Lead about decluttering, the importance of it and tools to get started, without stress or embarrassment related to clutter. The focus is for seniors aging in place or hoping to declutter to downsize in the future.

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Are you curious about electric vehicles (EVs)? Want to check them out in person? Then this is the event for you! Local EV dealerships and car owners, as well as bicycle shops and electric bike/scooter owners, will be showcasing their rides. Battery-powered outdoor equipment will also be featured. (Test drives *may* be available in dealer vehicles, but no sales pressure!)

Do you want to join them and showcase yours? If you own an electric car, e-bike, e-cargo bike or electric scooter, are passionate about your green mode of transportation and willing to share, we are looking for folx to bring their ride(s) to our Drive Electric Earth Month (DEEM) event at the parking lot of Salem High School.

Food: Kim Gregory Pure Pastry
E-bikes from Marblehead Cycle and private owners will be available for test rides. Bring a helmet (some may be available to borrow)!
Maestranzi Brothers of Beverly will have various models of battery-powered lawn equipment to show.

Dealer Vehicles (test drives may be available)
2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E (used, Greenwave EV)
2020 Ford F150 Lightning (used, Greenwave EV)
Jeep Grand Cherokee 4XE (PHEV)
Jeep Wrangler 4 XE (PHEV)
Chrysler Pacifica Plug-In Hybrid
Dodge Hornet RT E awd
2024 Porsche Taycan

Private Vehicles (* rides may be available)
2022 (1960) Heinkel Kabine EV Conversion
2023 Tesla Model 3
2018 Tesla Model 3
2019 Hyundai KONA Electric
2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E*
2018 Nissan LEAF
2008 Chevrolet Volt
2023 Volkswagen ID.4*
2022 Rivian R1T
2018 Honda Clarity Plug-in Hybrid
2017 Chevrolet Bolt
2023 Chevrolet Bolt EUV
2022 Tesla Model Y
2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5*
2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 (see how you can power your devices!)
2021 BMW i3
2020 Kia Niro
2016 Nissan Leaf

Private e-bikes (rides may be available -bring a helmet!)
Aventon Abound
Lectric Xpedition
Tern hsd
Custom-built e-tricycle

We hope that you can join us. Check out which vehicles will be there, RSVP, or register to showcase your green ride here: https://driveelectricearthmonth.org/event?eventid=4118

Email/call Stacy Kilb with any questions: skilb@salem.com, (978) 745-9595 x41013.

SSCW will be visiting the Peabody Essex Museum as facilitators in the “Be the Change” zone of their Our Time On Earth exhibition on Saturday, April 27th from 1pm – 3pm. Engage in pop-up conversations, ask questions, and hear about local and regional efforts to address climate change. With our direct focus on local communities and the surrounding coast, and emphasis on education and ample knowledge of our ocean ecosystem, we hope to expose visitors to meaningful initiatives taking place right in your backyard! This is an opportunity for sharing knowledge, resources, and engaging in conversation that empowers us and ignites critical climate action.

Location: Our Time on Earth, Gallery 201, “Be the Change” zone. Included with admission, purchase tickets at pem.org.

The purpose of this Clean Energy Fair is to educate our residents about clean energy options and a pathway to obtain or switch to them. The Fair will include take-home information and on-site experts to answer your questions on these clean energy options: Solar; Mini-Splits and Heat Pumps; Electric Yard Tools; Electric Vehicles; Energy Audits and Insulation.

As part of the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Beverly aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.

Items Accepted: prescription & over the counter medications, medication samples, vitamins, veterinary medications, narcotics

Items Not Accepted: thermometers, IV bags, bloody or infectious waste, inhalers, hydrogen peroxide, personal care products, sharps (sharps can be disposed of 24/7 at the main entrance of Beverly Hospital and main lobby of the Police Station)

Note: Medications can be disposed of 24/7 at the Police Station lobby and at Beverly Hospital Emergency Room lobby.

Sponsored by the City of Beverly Police and Health Departments
For more information call 978-921-8591 or visit beverlyma.gov

Roll around Beverly with some of our finest sustainability experts and enthusiasts including Erina Keefe, Director of the City's Sustainability Office, Fred Hopps founder of the Clean Energy Advisory Committee, and several Green Beverly folks. This four-ish mile loop will make stops at places with sustainably-minded historical significance as well as future planning. Riders will need to sign a waiver. End time is an estimate. Rain date May 5.

Join SSCW’s Barbara Warren and historical architect Rick Detwiller for a walking tour of Fort Pickering this Thursday at 4:00pm. Learn its history and how climate change and invasive species are impacting Winter Island Park. Brought to you by City of Salem's Winter Island Park coastal resiliency grant, funded by the MA Office of Coastal Zone Management.

Ever dreamed of hiking the Appalachian Trail? Join Erin Burke-Moran, formerly of the band Caspian, and his wife Adrienne as they share their journey to get closer to nature and, in the process, rediscover themselves. Through songs and stories, Erin and Adrienne will narrate their transformative experience on the trail, brought to life in THRU HIKE, a new play with original music based on this life changing journey created by Punctuate4 artist-in-residence Michael Cormier.

