunity members with free bicycles, helmets, and locks. The work happensMondays from 7-9pm at Quad Bikes, corner of Shepard and Walker Streets, justoutside Harvard Square. Quad Bikes provides all the tools. For more infoabout the LIFT Bike Project, contact Liz Powers atLiftBostonBikeProject@gmail.com or...
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JANUARY 2011 UPDATE
Dear Green Streets friends,
Happy new year! Both in the Boston area and beyond, we are excited about your support and involvement with Green Streets. Together, we are advancing more sustainable and healthy communities.
FREE BREAKFAST THIS FRIDAY! GREEN EGGS AND HAM, OATMEAL, MUFFINS, FRUIT, MORE…
If you're in the...
Do you ride your bike along a regular route through Cambridge? Do you ride year-round?The Cambridge Public Health Department, in collaboration with researchers at BU, MIT and Harvard are looking for a group of dedicated bicyclists to transport miniatureair samplers as they travel on their usual routes across Cambridge. Samplers willmeasure air pollution along roadways and the data will be used...
CRLS Science teacher Tobe Stomberg is modeling a customized version of the new Environmental Action Club T-shirts designed by student members of the club. Ms. Stomberg and many student members of the EAC have been spreading the word about this Friday's Harvard Square Walk/Ride Day breakfast to other CRLS students. Many EAC students plan to attend themselves!
On the last Walk Ride Day of 2010, December 31, students from the Amigos School stamped hands and inviting First Night participants at the Hynes Convention Center to participate in Walk/Ride Day Program in 2011.
The students also debuted the new 2011 Walk/Ride Day bookmarks, now available at all Cambridge Public and School libraries.
These new bookmarks are all the rage! Click here for a downloadable version to distribute in your workplace, community or school. (Email us for a black and white version.)
Thanks to the Cambridge DPW for providing much needed sand to residents and business owners and for getting out the word about "Best Shoveled Block Contest"!
You will not want to miss this! If you're in the Boston area, in, near, or commuting through Harvard Square this coming Walk/Ride Day, join us! Spread the word and invite your friends, family, and colleagues to join you! (color flyer, b+w (looks great on green), 4-on-page.)
It'll be a hearty and fun affair – it has been great in the past, and we expect to be both inside...
