******************** SOLAR ENERGY on Hull rooftops as a Community Project 2017 http://www.solarhull.org ********************* GAS LEAKS Concern Mounts Over Natural Gas Leaks 7/5/2018 http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/green-building-news/concern-mounts-over-natural-gas-leaks *************************** Sustainable South Shore Quarterly Sustainable South Shore meetings in So. Shore Towns: http://www.sustainablesouthshore.org/ *************** OFFSHORE Massachusetts WIND FARMS update: May 2018 - Wind Turbine Company for MA Offshore Wind Selected https://cleantechnica.com/2018/05/24/us-offshore-wind-revolution-sets-5-gigawatt-target-in-massachusetts-rhode-island-new-jersey/ HULL WIND TURBINES 1 and 2 http://www.hullwind.org/ *************** HULL RECYCLING INFO. and REMINDERS: Sign up with a Hull Licensed Recycling and Trash Hauler. See Hull Health Department link for list. >> South Shore Recycling Co-op http://www.ssrcoop.info for recycling suggestions! Hull rejoined the South Shore Recycling Co-op in April, 2017. >> SSRC HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DAYS are held in Spring and Fall at various SSRC Member S. Shore Towns. Check the SSRC website for Hull details/schedules and permits. Sept. 2017 was first HHW day in several years! >> PLASTIC BAGS, WRAPPING, etc. Place all clean plastic wrapping and bags in a recyclable bag and take to Stop and Shop, Shaw's or other grocery store. The plastic bag recycling container is usually found in the area as you enter the stores. >> SAFE MERCURY DISPOSAL: CFL Bulbs, Thermometers, etc.: http://maps.env.state.ma.us/dep/arcgis/js/templates/SafeMercuryDisposal/ Old CFL bulbs can also be recycled at Lowe's, Staples or Home Depot Stores or other places. >> TEXTILE RECYCLING: Bay State Textiles with the Hull Boosters Club provides a recycling bin at the Jacobs School for donations of outdated, worn out clothing, shoes, purses, bedding, draperies and more. See www.baystatetextiles.com for complete list. >> BOOKS, CDs RECYCLING and more: Drop off Books (tapes and CDs) at the Big Hearted Books Recycling Container at the Jacobs School. http://bigheartedbooks.com/ >> ELECTRONICS RECYCLING: TVs, Computers, Stereos, and more at any Best Buy or Staples location. Most items can be recycled for FREE. Check www.bestbuy.com or www.staples.com for more information. >> FREECYCLE: advertize online to donate furniture, toys, electronics, etc. Membership is free, and everything posted must be FREE, legal and appropriate for all ages. To view the items being given away or sought in Hingham/Hull, etc. area, sign up for membership. https://groups.freecycle.org/HinghamMA/description . >> FURNITURE DONATIONS: Salvation Army - 508-586-1187 X 230; My Brother's Keeper: 508-238-7512; Friends of the Homeless: 781-340-1604. Wellspring, Hull. >> METAL items: A-1 Metal Recycling, Hull and other companies. >> JUNK MAIL: www.OptOutPrescreen.com or www.DMAChoice.org >> ROOF SHINGLES: www.earth911.com/recycling-guide/how-to-recycle-shingles Reminder: See http://ssrcoop.info/ for more places to recycle items. Hull DPW may also have a Recycling list. *************** Sustainable Greener Hull
Members of Sustainable Greener Hull are working together to: 1. Enjoy green households Use the Low Carbon Diet book, donated by Sustainable Greener Hull and available at the Hull Public Library, to save money on energy and decrease your Carbon Dioxide pounds. Help each other with making our homes greener. Recycle more. 2. Create a network of people to care for Hull’s land Visit the Weir River Woods and support the Hull Land Conservation Trust. Give input to updating Hull’s Open Space and Recreation Plan. Support the Weir River Watershed Association and the Weir River Estuary Center. 3. Attend and Vote at Town Meetings Support making electricity from renewable energy, including offshore wind turbines and solar power. Support Town wide municipal curbside recycling and trash pickup proposed study committee, a 2010 Town Meeting Resolution. 4. Encourage sustainable food Buy Local; Buy Organic; Grow Your Own; Encourage Community Gardens; Eat less meat! 5. Create a green business community Help make our own businesses greener. Buy organic and other green products and services. Support shopping locally. Promote Hull as a green community 6. Support zero-emissions transportation Walk and bicycle; Ride the bus, T, train and ferry boat; Carpool. Help create walking and bicycle routes and low speed roadways. Help people learn about and observe the anti-idling law. 7. Supported the Updated Bottle Bill (UBB) for years. Collected signatures in 2013 and 2014 for the Ballot. Unsuccessful Ballot Initiative 11/4/14. Sustainable Greener Hull is a Chapter of Sustainable South Shore www.sustainablesouthshore.org , a Chapter of the Mass Climate Action Network www.massclimateaction.net . | 2020 Sustainable Greener Hull Activities: 2019 Sustainable Greener Hull Activities: Meetings: attended the SSSh/350 Mass meeting: 11/7/2019. 