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By Louise Bullis Yarmoff, Sustainable Marblehead Board Member If you’ve had an errand to run at Abbot Hall this summer – and tried to...

Our second annual Green Homes Tour brought out even more property owners than last year, and heat pump questions were top of mind for...

By Louise Bullis Yarmoff, Board Member When swimming at Marblehead beaches last summer, did you feel as if the water was warmer than you...

By Lisa Wolf, Member of the Clean Energy & Public Policy Working Group and Marblehead Municipal Light Board Chair In many Marblehead...

by Eileen Mathieu, Clean Energy and Public Policy Working Group Leader The Net Zero Roadmap was adopted unanimously by the Select Board...

Two important changes to the guidelines of Marblehead’s Old and Historic Districts Commission cover heat pumps and solar panels.

Sustainable Marblehead's Green Homes Tour aimed at teaching participants just how easy it can be to go green.

To help Marbleheaders learn about home energy efficiency, Sustainable Marblehead organized a Green Homes Tour on April 8.

Several initiatives to further cultivate and grow Marblehead’s “urban forestry and tree canopy” are afoot.

Marblehead’s greatest asset is its harbor. To ensure its future, a harbor plan will be completed this spring.

What we need is a new paradigm that includes both political action and sustainable lifestyle to open a third option for living on earth.

Learn how to harvest, store, stratify and sow native plant seeds in pots.

The Green Marblehead Committee's Net Zero Roadmap is nearly final; give feedback at mapc.ma/marblehead-roadmap

Only six percent of plastic produced is recycled. Beyond Plastics, a grassroots organization, is pushing for plastic reduction legislation.

When you get tired of climate doom and gloom, check out the winners of the Earthshot Prize to get inspired!

Fiction can help us imagine what our lives would be like after a climate disaster, and impel us to take action now.

What are we doing to reduce our carbon footprint in Marblehead?

Adding a solar roof will lower your electric bill, protect you from future price increases, and increase your home resale value.

Heat pumps are highly efficient at converting energy into heat, and therefore, less greenhouse gas is produced for home heating and cooling.

Review available technologies for hot water heating and major appliances that are both powered by electricity and energy efficient.