Climate Week Special Features Brookline’s 5th Annual Climate Week Renewable Electricity Campaign Launch Green Up Your House with the Click of a Mouse Why Climate Week? Climate Week Details: Brookline’s 5th annual Climate Week is a centerpiece for learning and climate action. It offers the gift of inspired ideas and energetic thought leaders working towards renewable energy and climate justice and away from fossil fuel dominance. All events and displays are free and open to the public unless noted. Brookline has a Climate Action Plan and climate groups and activists are working together toward the benchmark goals of the Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act, reducing our carbon footprint 20% by 2020. All our fossil fuel dependent systems - transportation, electricity, heating and cooling, food, solid waste and more are adopting renewable practices. Come learn what you can do no matter where or how you live. What is our community’s climate legacy? Will you find a place in the community campaign to stand up for our future? Info and Updates: check brooklineclimateweek. org for display, event and snow emergency updates. Mothers Out Front Brookline and Climate Action Brookline are launching a new campaign. We are looking for 1,000 civic minded households to join a community movement for local renewable electricity sourced by Boston based non-profit Mass Energy Consumers Alliance. All you need is your NSTAR customer ID number located on your bill and the will to support local renewable electricity. It’s the fastest and easiest way to significantly reduce your fossil fuel emissions. Visit MassEnergy.org/Brookline today and be an early adopter. Feel good about your electricity supplied by Mass Energy Consumers Alliance. Visit a Tiny Solar Powered House Saturday, February 7 Cuddle up in Tiny Sol, a solar powered house on wheels. You walk in and find a world powered entirely by the sun. It sleeps two comfortably. Enjoy a snack prepared in its solar powered kitchen. With a Tiny Sol home, you can live and explore anywhere: the woods, the beach, your back yard, or on pontoons on a river or lake. Come visit this 21st Century Walden cabin. Town Hall Parking Lot, 333 Washington Street Climate Week Dining Feb. 2–10 2015 Local Brookline restaurants include offerings of sustainable foods on their menus. Visit brooklineclimateweek.org for details. Climate Art Exhibits and Installations Indoors and Out Brookline Main Library, Exhibit Cases and Hunneman Hall, 351 Washington St. Brookine Town Hall, 333 Washington St. Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St. Brookline Bank, 1340 Beacon St. Korean Church, 32 Harvard St. How Does Climate Week Come About? Brookline’s 5th Annual Climate Week is a collaboration of Climate Action Brookline and a wide range of community partners, organizers and volunteers. We are working together to engage and grow a town wide climate movement. To become involved or for questions contact: [email protected]. Weather: events are held unless the town declares an official snow emergency. Visit ClimateActionBrookline.org and brooklinema.gov for climate action steps throughout the year. A special thanks to this year’s event and display organizers and hosts including: Brookline Bank Brookline Booksmith Brookline Commission for Women Brookline Department of Public Health Brookline Department of Recreation Brookline Economic Development Committee Brookline Green Caucus Brookline Planning Department Brookline Public Library Coolidge Corner Theater Eureka Puzzles Friends of the Muddy River Korean Church Mothers Out Front Brookline Newbury College Selectmen’s Climate Action Committee And dozens of individual organizers and volunteers Mon Feb 2–Tue Feb 10, 2015 Monday, February 2 7-8:30pm Putting Money Where Our Future Is Strategies for Divesting and Investing Thursday, Feb. 5 6:30–8pm Sustainable Business Strategies 7–9pm Friday, February 6 Lessons from Local Businesses & Non-Profits 8am–7pm On the Move Innovative Ideas for Local Transportation Special viewing of Power to the Pedals: Wenzday Jane and the Culture of Change, a compelling documentary by award winning filmmaker Bob Nesson. The film features the story of a human powered, Boston based, freight delivery business and the woman behind it. Then transportation thought leaders open a discussion about opportunities, issues, infrastructure, and regulations needed to build a better future. Whether you walk, bike, take public transportation, drive a car, or envision ways to grow green jobs, get inspired to make change and take action. Coolidge Corner Theater, 290 Harvard Street. Admission free. Donations welcomed. Wednesday, February 4 6:30–8pm Community Solar! Opportunities to Grow and Share Solar Gardens Community Shared Solar is ideal for those who don’t have a sunny roof, renters, houses of worship, nonprofits, and businesses. Costs have come down on photovoltaic technology and solar renewable energy and generous incentives and attractive financing are now available. Panelists include: Thomas Vitolo, Synapse Energy; Emma Krause, Mass. Dept. of Energy Resources; Lisa Raffin, Sunbug Solar; James Nail, Pres., Massachusetts Interfaith Power and Light. Main Library, 361 Washington Street, Hunneman Hall 10:00-11:30am 12–5pm Join Brookline Recreation at the Jack Kirrane Rink to skate and see how the rink goes green! Skate and find out about choices that make a difference and reduce your fossil fuel emissions in your everyday life. Jack Kirrane Rink, Larz Anderson Park, 15 Newton St. Brookline Commission for Women – Children’s Clothing Drive (see 2/6) Public Safety Building, 350 Washington Street 10am–2pm 1–2:30 pm Global Warming, the Crisis of our Time and the Carbon Tax Solution Don Hnatowich, Citizens Climate Lobby, 350MA, and Climate Reality Project, presents the unfolding of the climate crisis and what you can do