Past Events

Want to give your single-use plastic bottles and thin film plastic a useful purpose? Then learn how to make an ecobrick. How do you make them? What can they be used for? Join us to get the latest updates on how ecobricks are keeping plastic out of landfills from Nathan Gray, Project lead at EcoBrick US.

Sustainable Marblehead has been working for the past five years to make our town more beautiful, sustainable and resilient for us and for future generations. In this presentation we discuss efforts to create a pollinator corridor in Marblehead and to seek funding to develop an urban forestry plan for the town.

In honor of America Recycles Day on November 15, Sustainable Marblehead invites you to join us online to find out how to create less holiday waste and what to compost. Hear from Andrew Petty, Marblehead Director of Public Health, and Justin Sandler, Co-Owner BlackEarth Compost, how to “green” your holiday season.

Marblehead aims to get to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. At this community forum residents voice their opinions about what our town needs to do to achieve that goal.

Patrick O’Donnell, best-selling author of the recently published book "The Indispensables," tells how Marblehead patriots and Glover’s Regiment saved the Continental Army multiple times during the Revolution, and in so doing enabled the birth of a new nation

Join Sustainable Marblehead at MacRae’s Sustainable Goods. We will discuss: • How is plastic waste is affecting our lives • Sustainable options to everyday plastic products • How to advocate for change

Daily Tips to Reduce or Repurpose Single Use Plastics

Engaging Young Minds in Ecological Landscape Design — This spring,Tower School 6th grade students
applied their knowledge of ecological concepts to develop landscape design projects to improve outdoor spaces on campus.

Panel discussion with Rozalia Project

Celebrate and take action to protect our harbor and shared ocean. Events will be held
around town throughout the week to highlight issues affecting our waters. Stop by for
solutions and activities.

Learn how to move turf and landscapes from conventional management
practices to a natural approach.

From our Actions to our Transactions, We Control our Carbon Footprint.