GreenDorchester (Dorchester Environmental Health Coalition)

We are hiring! Looking for interns and other staff, including a full-time Membership & Communications Assistant and part-time community environmental outreach interns. Please call DEHC for details 617-474-1478.

Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC) is hiring a Renew Boston Neighborhood Network Coordinator.  The Renew Boston program, a service of the City of Boston in partnership with NSTAR and National Grid, is the nation’s first partnership between municipal government and investor-owned utilities for co-delivery of energy efficiency home improvements. Continue Reading »

The Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN) is launching the Boston Orchard Program to provide support and education for the care and cultivation of Boston’s fruit trees and orchards located on public land throughout the City of Boston. As part of the Boston Orchard Program, Boston Natural Areas Network is partnering with the Food Project, the Boston Tree Party, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation on two free pruning workshops in March – On Saturday March 5, 2011 as part of the Food Project’s Winter Workshop Series, John Bunker, Pomologist from Super Chilly Farm in Maine will provide pruning tips at the Shirley-Eustis House Orchard located at 33 Shirley Street in Roxbury.

On Saturday March 12, 2011 Ben Crouch, sole proprietor of Jamaica Plain’s Land of Plenty Gardens will provide more information about pruning at the Blake House Orchard located at 735 Columbia Road in Dorchester.

The free programs, for everyone interested in learning more about pruning fruit trees, begin at 10 a.m. Continue Reading »

Let’s help get Dorchester’s green-living resident role models and sustainable businesses recognized!  Do you know an individual or a business making a difference here in Boston’s largest and oldest neighborhood?  Nominate them before March 18th for one of Mayor Menino’s 5th Annual Green Business, Residential and Bike Awards – this year a new Sustainable Food Leadership Award has been added.
 
Mayor Menino recognizes that Boston businesses and residents are an integral part of our efforts to turn Beantown into Greentown.  The city wants to honor those businesses, residents and community leaders who are at the forefront of sustainability, from energy and water conservation, providing the healthiest Continue Reading »

Appalachian Mountain Club’s (AMC) Youth Opportunities Program (YOP) makes the outdoors accessible and meaningful to urban and at-risk youth. YOP operates as a resource center for youth agencies throughout the Northeast, teaching youth workers the skills they need to independently guide their youth outdoors.

The Outdoor Leadership Training (OLT) prepares youth workers to lead groups on trips that are fun, educational, safety-minded, and organized. AMC also provides YOP-trained members with essential support services such as free use of outdoor equipment; Continue Reading »

The Community Kick-Off of the Dorchester Avenue Zoning Update initiative happened Mar. 9th, 2011. The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), in collaboration with the Mayor-appointed Advisory Group, has initiated a zoning update process for Dorchester Avenue. DEHC is part of this process and we are interested in hearing from the community and encourage you to participate. Please add your comments below, send us an email, attend the community meetings and/or the advisory group meetings (which are open to the public) – next Dorchester Avenue Zoning Update Initiative Advisory Group meeting is March 23, at 6:30 p.m. at Viet-AID, 42 Charles Street, Dorchester, MA.

Objectives of this initiative include:
• Provide zoning recommendations for Continue Reading »

Boston youth are invited to the 4th Annual Youth Environmental Education and Career Fair at Northeastern University’s Curry Center, on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 from 12pm-4pm.

~ The Dorchester Environmental Health Coalition will be recruiting at this event.~

This is an opportunity for young people in Boston, either with previous work experience in the environmental field or seeking such opportunities for the first time, to connect with Continue Reading »

Free energy assessments and efficiency upgrades are still available, learn more from Max at a “Save Energy” workshop on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 9 – noon, at Codman Tech Center, 450 Washington St, Dorchester, 02124.  We will announce each workshop scheduled, check back for details. Continue Reading »

Come be a Beetle Rancher in 2011! What does this mean?  Check out the links below for information on this interesting wetlands restoration project that uses beetles as a biological control for the lovely but incredibly invasive purple loosestrife plant, and how you can be part of it!
• Take a look at how to be a beetle rancher here.
• Take a look at some 2010 project pictures here.
• A general project description here.
All those interested in being a Beetle Rancher this spring & summer, should RSVP to Carly via email rocklen@neponset.org or call 781-575-0354 x303.

The 2011 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference: Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities will take place February 3-11 in Charlotte, NC. The conference is offering a diversity scholarship and the deadline to apply has been extended until January 10th, or until all funds are allocated.

The Diversity Scholarship Fund was established to help cover registration fees and travel expenses for minority community leaders and groups whose work is primarily focused on equity and environmental justice issues. To apply, please visit the conference web site.

Additionally, please see this brochure with highlights of the conference sessions and other special events that have a strong focus on equity and environmental justice issues. Along with the equitable development track of sessions, the conference organizers have worked to ensure that these issues are covered in other sessions scheduled throughout the 3-day program. A special daylong pre-conference workshop titled “Achieving Equitable Development” is also scheduled for Wednesday, February 2nd.
Contact DEHC at 617-474-1478 if you would like to attend this conference and need assistance with the forms.