about it. Jessica Langerman, Pres. Climate XChange, explains why climate solution-oriented economists agree that a revenue-neutral carbon tax is the best solution. Coolidge Corner Library, 31 Pleasant Street, Meeting Room 3R Depot Pitch In to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Come to Climate Week’s hub for climate education, action, and fun. Visit a tiny Solar House in the parking lot, pick up used sports gear, donate and drop off eyeglasses, cell phones, chargers, Styrofoam, packing peanuts (collected separately) and bicycles even if they need repair. Bring a copy or camera photo of your electric bill to join the Green Up Your House with the Click of a Mouse local renewable electricity campaign. Bring papers to be shredded and stay for activities for kids, sustainable fare at the Depot Food Court, and information about cutting home energy costs, composting, pay-as-you-throw recycling, gardening in containers and more. Visit 3R Depot Stations inside and outside Town Hall. Brookline Town Hall, 333 Washington Street Join the Brookline team of Mothers Out Front, CAB, and community leaders as we launch our new campaign with a mid-winter mingle. Enjoy refreshments and music and learn about Mothers Out Front and the movement to switch 1,000 Brookline residents and businesses to Boston based, renewable green electricity. It’s the easiest and fastest way to significantly reduce your carbon footprint. It takes only 5 minutes and a picture of your electric bill! In the side room we’ll show the movie “Disruption”: inspiration for you to tip the balance toward a clean energy future. Brookline Teen Center, 41 Aspinwall Avenue From Olmsted to the 21st Century Sustainability Day at the Rink 3–4 pm Green Up Your House with a Click of a Mouse Mothers Out Front Campaign Kick Off Party The Muddy River Project A walk led by Fran Gershwin, chair, Muddy River Restoration Project Maintenance and Management Oversight Committee (MMOC) will articulate project objectives: flood control and climate change mitigation, water quality improvement, enhancement of aquatic/ riparian habitat, landscape and historic restoration and best management practices and end with warm beverages and an overview of the project in construction from upstairs at the Landmarks Building. Meet at the Longwood Green Line T Stop, Chapel St. Saturday, February 7 8am–11am 5–7pm Sunday, February 8 Brookline Commission for Women – Children’s Clothing Drive Support the Commission’s 6th Annual Drive. Small children often grow out of their clothes long before the clothes wear out. Join our yearly reuse initiative by donating clean and wearable children’s clothing and shoes appropriate for ages zero to 5 years old. Newborn items especially needed. As always, we also accept nonperishable food, toiletries, and diapers for the Brookline Food Pantry. Public Safety Building, 350 Washington Street What Does Parking Have to Do With It? Join Jason Schreiber from Nelson/Nygaard and other experts to learn about the wide-ranging impact of parking policies on our community. Find out how parking reform can achieve diverse community goals such as greater mobility, improved parking availability, more parks, affordable housing , and cleaner air. Main Library, 361 Washington Street, Hunneman Hall Many communities are already planning to become more resilient to extreme weather events, sea level rise, and other effects of climate change. The panel will present various aspects of adaption as it relates to Brookline and Greater Boston. Martin Pillsbury, Environmental Planning Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council; Alan Balsam, Brookline Public Health Director; Tom Brady, Brookline Conservation Director; Jim Newman, Principal Linnean Solutions LLC. Main Library, 361 Washington Street, Hunneman Hall Tuesday, February 3 Join Dennis Carlberg, Boston University’s Sustainability Director and Abe Faber, owner of Clear Flour Bakery and member of Local First and other businesses to share strategies about reducing your carbon footprint while increasing your bottom line. Sponsored by Newbury College. Newbury College, 129 Fisher Avenue, Student Center Auditorium 1:30-3:30 pm Is Brookline Ready? Find out what you can do to challenge the fossil fuel dominance of our economy and climate future by making both ethically based and smart economic decisions now. Leaders from Divest Harvard, Fossil Free MIT and Ceres, a renowned Boston based sustainable investments pioneer, inspire individuals, institutions, and communities to make strategic investment decisions. Brookline Town Hall, 333 Washington Street 9–11am Adapting to Climate Change Monday, February 9 7–9pm Germinating Social Change How Ideas Grow and Spread! MIT professor and author, Alex Pentland discusses his book Social Physics and its relevance to the climate movement. His work taps “big data” to decipher patterns that show how ideas spread through social networks and ultimately drive human behavior. Brookline Town Hall, 333 Washington Street Tuesday, February 10 6:30-8:30pm Broken Cities A Game to Test Your Climate Adaptation & Mitigation Solutions Eureka Puzzles hosts a game night in collaboration with Brookline’s Economic Development Division. Will you be a polluting, profit chasing slumlord, or a green-minded real estate mogul? The choice is yours. Sustainable snacks sourced locally. Limited Seats! RSVP to [email protected] by January 30 to secure yours. Brookline Town Hall, 333 Washington Street For Pete’s Sake Add your voice to new and old songs Pete Seeger would want us to carry on in his name. Learn simple ways to continue his environmental legacy. Join singer and guitarist Alan Balsam, who also serves as Brookline Department of Public Health Director, for an inspiring sing. Enjoy sustainable refreshments. Coolidge Corner Library, 31 Pleasant Street, Meeting Room Events for all ages