Read with the Eco-Centric Book Club
Attend a meeting of the eco-centric book club hosted by the Medfield Public Library to discuss a book that focuses on climate change, conservation, and/or eco-activism.
Reduce Light Pollution
Unnatural outdoor light at night both wastes energy and is unhealthy for humans and the environment. It can wreak havoc with the circadian rhythms of people and animals, seriously impacting […]
Calculate Your Carbon Footprint
Learning about your carbon footprint is a helpful step for planning actions to take to reduce your emissions. Working together we can decarbonize Medfield and reach net zero. Read more […]
Switch to Induction Cooking
There are multiple ways to “green up” your cooking appliances. Electric stoves, particularly induction ones, make a big difference for health, safety, the environment and climate. If you currently use […]
Clean Water – Clear Choices
Clean water is one of the world’s most important resources. We all can help protect this resource by saving water from becoming polluted and bring nature back into our built […]
Food. Sustainable Food!
Food is an important part of our daily lives, well-being and culture. This Action has information about how you can make your food/diet more sustainable. Many of the ideas here […]
Protect Medfield Wildlife and Pets
Have you heard of SGARs? They are Second Generation Anti-coagulant Rodenticides, and these poisons are used in rodent bait boxes throughout our state. SGARs work by preventing blood from clotting, […]
Avoid Destructive Mosquito Spraying
Broad spraying of insecticides for mosquitoes is both ineffective and harmful to the environment. It has been noted by leading entomologists that fogging for adult mosquitoes is ineffective and there […]
Practice Low-Impact Lawn and Yard Care
Maintaining a traditional lawn is one of the most environmentally harmful choices suburbanites make. Many homeowners don’t realize that the practices suburbanites have considered normal lawn care for decades are […]
Curbside Composting
In the US, we throw out roughly 60 millions tons of food each year, not only wasting valuable resources (food and organic fertilizer) but also generating methane, a gas with […]