WHAT YOU CAN DO

Barbara Fletcher, Look Out, mixed media collage, 12 x 18 in.

At a time when life on our planet is in imminent danger, the artists of Shared Habitat Earth have made climate change the focus of their work, calling for action and social justice. We support a variety of organizations, and encourage you to get involved however you can.

Scroll down and find events, actions to take, information on “being green”, places to donate, and petitions to sign.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Yvonne Lamothe, Egrets and Ducks at the Pond Around the Corner,(detail) oil on panel, 24 x 36 in.

Boston Climate Week

May 3-10

Events take place at venues throughout Greater Boston, including downtown Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and beyond. Click the button to find event listings and specific locations.

Join Boston's largest climate action week. Seven days of events, conversations, and community action to accelerate our city's sustainable future.

Boston Climate Week is a week-long celebration of climate action that brings together the Greater Boston community to address our most pressing environmental challenges.

From innovative startups to established institutions, from neighborhood groups to city leaders, we unite diverse stakeholders around a shared vision: a thriving, sustainable Boston for all.

As part of the global Climate Week Network, we connect local action to worldwide momentum, sharing solutions and inspiration across cities and continents.

boston climate week

Forest Explorations at The Fells

June 13

Flynn Rink Parking Lot
300 Elm Street
Medford, MA 02155

9:30 AM - 12 PM

A lovely Biodiversity walk in the Fells exploring how seasons pass and shape our plants and wildlife in our beautiful urban forest.

Join Claire O'Neill & Laura Roberts for a lovely Biodiversity walk in the Fells, exploring how seasons pass and shape our plants and wildlife in our beautiful urban forest. We'll enjoy, observe, and record the flora and fauna in various locations of the woods, starting from the Flynn Rink Parking lot | By bus → Bus # 99, Bus Stop: Highland Ave @ Molyneaux.

Free to the public - registration required.

spring forest explorations

Judith Enck with David Abel: The Problem with Plastic

June 17

Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA 02446

7 PM

Register for the event!
RSVP to let us know you're coming! Depending on the volume of responses, an RSVP may be required for entrance to the event. In the event that we reach capacity and have to close RSVPs, there will not be a waiting list.

Join us at Brookline Booksmith to celebrate the release of The Problem with Plastic with author Judith Enck, in conversation with David Abel.

A powerful look at plastic's impact on human health and the environment, and how we can fight back by putting people and the planet over plastics.

Plastic is everywhere--wrapped around our food, stitched into our clothes, even coursing through our veins. Once a marvel of modern science, plastic has become so inextricably woven into our lives that imagining a world without it can seem impossible. Over the last seventy-five years, plastic has cradled our planet in a synthetic embrace.

The Problem with Plastic critically examines the paradox of this material, first celebrated for its innovations and now recognized for its devastating environmental and public health impacts. With clarity and urgency, the book reveals how plastic pollution contributes to poisoned oceans, polluted air, a warming planet, and overwhelming waste, disproportionately impacting marginalized communities who bear the brunt of petrochemical pollution.

More than a critique, The Problem with Plastic emphasizes the urgent need for action against plastic's toxic legacy. It highlights powerful stories of frontline resistance in places like Louisiana, Texas, and Appalachia, and equips readers with practical tools--including a "Household Waste Audit" to track and reduce plastic consumption, as well as model policy guides for driving legislative change.

Urgent, eye-opening, and ultimately empowering, The Problem with Plastic reminds us: plastic is a problem--but together, we can be the solution.

book release

Summer SOLSTICE: Community Concert with Ira Klein and Cate Byrne

June 21

Hazel Dell
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Hazel Dell Path
Watertown, MA 02472

4:30 PM

Organized by Friends of Mount Auburn
We are excited to welcome Ira Klein and Cate Byrne to perform as part of our Summer SOLSTICE event!

Join former Artist-in-Residence Ira Klein (2022-2023) and multi-genre violinist Cate Byrne as they perform a joyful Celtic and Middle Eastern inspired set.

Please note this performance is a pay what you can program, with a suggested ticket price of $10. All are welcome to attend at a level that feels accessible.

summer solstice concert

Take action

It all begins with you.

TELL CONGRESS TO STOP SHELLING OUT BILLIONS TO BIG OIL
Our leaders cannot claim to be serious about environmental justice and climate change if they continue to hand away taxpayer money to Big Polluters. TAKE ACTION

SAVE OUR OCEANS FROM PLASTIC POLLUTION
Plastic is polluting our entire planet, from the beaches to the deepest depths of our oceans. TAKE ACTION

SAVE OUR PUBLIC LANDS FROM OIL AND GAS DRILLING!
Nearly a quarter of our country’s emissions come from fossil fuel extraction on public lands—we can’t afford to let the fossil fuel industry drill and mine even more. TAKE ACTION

FIGHT DEFORESTATION
Over ten years ago, the world’s biggest retail companies committed to ending deforestation in their supply chains by 2020, but they have failed. We must hold them accountable. TAKE ACTION

TELL U.S. TO TERMINATE ITS INVOLVEMENT WITH A DEADLY COAL PLANT
The U.S. helped fund the Sasan coal plant in India—a project with an ash pond that burst, creating a massive flood of coal ash that led to the deaths of six people. TAKE ACTION

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