With a winter of rising home heating costs ahead, it’s time to learn how to achieve better home energy efficiency and why you should install a heat pump, the most sustainable heating system.

Beverly residents have multiple options available to them for home composting. Composting is beneficial for the environment because it reduces the waste stream, improves soil health, cuts methane emissions from landfills, lessens erosion, conserves water, and reduces personal food waste. 

Beverly is currently home to sixteen charging stations for electric vehicles. In celebration of National Drive Electric Week, we wanted to give you a little background on where EVs came from.

whether your Beverly student brings a lunchbox or they’re eating what the school provides, there are ways to achieve a more environmentally-friendly, sustainable school lunch. 

The first rule of a more sustainable lifestyle is always to reduce consumption. For greener back to school shopping, in Beverly or anywhere, start by assessing your home inventory and pruning your shopping list.

Green Beverly has signed a lease for space in the Cummings Center to build a Sustainability Exhibit/Experience—a sustainability resource for Beverly residents and businesses that want to shift to be more environmentally friendly.

There are two ways your influence as an educator can create a ripple effect of sustainable action that reaches far beyond your school: by engaging your students in the choices you make to run a low-waste, low-energy classroom, and by encouraging them to take leadership on green issues that interest them.

You may not think driving to school comes with a significant carbon cost. After all, in Beverly, you’re likely to only be a couple of miles away.