DPW Neighborhood and Trail Clean up
The Town of Andover’s Department of Public Works in conjunction with the Conservation Division and Republic Services is holding its third annual Neighborhood Cleanup Day in honor of Earth Day
Youth Sustainability Fair
Save the date for Youth Sustainability Fair on Saturday April 27 at the Youth Center in Andover! Stay tuned here or sign up for our newsletter to get updates.
EarthARTiculates... a celebration of the art of nature
Come to the newly updated old Town Hall to celebrate the art of nature through performance art and artwork!
Downtown Tour
Join Andover’s Director of Sustainability and Energy, Joyce Losick-Yang, and town staff to get a behind the scenes look at the sustainability in downtown Andover.
Documentary: Feeding Tomorrow
Feeding Tomorrow tells an interconnected story of how food interacts with and transforms every part of our lives. Come to Memorial Hall Library to watch this documentary.
Andover Community Power Public Meeting 3
The Town of Andover is holding public informational meetings on Andover Community Power. This is the third of three meetings and will be held at Memorial Hall Library.
Come and hear more about Andover Community Power and get your questions answered.
Andover Community Power Public Meeting 2
The Town of Andover is holding public informational meetings on Andover Community Power. This is the second of three meetings.
Come and hear more about Andover Community Power and get your questions answered.
Andover Community Power Public Meeting
The Town of Andover will hold three public informational meetings on Andover Community Power. This is the first of three meetings and will be held at the Old Town Hall on Main Street.
Come and hear more about Andover Community Power and get your questions answered.
Mass Energize Community Action Leaders Conference
Are you involved in addressing climate change and supporting your community to take action? MassEnergize invites you to their first annual Community Climate Leaders Conference where we will be inspired, learn from each other's experiences, and support best practices for engaging our communities in climate action.
Join many WECAN members at this day long conference at Brandeis. We can car pool together. Just email AndoverWECAN@gmail.com and let us know you’ve registered.
Saving $ and Energy
Are you a low- or moderate-income homeowner or renter wondering if you can reduce your energy use and save money? Is electrifying your life affordable? This is the webinar for you!
Electric Vehicles 101
Green Energy Consumers Alliance present Electric Vehicles 101. Are you interested in electric cars, but don’t know where to start? Join them for this webinar for the basics from positive impacts on the environment, maintenance costs, fuel costs, charging, federal and state incentives, and more! Come prepared with questions as we’ve built in time to chat.
Decarbonizing New Homes
Join us for an online forum on the specialized opt-in energy code and its impact for homes.
Networked Geothermal: A Safe, Equitable, and Affordable Transition
An informational talk and Q&A session regarding utility scale networked geothermal/heat pump systems with Audrey Schulman, HEET Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director.
Bringing Climate Action Home: Energy Efficient Building And Retrofitting
Here what carbon neutral and carbon positive structures are and what it means to build zero energy and passive houses/accessory dwelling units.
Get an overview of how solar feeds into the grid providing homeowners with net credits.
Learn about federal and state incentives, including the Inflation Reduction Act and Mass Save.
Decarbonizing Commercial Buildings
Please join us for the first information session on the the opt-in code featuring leaders fro the Department of Energy Resources (DOER), SMMA (the architect for West Elementary School) and municipal leaders.
Screening of “We’re All Plastic People Now”
Did you know that plastic has been found everywhere from the deepest part of the ocean and remote mountain ranges to our bodies – even in our lungs and blood?
Come to the Massachusetts State House for this film screening.
Environmental Justice and Building Our New Grid - Where Should It All Go?
Join the MA Environmental Justice Legislative Table to discuss the elephant in the room- how do we build the renewable distributed electric grid we need fast, while not repeating the mistakes of the past? Learn more about our vision for infrastructure, energy democracy, and centering frontline communities in the process- as well as the current policy proposal from the EJ Table to greenlight good projects fast and nip bad projects in the bud.
Electric Vehicles 101 With QARI
QARI and Green Energy Consumers Alliance present Electric Vehicles 101. Are you interested in electric cars, but don’t know where to start? Join us for this webinar (in English), where we’ll break down the basics from positive impacts on the environment, maintenance costs, fuel costs, charging, federal and state incentives, and more! Come prepared with questions as we’ve built in time to chat.
