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Sustainable Pinehills The Monthly News June 2025
What we’ve been up to…
May was a busy month, beginning with Mass Audubon’s popular Birds and Climate program in the Cabana. We’ve continued our collaborations with other local groups, supporting recycling initiatives, political action on food waste, and educational programs in local schools.
Read on for what this month has in store…
Did you know that textiles are banned from disposal in Massachusetts?
We’ll be hosting a textile drive on June 21st and 22nd from 10am - 2pm at the Stonebridge Club. Learn more about accepted items here.
Fast Fashion is an environmental disaster, and in 2022, Massachusetts banned textiles from disposal. Please do your part to keep textiles from our waste stream!
Have you heard? The Farmer’s Market is back!
Book Love is hosting a monthly Farmer’s Market on the Green. Eating locally and supporting local vendors is one of the best ways to promote human and community health.
And don’t forget about the Southcoast Eat Local summer challenge if you want to learn more. For four weeks, you’ll be guided in sourcing, buying and preparing local and seasonal food.
Finding Common Ground
Common Ground is the popular follow up to the documentary Kiss the Ground that further explores the importance of soil health, and the harmful effects of glyphosate (Round Up) on both environmental and human health. It’s available to stream for free on Prime Video.
Good news! The Plymouth Board of Health passed a restriction on the use of glyphosate in public and town spaces. Check out these alternatives to Round Up for weed control in your own yard.
Love the environment and love to read? Join one of our groups!
Sustainable Pinehills, Sustainable Plymouth and Sustainable Redbrook all have book groups that read similar titles. Next month, Sustainable Pinehills will be discussing Rebecca Solnit's No Straight Road Takes You There (reach out to klirosi@gmail.com if you’d like to join us!)
In October, we’ll have a special event to bring all three groups together to share great food, great drinks and great conversation about the titles we’ve read. No preparation is necessary, and you can catch up on it all here!
Listen, Watch, Learn
There is no shortage of bad news about the environment these days, but there is a lot of progress being made, too. Check out these links for inspiring, hopeful and fascinating breakthroughs happening across the globe:
Mending clothes is becoming a quiet, powerful rebellion against fast fashion.
Check out this company that is scaling innovative solutions to packaging, meat production and fashion and textiles using mycelium (yep, mushrooms!).
Over half the world’s coral reefs are under threat. This new gel could be a game changer.
Clean, renewable energy continues to grow across the globe, including in the U.S. and China.
Finally, if you have just 10 minutes, watch or listen to Angus Hervey’s latest Ted Talk. It’s inspiring.
That’s it for this month! As always, please reach out with your comments, questions and suggestions for making our community healthier and happier.
Don’t forget to visit the Sustainable Pinehills website for more great news and information about sustainable living at The Pinehills!
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