(9.9) Extended hours have been announced for this Saturday’s Eco-Depot on Allens Avenue, with the facility remaining open until 1pm.* We all know that household hazardous waste and toxic chemicals must be disposed of properly, that’s why it all keeps piling up. So start attacking the super-fund site you call a garage, now. You must …
The RI DEM advises that the spotted lanternfly is here in Rhode Island and poses a serious threat to agricultural interests. I know what you’re thinking . . . what would Kieran Culkin do? Apparently the Big Apple is experiencing a particularly robust invasion. The New York Times describes how celebrities have been stepping up: …
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The Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) was created fifty years ago, tasked with protecting our coastal resources taking into consideration the various economic and recreational interests who have a stake in its decisions. One would like to think that experts with education and experience in the field have the last word on these decisions, but …
(4.22) The Blackstone Park Conservancy invites volunteers to meet at the Narragansett Boat Club, between 8am and 10am, for their Earth Day Cleanup. The BPC has other events coming up involving topics such as turtles, mushrooms, and coming up on May 13, “Pollinator Pathways and Guerilla Gardening.” The Blackstone Parks Conservancy is dedicated to the …
(4.21) The Providence Downtown Neighborhood Association invites the public to join them in an Earth Day clean-up along the Providence River this Friday morning. You don’t have to do the whole four hours; do what you can. Our first volunteer project of 2023 will be an Earth Day Clean-Up on Friday, April 21st, from 8am …
(4.15) Head over to the Music Mansion this Saturday for a celebration of women guitarists making waves for the ocean. Stone Soup Coffeehouse will be hosting a songwriters-in-the-round along with the Whale Guitar Project. Inspired by Herman Melville’s epic American novel, Moby-Dick, the Whale Guitar is on a journey to amplify voices for climate justice …
(3.25) The Providence Eco-Depot schedule starts this Saturday, March 25th. We all know that household hazardous waste and toxic chemicals must be disposed of properly, that’s why it keeps piling up. So start attacking the super-fund site you call a garage, now. You must register and make an appointment with the Rhode Island Resource Recovery …
And hearer. Amphibian species are disappearing at an alarming rate across the globe and the Roger Williams Park Zoo is looking for volunteers to join in the effort to help conserve the remaining amphibians by reporting data on the calls of local frogs and toads. As a citizen scientist with “Become a Frogwatcher” you can …
(12.3) The final Eco-Depot of the year takes place this Saturday at the Allens Avenue. We all know that household hazardous waste and toxic chemicals must be disposed of properly, that’s why it keeps piling up. It’s a perfect time for cleaning up the super-fund site you call a garage. I have been to this …
(10.29) Time to clean out the medicine cabinet and the sock drawer and the glove compartment, and properly dispose of all those expired and no-longer-needed prescription drugs. On Saturday the DEA will be holding its Take Back Day with several locations in and around Providence including local police departments, even the Amtrak Police Department in …
(8.2) Where do Rhode Island’s candidates for governor stand on the state’s most pressing environmental issues? Head over to Rhode Island College this Tuesday for the Gubernatorial Forum on Environment and hear from the candidates about their plans for addressing climate change, creating green jobs, protecting our resources, and other environmental issues facing the Ocean …
(7.24) Due to the heat, the City has announced extended hours for the pools and splash pads. Water parks and pools will offer extended hours, 12pm – 7pm . . . through Saturday, July 23 [Sunday, July 24]. For a full list of water park facilities and locations, visit the Recreation Department’s website. Dates are subject …
(7.13) Providence Public Library will hold a free electronic recycling drop-off event at the library from 2pm to 5pm on Wednesday. Items may be brought to the library’s back lot during drop-off times (corner of Greene and Fountain Streets). Bring your computers, monitors, laptops, servers, hard drives, PDAs, cell phones, mice, keyboards, printers, toner cartridges, networking equipment, …
Oh well, I guess the environment can take another hit for the team. Can’t live without our Fireball. The solution to the nip bottles is not recycling: the entire recycling thing — which I bought into for years — was a sham from the beginning. The recycling program turned out to be a cynical diversion …
State environmental regulators issued an advisory yesterday concerning the ongoing discharges of partially treated sewage from the Woonsocket treatment plant. An initial advisory was issued last Sunday, June 5, by the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and I sort of thought the problem would have been fixed by now. As a precaution, DEM advises that …
We need to talk about cryptocurrency, because as far as I can tell, all our little tweaks around the margins — fuel efficient cars, planting trees, new lightbulbs, windmills — pale in comparison to the enormous damage being done by the cryptocurrency mining industry. In 2020 “40 billion tons of carbon dioxide [were] produced by …