Lunch.Climate.Action.
The goal of Lunch.Climate.Action is to create a forum for quick, timely actions (calling a rep, writing a letter, etc.) that allows folks to ask questions, learn, and act in a safe, supportive community.
Hike Beautiful Andover with Marlies Henderson - Retelle Reservation
Andover Conservation is offering free guided walks on Wednesday mornings each month to encourage the community to explore and enjoy Andover's wonderful trails and open spaces.
All walks will begin at 9:45am in the morning, at a meeting point that will be distributed to registrants prior to each walk.
Driving Through a Winter Wonderland
There are thousands of EV drivers who drive through winters in New York and New England (and even colder places like Canada and Norway) with their EVs every year. Here’s what winter weather will do to your EV and tips from other EV owners.
Become Energy Efficient
Join us for a free virtual event and learn how to:
Access Mass Save® energy-saving programs
Read your energy bill
Enroll in discount rates and avoid utility shut-offs
Leave third-party energy supply contracts to save money
Justice of Place: Energy and Environmental Justice in the Built Environment
Northeast Summit for a Sustainable Built Environment (NESSBE) is a biennial northeast regional summit meant to include a large community of building professionals, owners, academics, policymakers, advocates, and students in a conversation about sustainability in the built environment.
Climate Café
Suppose that at your favorite coffee shop, you overhear a frank conversation about the extreme weather. Would you wish you could join in? You can! Come to the virtual Climate Café for a supportive, non-partisan, and hopeful discussion.
Why Electrify
Why Electrify is an interactive, 90-minute online session designed with electrification beginners and newbies in mind. We'll explain what "electrifying everything" means and the benefits this energy switch could unlock for American households.
Lunch.Climate.Action.
The goal of Lunch.Climate.Action is to create a forum for quick, timely actions (calling a rep, writing a letter, etc.) that allows folks to ask questions, learn, and act in a safe, supportive community.
Webinar: Getting an energy assessment
If you fear your home heating bills, come join local resident Neil Shea, a Field Supervisor with the Mass Save Program, as he teaches you how to save money by using a range of options such as heat pumps, improved insulation, and efficient appliances at affordable costs based on a free Home Energy Assessment.
Hike Beautiful Andover with Marlies Henderson - Shawsheen River Trail
Andover Conservation is offering free guided walks on Wednesday mornings each month to encourage the community to explore and enjoy Andover's wonderful trails and open spaces.
All walks will begin at 9:45am in the morning, at a meeting point that will be distributed to registrants prior to each walk.
Hazard Mitigation Plan Kickoff Meeting
The first public meeting will provide an overview of the planning process; a discussion of the natural hazards of greatest concern, including but not limited to: floods, winter storms, Nor’easters, hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, dam failures, power outages; an overview of the project goals and critical assets; and conclude with the next steps and discussions.
Heat Pumps with EnergySage
A Heat Pumps 101 webinar with EnergySage. New incentives from the federal and state governments are making heat pumps more affordable. And heat pumps are the primary way to get rid of the fossil fuels that most of us rely on to stay warm in winter. We'll go over the what, the why, the where, and the how of heat pumps.
Holy Heat Pumps: A Webinar on Heat Pumps for Faith Communities
This webinar will explain how heat pumps work and how government funds can be accessed by congregations for their purchase. We will hear a success story from a local faith community that installed both air-source and ground-source heat pumps.
Climate Café
Suppose that at your favorite coffee shop, you overhear a frank conversation about the extreme weather. Would you wish you could join in? You can! Come to the virtual Climate Café for a supportive, non-partisan, and hopeful discussion.
Save Money On An Electric Car: Rebates & Incentives
Join this webinar to learn the latest on:
The new federal Clean Vehicle Credit, for both new and used cars
Recent updates to the MOR-EV state rebate program in Massachusetts
The DRIVE-EV and DRIVE+ rebate in Rhode Island
Incentives for e-bikes, current and potential upcoming
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