To highlight the importance of water and resource conservation in anticipation of the summer months, WRSE distributed free reusable water bottles at the annual Corrib 5K Road Race in West Roxbury on June 7. The PB-free bottles, donated by the MWRA, were given out to encourage reuse and to reduce the 2 million disposable bottles thrown away every 5 minutes in the United States. Read More »

WRSE Steering Committee member Karen Sauer again donned her outfit of 350 plastic bags (representing the number of plastic bags the average person uses each year) to bring attention to our need to reduce the use of plastic bags, which ruin the environment and use millions of gallons of petroleum annually to produce. Macy’s Liquors and CVS generously donated Read More »

As a community partner in West Roxbury Reads 2009, WRSE gave away reusable bags to attendees of several events associated with the WRR programming. The featured community book was Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food, and Pollan’s culminating talk of the WRR series drew an attendance of more than 700 people on May 12. Read More »

This is not a Halloween costume, but it is still pretty scary—it’s how many plastic bags the typical person uses every year. In a pitch to get shoppers to stop using plastic bags, WRSE staked out in front of Roche Bros. and gave away nearly 500 reusable canvas shopping bags generously donated by Roche Bros. The outfit of bags, created and worn by WRSE member Karen Sauer, consists of 365 plastic bags and illustrates how even one person can make a difference Read More »