Green Routes Bike Tour of Brookline

John Dempsey, Bicycle Advisory Comm.

8–9:30am

Want to make bicycling part of your daily routine? Brookline is improving safety for bicyclists. Join our tour of recent and planned bicycle infrastructure improvements. Riders high school age and older. About 8 miles.

Town Hall Parking Lot, 333 Washington St.

3R Depot Pitch In to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 10am–2pm

Education, action, & fun for the whole family. Enjoy 3R Depot stations, lunch at the Carbon Café, & Youth Science Fair at the Pierce School.

LEARN Locate Brookline’s 351 methane gas leaks with a scavenger hunt and art installation; Brookline Community Solar; Register to vote; Urban transit of the future; Climate Action Plan

KIDS CORNER Out of the Box creations with recycled goods; Story Hour

EAT The Carbon Café offers sample dishes from local produce and learn about hidden environmental costs of food. (11am–2pm)

SHARE Sports Gear Exchange: pick up or trade in used sports gear for all ages; Styrofoam and Packing Peanuts Recycling; Composting; Eyeglasses, cell phones and soda can pull-tabs

TRY Electric cars and innovative bikes. Bring your bike and helmets. Free bike safety checks and advice. Donate your unused bikes to Bikes Not Bombs.

In & Around Town Hall, 333 Washington St.

Participate in this unique Environmental Science Fair!   Examine an Environmental Issue and Present YOUR Solution!  Think BIG!  Be Creative, Practical or Outrageous!

Guidelines:  

• Address current climate change adaptation challenges
• Present your new idea, concept, theory, experiment or drawing that addresses a topic such as energy, transportation, air, water, ocean, land, waste, biodiversity, food supply, eco-friendly fashion, or another environmentatl issue you are passionate about.
• For beginners, intermediate, and advanced science students.
• Register as an individual, group, class or school.
• Registration is free and open until March 12, 2016.  To register email CrystalJohnsonISES@gmail.com  

Complete Streets for a Livable Brookline?

Chris Dempsey, Transportation Board; Scott Englander, Complete Streets Comm.: Jane Gould, Public Transportation Advisory Comm.; Bob Sloane, WalkBoston; Cynthia Snow, Brookline Bicycle Advisory Comm.

2–4pm

Transportation leaders describe a planning vision: Complete Streets, that safely integrates travel by foot, bicycle, and transit. Learn how Brookline marks its place in the region by applying this vision to our community. Main Library, 361 Washington St., Hunneman Hall