100% Clean Energy with a Warrant Article at May Town Meeting; Warrant article to Ban plastic bags in Hull; Facebook Page?; 100% Clean Energy Task Force; Climate Change Symposium 5/9/19; Oct. 5-6, 2019 South Shore Solar Tour: including efficiency, solar, air source heat pumps and batteries. https://www.nationalsolartour.org/map/ 2018 Sustainable Greener Hull Activities: Working on a local clean energy process for Hull with a goal of 100% clean energy. Identify Community members to work on a task force with the Selectboard. Each SGH member will contact various Hull groups to help with assembling the task force to find ways to achieve the goal of 100% clean energy. Attend monthly Light Board Meetings. Face Book Page 2017 Sustainable Greener Hull Events: All Year: Solar Hull events. (see website: www.solarhull.org); Also Gas leaks in Hull; Electric Car events; Attending Hull Light Board Meetings; Attended 350.org S. Shore Node Meetings. 2016 Sustainable Greener Hull Events: All year: A few SGH Members attend monthly Hull Light Board Meetings and the Hingham/Hull Green Energy Group meetings. July and following months: Solar Hull, a Community Project: www.solarhull.org Solar Tour: October 22 and 30th. Organized in coordination with the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour month. http://www.ases.org/solar-tour/ 2015 Sustainable Greener Hull Events: 4/19 Breakfast Social at the Weir River Estuary Center. All year: A few SGH Members attended Hull Light Board Meetings and the Hingham/Hull Green Energy group meetings. 2014 Sustainable Greener Hull Events: March 9th Annual Winter Social: Speakers: Turner Bledsoe of 350Mass S. Shore Node about MA Divestment Bill and other Speakers. Recycling info. and reminders added to the SGH website by Nancy Kramer. Supported the Updated Bottle Bill (UBB) for many years. Nancy Kramer and Judeth Van Hamm collected signatures in Fall of 2013 and Spring of 2014 for the November Ballot. Unsuccessful Ballot Initiative 11/4/14 Local Municipal Net Metering Initiative: nonbinding Question #5: Passed in all three Towns that it was on the Ballot including Hull. Helped with the Hull Community Garden: Paul Mahoney and Patrick Guiney helped with building the garden plots. Hull Walking Map: Judeth Van Hamm is working on the map and business cards. 2013 Sustainable Greener Hull Events NESEA Green Open House Tour: Oct, 5 and Oct. 13: Judeth Van Hamm organized the Green Open Houses at the Weir River Estuary Center and at a private passive heated home in Hull. Updated Bottle Bill Petition Signatures: Judeth Van Hamm and Nancy Kramer collected signatures for Hull and surrounding Towns at Hull's Endless Summer, various Farmer's Markets and other Events. Judeth contacted Sustainable South Shore Chapters to help them get involved. Annual Winter Social: Speaker: Judy Dorner, Hull Community Garden (HCG). SGH volunteers will be helping to construct the planting boxes for the Hull Community Garden and other HCG projects. 10th Annual Sustainable Living Expo - 2013 , a joint event was planned with the Hull Chamber 2nd Annual Nantasket Home Show, was scheduled for Feb. 2013, but was cancelled by the Chamber on Jan. 8, 2013. 2012 Sustainable Greener Hull Expo and other Events Oct. 6, 2012: South Shore Celebration, Marshfield Fairgrounds - a Local Food and Sustainable Living Event www.southshorecelebration.com and NESEA Green Buildings Open House Tour: www.NESEA.org June, July, August 2012: Hull Walking Tours April 30, 2012: Film: Carbon Nation at Temple Beth Sholom, Hull. carbon nation is an optimistic, solutions-based, non-preachy, non-partisan, film that shows tackling climate change boosts the economy, increases national & energy security and promotes health & a clean environment. March 13 Meeting : www.meatlessmonday.com/ ; new SGH website; Hull Chamber Community Events; Feb. 26 Social: Social, Music, Gardens at the Estuary Center. We started with banjo and mandolin music played by Jared Reineck. Then got tips for growing vegetable gardens, including heirloom tomatoes, from experienced Hull gardeners, including Ernie Lavoie, Jared Reineck and others. Patrick Guiney and Harriet Andler mentioned