Dec 21, 2011
Nature
Looking for something fun to do during school vacation week? Go to the forest - no matter what the weather.
The New England Forest exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History transports visitors into nature with realistic recreations of the plants, animals, fungi, and microbes that make up a...
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Dec 2, 2011
Neighbormedia
This Week in NeighborMedia: a recap of the week's captivating Cambridge stories produced by NeighborMedia correspondents at Cambridge Community Television.
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Siobhan Bredin previews the Harvard Museum of Natural History's glass sculpture exhibit "Glass Orchids" [VIDEO]: "Art and...
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Nov 28, 2011
Nature
The Cambridge City Council’s Environment Committee held a meeting on Tuesday, November 22, to announce recent accomplishments in the city’s efforts to operate more sustainably and to discuss goal setting for the next fiscal year (FY 2013).
Since the city’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas...
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Oct 23, 2011
Neighbormedia
by Mary Holbrow
Photo: A wild turkey preens and stretches his barred wings in Mount Auburn Cemetery near the grave of Harriett Lawrence Hemenway, co-founder of the Massachusetts Audubon Society. The big bird owes his comfortable existence in part to state legislation promoted by Mrs...
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Aug 19, 2011
Neighbormedia
“The city plants about 300 to 600 trees each year, which helps lower the carbon dioxide concentration that we have from heavy traffic and urban activities. The trees have to be watered and taken care of, but that doesn’t always have to involve big trucks,” Sidia Escobar said.
As she spoke she was...
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Jul 22, 2011
Neighbormedia
Worker bee collects nectar from a lavender blossom in the community garden at Elmer and Banks. She may be from a local hive -- Cambridge has at least 15 beekeepers.
by Mary Holbrow
Jeff Murray’s bees share his home on Pearl Street. They occupy a special indoor observation hive (photo...
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