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Tag: Foundation for a Green Future

  • Tuesday, March 22, 1:00 pm – 4th Annual Massachusetts Water Forum: Water on My Mind

    The 4th Annual Massachusetts Water Forum, hosted by the Foundation for a Green Future, Inc. in honor of World Water Day, will rethink water management as the Commonwealth prepares for a changing climate.

    The Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) will present a game-changing plan to transform the way we manage water in our urban and suburban spaces. The forum will encourage all participants to pose questions, add their insights, and think about new designs, systems and resource uses.

    Participants may join us for one or more segment of this program on Tuesday, March 22 at the BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston. The 4th Annual Massachusetts Water Forum is brought to you thanks to our partners:

    The Office of Representative Chris Walsh
    Boston Society of Architects
    Charles River Watershed Association
    City of Boston
    MWRA (Massachusetts Water Resources Authority)
    Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC)
    Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
    Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
    Green Schools

    We have the privilege of welcoming the Commonwealth’s Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Matthew Beaton, and
    GUEST KEYNOTE SPEAKER from Washington,DC Wenonah Hauter (pictured below), Executive Director of Food & Water Watch, author of Frackopoly. For more information visit http://foundationforagreenfuture.org/blue/4th_annual_mass_water_forum.

  • Thursday, August 15 – Saturday, August 17 – Boston GreenFest

    Boston GreenFest is organized by the Foundation for a Green Future, Inc. As the region’s largest multicultural environmental festival, Boston GreenFest celebrates the many ways we can create a better world by greening our lives and our communities. Turn your world around and have fun at the same time! Free admission at Boston City Hall Plaza at Government Center. Bring your own reuseable water bottle to Boston GreenFest. To help raise awareness about the wastefulness of plastic water bottles, Boston GreenFest will provide free drinking water to everyone. MWRA will help us provide fresh cold water for all festival goers using a special portable water fountain. The Foundation for a Green Future, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring a green future for our planet and is proud to host this event. We teach, support and model sustainable ways to live for ourselves and our children. Green roofs are an important part of the solution. This festival will go beyond our roofs. It will get to the core of GREEN SOLUTIONS for our entire Boston Community. Native American Drum & Dance Ceremony will launch Boston GreenFest 2013 on the Main Stage, Thursday, August 15th at 5 pm. Annawon Weeden will lead the ceremony with friends and family of Wampanoag and Narragansett heritage. The One Gallon ChallengeTM is a “race” to Boston GreenFest to see how long one gallon of gas will last. On display at City Hall Plaza will be a group of cars you’ve never seen before. For more information visit www.bostongreenfest.org.

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