By Sherry Zitter Every great journey begins with a vision. The Walk for a New Dawn began with a seed in Western Mass on June 16, 2026, when MA Catholics for Indigenous Rights were discussing how to raise awareness of indigenous concerns. Member Linden Jenkins said, “We should walk across Massachusetts to the Statehouse,” and David Detmold said, “I would do that!” It was he who came up with the name Walk for a New Dawn to emphasize the ways in which we want to deeply change life here for the better. And when I heard about the Walk, I…
By Maureen Doyle If I made a fantastic meal, you'd want the whole thing, right? A fragmented meal isn't as satisfying or fulfilling. Similarly, a fragmented landscape is missing elements that make it satisfying to its animal, insect, and plant inhabitants. The construction of the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) proposed for Oakham, Mass. will fragment the wetlands there, and therefore has the potential to threaten the entire watershed that provides essential water for millions of Massachusetts residents, and essential habitat for animals and plants. AND you wouldn’t want that delicious meal poisoned or spoiled, right? The danger of such…
This community-based forum is designed to give you the latest, most trustworthy, information about: 1. renewable energy (wind, solar, geothermal) so that you can better plan to make informed choices about when or whether to choose it; 2. planting and landscaping choices based on the long-term weather predictions; 3. how or even if to prepare for those predicted long-term weather changes; 4. free and/or inexpensive ways to save on heating and electric bills that also reduce the carbon footprint. Learn more.
Join us for an environmental forum October 1 and learn from local experts on weather and climate history and predictions, renewable energy choices, sustainable gardening, weather preparedness, and ways to save money and resources.