ideas from Sarah Stein’s book, Noah’s Garden, about transforming your yard to grow edible plants and also talked about their gardens. We enjoyed MA cider and fair trade coffee, thanks to Riddle’s Supermart in Hull, and various donated homemade desserts. Feb. 4, 2012 9th Annual Expo Companies and Non-profit Organizations attending: > Tree Top Wind www.mannpowersolutions.com > Second Generation Energy www.sgegroup.com > Northern Green, LLC www.northerngreen.biz > Pro Energy Consultants www.targetinspections.com > Go Green Web Directory www.gogreenwebdirectory.com > Green Automotive www.greenautomotive.com > Renewable Energy Systems, LLC www.ressolar.com > Pearl's Premium, Inc. www.pearlspremium.com > REI www.rei.com/boston > Aquarion Water www.aquarionwater.com > South Shore Mobility www.southshoremobility.com > Hull Wind Turbines 1 & 2: www.hullwind.org > Boston's Best Cruises Commuter Ferry: www.bostonsbestcruises.com > Braintree Toyota www.toyotaofbraintree.com > Holly Hill Organic Farm www.hollyhillfarm.org > Green Koala www.greenkoala.net > edible South Shore www.ediblesouthshore.com > Sustainable Greener Hull www.sustainablehull.org > Sustainable South Shore www.sustainablesouthshore.org > Mass Climate Action Network www.massclimateaction.net Thank you to the Nantasket Beach Resort, for the space and the Hull Nantasket Chamber for inviting Sustainable Greener Hull to have our annual Expo with their first annual Nantasket Home Show. See www.hullchamber.com for their Nantasket Home Show information. 2012 Sustainable Living Expo Sponsors: Fruit Center Marketplace (Hingham, Milton): www.fruitcentermarketplace.com; Solectria Renewables, LLC (Lawrence): www.solren.com; Michael Neusse, Attorney (Hingham): www.nuesselaw.com Riddles Supermart (Hull) www.riddlessupermart.com; Nantasket Pharmacy (Hull) www.nantasketpharmacy.com Information Tables: Hull organizations and Town Departments; Hull Land ConservationTrust (HLCT); Weir River Watershed Association (WRWA); Hull Health Department; Hull Municipal Light. Other organizations: South Shore Recycling Co-op (SSRC); North South River Watershed Association (NSRWA); Mass Audubon South Shore Sanctuaries; South Shore Natural Science Center (SSNSC); The Trustees of the Reservations (TTOR): MA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); 2011 Sustainable Greener Hull Events January: Membership Breakfast Social at the Weir River Estuary Center March: Hull Clothesline Ongoing Photo Contest - Save Energy. Send your Hull clothesline photos to: Patrick Guiney pgt500@verizon.net . April: Sat., April 16, 2011: 8th Annual Sustainable Living Expo, Earth Day event at the DCR Mary Jeanette Murray Bathhouse, Hull. Organizer: N. Kramer nancy@sustainablesouthshore.org See: http://www.sustainablesouthshore.org/expo2011 Thanks to Volunteers and 2011 Hull and other Town Expo Sponsors: Hull: Joan Meschino; Michael Nuesse, Attorney www.nuesselaw.com (Hingham, Hull); Queen Bee Fitness Center www.queenbeefitness.com; Rockland Trust Bank www.rocklandtrust.com (Hull Branch); Lobster Express www.lobsterexpress.com; Riddles Supermart www.riddlessupermart.com; Jakes Seafood Restaurant www.JakesSeafood.com; Cut 'n Dry Salon, www.cutndryetc.com Go Green Web Directory www.gogreenwebdirectory.com (Marshfield); Fruit Center Marketplace www.fruitcentermarketplace.com (Hingham, Milton); May: Sat., May 14: Pedal the Peninsula, 9 am to noon, (rain date, May 15). (selfguided) Deb Issokson hullbikeracks@gmail.com October: Sat., Oct. 1: NESEA Green Homes Tour - Weir River Estuary Center, Hull Sat., Oct. 8: South Shore Celebration, Marshfield - a Local Food and Sustainable Living Event www.southshorecelebration.com 2010 back to 2004 - see Sustainable South Shore Link for Earth Day Sustainable Living Expos and Festivals. First one was 2004 in July held outdoors. 2005 to 2011 held inside at the MJ Murray Bathhouse in Hull. The Feb. 2012 Expo was held inside the Nantasket Hotel with the Hull Nantasket Chamber businesses. Nancy Kramer, Expo Organizer. |
 2009
Many people from Plymouth to
Weymouth, MA met at World’s End
in Hingham. This photo was sent to
350.org. Selectmen from Hull and
Cohasset spoke to the gathering.
Thank you to The Trustees of
Reservations for sponsoring the
event and arranging for a
professional photographer.
Thank you to all of you who helped send these great photos to www.350.org to the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen in December, 2009. The '350 photos' are from 5200+ places around the globe. Click here to see them. |
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