Happy Earth Day, Boston. We’re making our city a more resilient, sustainable, and affordable home for everyone by mitigating the impacts of climate change and helping our neighbors save money with clean energy.
Boston Office of Green Infrastructure
@green-infrastructure.boston.gov
Official Bluesky account of the City of Boston's Office of Green Infrastructure. Green infrastructure is essential to making Boston a greener, more resilient & equitable city. https://www.boston.gov/departments/green-infrastructure
Happy Earth Day! Help Boston and it's green infrastructure stay green by picking up your trash and preventing littering! Learn more about green infrastructure by visiting boston.gov/green-infrastructure
Stop by our table tomorrow (3/23) and Tuesday (3/24) during arrival and dismissal at Higginson-Lewis K-8 School and share your thoughts on proposed safety improvements!
The Office of Green Infrastructure's rain barrel giveaway is BACK! Rain barrels are an easy way you can capture rainwater to reuse outdoors. Sign up now for a chance to win a free rain barrel by visiting boston.gov/rain-barrel
We want to hear from you! Help us plan future green infrastructure projects to address flooding in Boston by completing our brief resident survey! Visit bit.ly/3OBYeXX to complete the survey
Due to weather conditions, this community meeting to kickoff our new project to restore part of Canterbury Brook and its wetlands is now virtual via Zoom. The Zoom meeting can be joined at 6:30pm on Feb 26 by visiting bit.ly/bnc-2-26 Find out more about this community meeting at crwa.org/events
Join us and our partners next week at the Boston Nature Center in Mattapan for a community meeting to learn more about our new project to restore part of Canterbury Brook and its wetlands, and provide your input! Find out more about this community meeting at crwa.org/events
The Office of Green Infrastructure's rain barrel giveaway is BACK! Rain barrels are an easy way you can capture rainwater to reuse outdoors. Sign up now for a chance to win a free rain barrel by visiting boston.gov/rain-barrel
Last week, the Boston Community-Based Flood Resilience project team presented results from our flood survey and shared resources along with our community partners. We appreciate everyone who joined us in-person and on Zoom! boston.gov/flood-survey Photo credit: Charles River Watershed Association
Now YOU can vote on how to spend a part of the City of Boston's budget! Visit boston.gov/participate to learn more about other proposals like Green my Block, and vote for up to 5 projects that would have the biggest impact on your community. Voting ends February 15th. Make your voice heard!
Ideas in Action is Boston's Participatory Budgeting initiative, where residents decide how to spend some of the City's budget. Over the next month, you can VOTE for the projects that will have the best impact! Visit Boston.gov/participate, get to know the project ideas, and vote them into action!
Join us on February 3rd, from 6-8pm, at the Civic Pavilion to learn how the results of our Boston Flood Survey are being used, get access to local resources, and explore the updated flood viewer tool! Visit bit.ly/bostonclimatesocial to register for in-person attendance or join virtually on Zoom
Max Rome is OGI’s new Director of Green Infrastructure. Max lives in Allston and brings experience advancing nature based designs from his time with the Charles River Watershed Association, and from his research into the restoration of the Charles River during his Ph.D at Northeastern University.
Ronak Sathyanarayana is OGI’s new Special Projects Manager. He joins OGI from Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation. As their Environmental Justice Specialist, he worked on green workforce development, climate justice advocacy, and community organizing in Dorchester and Mattapan.
Rain is here, Boston! You know what that means - time to visit boston.gov/flood-survey and bookmark the Flood Survey. Take some photos today and tomorrow and submit your responses this week. Stay tuned for GI planning next steps. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, everyone!
Join the Office of Green Infrastructure! We're hiring a Director of Green Infrastructure. Visit boston.gov/jobs and apply today!
With Boston experiencing severe heat emergencies over the last month, green infrastructure is more vital than ever in keeping us cool. Plants absorb heat from the air, and their shade cools sidewalks, streets, and buildings.
Site Spotlight #11: The Edgewater Drive Rain Garden! The swath of red, stamped brick that used to occupy the corner of this intersection has been replaced with a rain garden. This garden will treat stormwater from the intersection and lessen heat when temperatures rise!
Over the past 6 months, we’ve collected and mapped community reports of flooding across Boston. Now, we want to share with you what we’ve learned and discuss next steps. Join the conversation on Monday, 6/23 at 6pm, in-person at the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, or virtually on Zoom.
We retrofit a median along Blue Hill Avenue, between Castlegate Road and Washington Street, allowing it to host new bioswales! The bioswales, planted with native shrubs, grasses, and perennials, filter and infiltrate stormwater from the abutting streets to prevent flooding and pollution.
