Pumpkin Toss at Memorial Beach Park

Don’t Trash It — Smash It. Community members are invited to come pitch their jack-o-lanterns into a Black Earth compost truck.

Pumpkins are 90% water, which is great for composting, but especially bad for landfills.

Come have fun tossing those pumpkins into Black Earth’s compost truck and keep them out of the waste stream. Not composting pumpkins also increases tonnage, driving costs up.

This new community event is thanks to the Town of Sharon Department of Public Works, Recreation Department and the Sustainable Sharon Coalition.

For more information, contact Recycling Coordinator Molli Denrich at mdenrich@townofsharon.org.

Art & Activities RoomCanton Public Library786 Washington St., Canton, MA, 02021
Community RoomCanton Public Library786 Washington St., Canton, MA, 02021

Join the folks from Fixit Clinic to learn and (with luck) repair! We provide the space, tools, and expert coaches to help you tinker, troubleshoot, and perhaps fix your small appliances, toys, devices, clothing, electronics, or other items.

Request repair for your item at https://bit.ly/itemcheckin

Volunteer your skills to fix items at http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup

Join us at the Sharon Historical Society (16 High Street) for “The Past and Future of Electricity in Sharon: From the First Lights to Home Solar”

Learn about how electricity came to Sharon and hear about the Historical Society's new rooftop solar panels. Then listen to a panel discussion on the homeowner experiences with solar. Refreshments to follow.

Register on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SustainableSharonCoalition/events

Sharon Day is a celebration featuring booths by town organizations and businesses, children’s activities, live music, food and so much more! Join us!

Veterans' Memorial Park Beach

*We are still accepting volunteers for the SSC table!
Email support@sustainablesharon.org.

Join us for our Annual Meeting at Moose Hill Audubon Center

The tree planting is taking place along the boardwalk between Beech Tree Park and the boat launch parking lot. This is an area where a number of dead trees have been removed over the last few years. In addition, there has been a concerted effort to remove invasive plants from the  area as well. The new trees, red maples  and river birch will aid in absorbing excess water during heavy rain events and add native plants back to the area.

With regards to the invasive species removal, we are attempting to create an “adopt a tree” initiative where people can monitor a tree during the growing months to ensure that no invasive are growing on our around it. People can choose to adopt anywhere from 1-5 trees (or more if they so desire). The removal day event will give you hands-on experience. Please bring durable gloves and clippers if you have them, and it is suggested that you wear long sleeves and pants to prevent being exposed to poison ivy. 

How will our elected Sharon officials support our planet?

Join the SSC for a Candidates Panel for Candidates for Planning Board, Select Board, and School Committee

The meeting will be on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/3524688267

Love our Lake Walks: Please meet at the bandstand at 1:30 pm OR 2:30 pm (choose one).  Learn about Lake Massapoag's features, resilience and risks, challenges to lake health, and what you can do to help!  An information table and free Love our Lake lawn signs will also be available.

The SSC is pleased to announce the 2024 Lynn Wolbarst Sustainability Award winner is Nancy Fyler! Please join us for the award ceremony: Lake Massapoag Bandstand

Each year, the Sustainable Sharon Coalition recognizes the work of a community member of Sharon who is making strides in the environmental movement. The award is given in honor of Lynn Wolbarst’s legacy of service. The recipient of this award is an individual or organization who demonstrates outstanding contributions toward preserving and protecting the natural assets of the town of Sharon.

One Book, One Town presents:
The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin

Saturday, April 20th
7:30pm - 9pm
An Evening with the Author

Sharon High School Auditorium

Find out more about Garvin's book, this event, and the accompanying Writing Contest HERE.

Volunteers Needed!

Numerous sites across the Neponset Watershed.

This Earth Day, show your love for the Neponset River at one of NepRWA's biggest cleanups of the year. Register to volunteer with friends, family, scout group, green team, co-workers... the list goes on! They need all sorts of help - from site captains who know where the trash is, to those who check people in and catalog the finds, photographers, and of course folks to pick things up both light and heavy. Get more info and register here!