Protecting and valuing our planet is important for everyone. This Earth Day, April 22, be among the first to hear Erin and Adrienne tell their story and read scenes from this new musical adventure. Following the video presentation and partial reading there will be a talkback with Adrienne, Erin, and Michael Cormier as the moderator.

Join us in making this project a reality!

Event Cost: $10

Local clean energy consultant and Green Beverly coach Sean Leach gets us all charged up about using EVs to go from here to there.

Bee Presentation

Celebrate Earth Week at GUS with a variety of hands-on activities and nature-based projects led by GUS educators and partners from across the North Shore including Green Beverly, Change is Simple, Kestrel Adventures, Greenbelt, Maritime Gloucester, Salem Sound Coastwatch, Solaris Renewables, and Trustees of Reservations. This free, family-friendly event, is open to the public.

Fix your broken stuff! Guided Do-it-Yourself disassembly, troubleshooting and repair at this free community event. Accompanied children are invited to take part. Please note:

Bring your broken item with all parts necessary to recreate the symptoms, as well as any parts and tools you already own that might be helpful (e.g. hand tools, sewing supplies.) Carry-in only: no stoves, refrigerators, washing machines or other oversize items.

Come ready to describe what’s wrong and what you’ve tried.
Come ready to learn and to share your knowledge with others.
Registration required via Fix-it Clinic calendar.

WHO: All ages welcome: a family-friendly event: accompanied children are heartily invited!
COST: Free!

Bring us your unwanted items listed below and we'll properly recycle them. Suggested donation $5-$25 for Ayers PTO. One large item per customer. Pickup non-hazardous items by appointment for a fee.

Only accepting items listed in flyer:
computers, monitors, printers, phones, keyboards, mice, file cabinets, wires/cords, empty grills/bbq's, bikes, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, dishwashers, empty lawn mowers, washing machines, dryers, scrap metal, cardboard, paper

Salem Sound Coastwatch will be participating in 3 cleanups on Saturday, April 20th in Salem, Beverly, and Danvers! No need to bring supplies, just make sure you confirm your spot below:

Collins Cove, Salem: Meet at 98 Collins St. (Corner of Webb St. and Collins St.) at 10am. Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb_cyPn4SRqgT-AUK7_BtIE3JiQyDma38lkEvCXIJGwral_A/viewform

Sandy Beach, Danvers: Meet at 44 River St. at 9am. Register at signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4FADA823A7FBC25-48694007-danvers#/

Bass River, Beverly: Meet at 4 McPherson Dr. at 10am. Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVHQtZOoaFAF_skGcKTIwEoTxVoqROzlajmSmOG4c32cKyIA/viewform

ENJOY A FREE DRINK AT OUR DRIVE GREEN KICK-OFF EVENT! HEAR ABOUT OUR NEW PROGRAM, MEET EXPERTS, ASK QUESTIONS!

Free Drop Off:
* PCs
* Laptops
* Servers/Server Racks
* Computers/CPUs
* All in ones
* Routers, Switches, Hubs
* CD/DVD/VCR players
* Cell Phones/PDAs
* Telephone Systems
* Lab/Industrial Equiptment

Drop off for $10 each:
* Printers
* CRT and LCD monitors
* Wipe or Destroy hard drives
* Mixed Cords/Small Electronics/Peripherals

Drop off for $30 each:
* TVs
* Large Copiers

Walk the grounds of our precious Lynch Park with longtime Parks & Recreation Director Bruce Doig, and Sustainability Project Manager Ibrahim Lopez-Hernandez to understand the rapidly changing relationship between Lynch Park and the sea. For those looking for their big break, a videographer will be onsite but inclusion in video is optional. Rain or shine - come dressed for the weather.

Directed by Pulitzer prize-winning director David Abel, this film explores the implications of Boston’s decision to ignore the threats posed by climate change and spend billions of dollars building a new waterfront district — on landfill, at sea level, and in the bullseye of rising seas.

The viewing will be followed by an interactive Q&A session with Director David Abel. Free to all.

SSU Professor Nick Geron will discuss his research on residential urban tree planting in environmental justice neighborhoods in mid-sized Massachusetts cities like Salem and his work with the Department of Conservation and Recreation Greening the Gateway Cities Program. Professor Lisa Delissio has been studying a forgotten arboretum, a living tree and shrub museum, at a public cemetery in north Salem and will discuss her work to rediscover and protect the international collection of trees and shrubs, some of them rare, at this 55-acre property. Free to all.

Avi Chomsky in Salem State’s history department is the author, most recently, of Is Science Enough? Forty Critical Questions about Climate Justice. She will join Marjorie Kelly, Distinguished Fellow with the Democracy Project, whose most recent book is Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises. Professor Noel Healy, Salem State geography and sustainability department will moderate a conversation with these two scholars as they envision an equitable and sustainable future. Co-sponsored by Salem Alliance for the Environment (SAFE)

A healthy environment for the Salem Sound watershed towns of Marblehead, Salem, Beverly, Peabody, Danvers, and Manchester has been at the heart of Salem Sound Coastwatch’s work from its founding. Learn what we’ve achieved so far and what now threatens our coastal water quality. Barbara Warren will begin by describing how our waters have become cleaner and safer since 1990. Rebecca Dupont-Coutu will share the challenges of aging infrastructure, sewer backups, and illicit connections to the stormwater drain system. Finally, Susan Marsh will explain how Salem Sound Coastwatch monitors beach water quality every summer and how you can contribute to this important effort at the beaches you love!

