Next Events:

How Trees Help Fight Climate Change 

April 22, 7 PM

Co-sponsored with CFREE

Trees are one of the simplest and most powerful climate solutions in our communities. They cool neighborhoods, reduce energy use, clean the air, absorb stormwater, and store carbon—making cities and suburbs healthier and more resilient as the climate changes.

Research also shows that living near trees improves mental and physical health, reducing stress, heart disease, and depression while supporting children’s learning and development.

Yet in Boston and many surrounding suburbs -- part of a growing urban heat island -- tree canopy is unevenly distributed. Neighborhoods with fewer resources often have fewer trees, leaving residents with less protection from heat and pollution.

 Join us for a free webinar to learn how growing our urban forest can help address climate change and strengthen communities across Boston and its suburbs.

Our Speaker: David Meshoulam is executive director and co-founder of Speak for the Trees (treeboston.org). The organization works with Boston community members to plant, preserve, care, and advocate for trees and to expand the tree canopy to rebuild resilient neighborhoods and safeguard the health of all residents, repairing historic injustices that persist today as environmental inequities in urban communities. The organization has earned four stars – the top rating – on Charity Navigator and was recently awarded the 2025 Innovator Award from the Social Innovation Forum.

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Bike Drive

May 16, 9 AM to 1 PM

Cosponsor CFREE Lincoln and Green Newton

Bring us your old, tired, or just unneeded bike to Wayland Town Center, behind Ace Hardware, 70 Andrew Ave. The bikes will be delivered to the Lowell Bike Connector.

The bikes will be fixed up and then distributed to kids and adults in need of low-cost, local transportation. (Please take severely rusted bikes that have been left outside to your local metal recycling bins.)

The Bike Connector’s mission is to provide the Greater Lowell Community with safe and affordable bicycles. The Bike Connector grew out of high school students’ needs for affordable transportation to school, work, and activities.  The Bike Connector is also a bike shop where one can learn how to repair a bike and take bike riding classes.

Registration is optional but it will help us plan. Click here to register.

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