Register HERE to receive the Zoom webinar link from Ashland Public Library. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

Learn how to minimize or eliminate food wastage in your family, especially with kids. Sarah Robertson-Barnes will share easy steps to save, use, or compost food scraps so none (or little) goes into landfills! All ages are welcome.

Sarah, founder of the Sustainable in the Suburbs blog, is a freelance writer, educator, and consultant. She lives with her husband, two kids, and rescue dog outside of Toronto, Ontario. Sustainable in the Suburbs is a resource for living low waste with kids in a culture of convenience.

A note from Sarah: A sustainable lifestyle with kids is not only possible, but critically important for our future and theirs. I hope that by sharing what works for our family, you are inspired to make changes in your daily life too!

Presented in partnership with Ashland Public Library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library

Love Our Lake Campaign

Sharon Historical Society

Vendors, Speakers, Free Soil Testing, Raffles, and more!

Location: Sharon High School Cafeteria

• Composting and Recycling at 1:00 PM

• Gardening with a Bigger Purpose - Lake Friendly Plantings and Design Strategies at 2:15 PM

• Invasive Plants at 3:15 PM

• Bee Keeping - Our Pollinators at 3:30 PM

For information on how to collect your soil sample, as well as purchase tickets to the event, click HERE. 

The Town of Sharon Energy Advisory Committee has sponsored a Warrant Article for this May’s Town Meeting recommending adoption of the Specialized Stretch Code for new building construction. A Zoom meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 7:00pm to provide an understanding of the details and implications of adoption of the new Code, along with a discussion of related climate and energy initiatives that Sharon can undertake. The agenda and Zoom link are online on the Town’s website, here. 

Sustainable Sharon Coalition (SSC) fully endorses adoption of the Specialized Stretch Code and encourages members of the community to view the meeting. Ths SSC blog post gives the background and rationale for the new Code.

Public Hearing Room, 2nd floor of the Sharon Community Center

Join us in person as Gretchen Carey from Republic Services answers questions about the do’s and don't’s of recycling. She will also share how materials collected are made into new products and packaging.

Gretchen Carey has worked in the environmental field for over 15 years as a volunteer, municipal recycling coordinator, and now the Sustainability Manager of New England for Republic Services. She provides training and education on recycling, and she is President of the Board of MassRecycle. She is also co-founder of GreenLabs Recycling, the hyperlocal company for plastics recycling in laboratories.

Join Sustainable Sharon and the Sharon Historical Society for an evening that's all about keeping warm! Hear about how people have historically heated their homes in Sharon, from wood to coal to oil and gas. Then hear from a panel of your neighbors about their experience with the future of home heating: heat pumps. From the choice of contractors and equipment, to installation, to rebates and incentives, to their performance in winter and summer, we'll talk about it all. As a bonus, we'll look at the new heat pump that the Historical Society recently had installed. After the presentation and panel discussion there will be refreshments and the opportunity to mingle with our panelists. More information on our blog.

Sharon Historical Society, 16 High St, Sharon, MA 02067, USA

Where will our drinking water come from? Sharon’s municipal wells or MWRA’s Quabbin and Wachusett Reservoirs? You're invited to attend a panel discussion to learn more about this important issue. Zoom link

From purity and sustainability to long-term dependability, get the facts to make informed decisions about our most precious resource. Empower yourself with knowledge before Town Meeting and be a part of the change you want to see in our community.

Please join SSC Youth in Sharon’s annual Trunk or Treat event at Camp Everwood! Volunteers are greatly appreciated - sign up HERE!

Location: Meet at the HQ building (Well #1 at the Sharon train station on the Providence side). 

Rob Terpstra, Water Dept. Supervisor, will give an overview of the water system network.  We will walk to Well #4 on Tree Lane and explain the pump house operation and PFAS6 treatment.

We return to the train station, drive to Massapoag Ave Water Tank, and park on Briar Hill Road to learn about water storage and distribution.

Please contact Rory Mcgregor at 508-400-4719 if you have any questions.