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Concord Boy Scout Troop 132 and the Holy Family Parish Youth In Service have teamed up again this year to collect trees after Christmas and take them to the town compost recycling. The date of the pickup is Saturday, January 9th.  If you want your Christmas tree picked up please reserve no later than 5:00pm Wednesday, January 6th by sending an email to TreePickUp09@gmail.com (preferred), or alternatively, calling 978-369-2911 extension 4.
 
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Last day to bring leaves and brush to compost site is December 12th. See here for more information.

What is the Community Calculator?

The Community Calculator is a partial calculator to first measure the amount of carbon an individual is using by creating a basic footprint. This calculator may be used in classrooms, by residents and by businesses in town. Next, the calculator is designed to help individuals reduce their footprint. Finally, users may like to compete with other students, residents or businesses in their town. They may form groups and compete by trying to reduce their footprint more than their counterparts. Who can reduce the most? Read More »

Short days, cold mornings and falling leaves herald the end of another season. Despite a cool, wet June and July and unusually intense disease pressure on some crops, we managed to field a diverse and abundant variety of produce at the stand and at the three farmer’s markets we attended this year. Strawberries started strong (and were delicious) but came to an untimely (and mushy) end with the unrelenting June monsoon. Read More »

It was just like the old days, only better, bigger and brighter.

Verrill Farm opened its new farmstand Friday morning to a parking lot full of cameras, customers and commuters. The Verrills held a short ceremony just before 9 a.m., with their granddaughters cutting the ribbon and all five bays in front of the new building opening simultaneously.

“And we were open,” Steve Verrill said. “Quite a few people were here to participate and we had a nice time.” Read More »

ConcordCAN, Concord-Carlisle Adult and Community Education (CCACE), and MA Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary will join forces in providing a variety of community education opportunities in and around Concord this fall. ConcordCAN’s programs are designed to help Concord citizens understand how to lead more sustainable lifestyles by reducing carbon footprints and greenhouse gas emissions, conserving natural resources and energy, while protecting and celebrating the environment. Read More »

Today we present the good, the bad, and the ugly of energy sources on Navajo land. The good: The Navajo Nation has formed a joint venture with Boston-based Citizens Energy Corp for a wind-power project on its vast Western reservation. The bad: The tribe continues to try to push through a controversial coal plant as well, and recently sued the U.S. EPA for not yet issuing an air permit. Read More »

The U.S. West is warming faster than the rest of the country, and faster than the planet as a whole, according to an analysis of 50 scientific studies done by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization. From 2003 to 2007, the globe was 1 degree Fahrenheit warmer than its average 20th century temperature; during the same period, 11 Western states averaged 1.7 degrees warmer. Westerners are unlikely to dispute the findings, considering the ongoing drought. Read More »

California's Air Resources Board has voted to reduce the number of zero-emissions vehicles required to be sold in the state by 2014 from 25,000 to 7,500. It's a hefty reduction, though less dramatic than the recommendation by CARB staff that the requirement be cut to 2,500 vehicles. Not-quite-zero-but-still-relatively-less-emissions vehicles, like plug-in hybrids, will make up the rest of the quotient, the board decided. Read More »

• Chemical manufacturer Dupont is being sued for noncompliance with pollution laws.

• New England is not on track to meet greenhouse-gas reduction targets, says a report.

• Denmark is building 20,000 electric car recharging stations. Read More »