You can register to join in-person or via Zoom at tinyurl.com/coastal-water. Sponsored by Salem Sound Coastwatch & Abbot Public Library. All lectures are free and open to the public.

Barbara Warren is Salem Sound Coastwatch’s Executive Director for the past 20 years. She has developed and implemented many citizen-scientist programs including Clean Beaches and Streams, Tributary Water Sampling and Adopt a Beach.

Rebecca Dupont-Coutu is Senior Project Scientist and Certified Stormwater Manager at New England Civil Engineering. She is also the Salem Sound Coastwatch Board President.

Susan Marsh is the Community Engagement Manager at Salem Sound Coastwatch and the Program Manager for the Clean Beaches & Streams bacterial water monitoring. A long-time Salem resident, former architect, and Salem Public School science teacher, Susan volunteered with SSCW for over 30 years before joining the staff.

Please join us at Endicott College for the North Shore premiere of Inundation District followed by a Q&A with film director, David Abel. Inundation District is an informational film based on the Seaport District in Boston, otherwise known as the "Innovation District." Film director, David Abel, takes a hard look at rising tides and the impact on Seaport. This film explores the science behind climate change, feasible solutions, policy and legislative pushes, and the effects on vulnerable populations.

Refreshments, and hors d'oeuvres will be provided. This event is open to the public! Childcare will be provided free of cost by certified volunteers. Please contact elacey@endicott.edu to reserve free childcare.

This event is co-hosted by Green Beverly. Before and after the film, Sustainable Marblehead, Ipswich River Watershed Association, Salem Sound CoastWatch, and other local non-profits will be present for attendees to learn ways they are working to be a part of the climate crisis solution and how they can help.

Benjaman Franta is a Senior Research Fellow in Climate Litigation at the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme and the founding head of the Climate Litigation Lab. The Climate Litigation Lab is a multidisciplinary research initiative to inform, enable, and accelerate climate change litigation globally. His research focuses on applying rigorous methods to practical challenges presented by climate litigation worldwide and has been published in Nature Climate Change, Global Environmental Change, The Guardian, and more, translated into 10 languages, and cited in the US Congressional Record.

Green Beverly will have a table to discuss home energy efficiency, heat pumps, and car chargers.

See first-hand how Beverly's recycling system works by touring the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), affectionately knows as a "murph." Attendees must register ahead of time to access a waiver to bring on the day of the tour. First come first served, and we'll schedule a second tour if needed. Pre-tour meetup logistics will be decided with confirmed registrants.

For Attendees: Please wear closed-toes shoes and clothing that can be easily washed (it is very dusty). Masks welcomed for either Covid or because some may be sensitive the dusty air. We will be meeting at 5 Lakeland Park Drive in Peabody at the given time, then there is a 2 minute walk over to the recycling facility together. (Special arrangements can be made for people with physical limitations.)

At 5 Lakeland there is an office building, and outer and inner parking lots: feel free to park in the outer parking lot if there are too many cars next to the building. (We will be there to direct traffic.)

Please DO NOT go straight to the Greenworks facility; there are large trucks going in and out of there and can be dangerous. Plus, the broken glass in the parking lot could potentially pop your tires.

Register by email to Amy Henderson at beverly.wrc@gmail.com

Led by recent Salem State University graduate Joey Wolongevicz '21. We all struggle with difficult topics like climate change, especially when trying to change someone's behavior or perspective. This workshop will equip attendees with a basic understanding of how to use simple storytelling tactics to have more productive and meaningful climate conversations with friends, family, and even strangers. Co-sponsored with Advocacy Month.

Spring is just around the corner and we are kicking it off with a Make Your Own Mini Herb Garden Workshop!

Indulge in an evening of green delights and immerse yourself in the warmth of a cozy garden gathering, where the magic of herb planting, delightful company, and rich flavors of snacks come together for an unforgettable night. Plant your own mini herb garden to take home and enjoy with your family. All supplies included. Space is limited. Save your spot today!

Cost: $50

Filmed with stunning cinematography over four years, BETWEEN THE RAINS explores a childhood caught within a traditional culture that is a casualty of climate change. During a period of record low rainfall in northern Kenya, the Turkana tribe faces growing violent clashes with rival tribes and encroaching wild predators hunting their livestock. Kolei, a sensitive shepherd boy whose name translates to “living amongst the goats,” questions not only his path as a warrior, but also the erosion of the culture that has shaped every aspect of his life. With unprecedented and intimate access to the Turkana people, this moving coming-of-age story reveals the grave threats facing one of the world's oldest communities.

Event Cost: $15.74

Come out to the Kick-Off of Green Beverly's EarthSpring festivities! We are thrilled to have collaborated with Old Planters for our very own beer which we will also be launching at the event.
See you there!