North End Residents Needed for FOCUS GROUP “Public Art and Climate Change: Learning from “High Tide” Professors Carolina Aragón and Elisabeth Hamin, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, are conducting a research project to understand to role of public art in communicating about climate change. We would like to invite North End neighborhood residents over Read More…
They see magnificent luxury. I see giant carbon footprints. In this picture you see six luxury yachts. You don’t see their tanks of fuel totaling approximately 200,000 gallons of diesel (estimate provided by deckhands on two of the yachts). Nor do you see the handful who pay the big bucks for the big boat rides. Read More…
Mayor Marty Walsh spoke to the Wharf District Council on July 16th, covering a range of issues from building seawalls along Boston’s waterfront to dealing with the city’s ever increasing traffic congestion. Climate resiliency is high priority for Walsh as he announced an ambitious plan to build seawalls and burns to protect against flooding. “We Read More…