Mayor Walsh in the kitchen with GreeningRozzie

Photo by Renée DeKona

By Eric Smalley

GreeningRozzie members had a fun time cooking and eating together at the community cooking event on Saturday. It was also a great opportunity to share ideas for making Roslindale greener. We were joined by Mayor Marty Walsh, city counselor Tim McCarthy and Sheila Dillon, chief of the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development.

We prepared and enjoyed a range of vegetarian dishes and talked about GreeningRozzie’s projects, including our plans to attract maker spaces to Roslindale. We also looked at a compilation of quotes from the mayoral candidates drawn from their responses to the Neighborhoods for Climate Accountability survey during the campaign. The quotes highlight many good ideas we’d like to see the city follow up on.

Mayor Walsh showed his stuff, both with a kitchen cutting board and in responding to questions about city environmental issues ranging from planting and maintaining street trees to next steps in the struggle to have our voices heard about the West Roxbury Lateral pipeline.

Photo by Renée DeKona

Here are more photos taken by the mayor’s office. Watch for future community cooking events.

Protesters mark route of planned West Roxbury pipeline

By Eric Smalley

A pair of protesters spray-painted a line along the route of the planned West Roxbury Lateral high-pressure natural gas pipeline last month. The proposed pipeline would pass through densely populated residential neighborhoods, including a stretch of heavily trafficked Washington Street, and terminate across the street from the active West Roxbury Quarry.

The intersection of Washington and Grove Streets in West Roxbury

Here’s Universal Hub's coverage of the protesters’ action:
Protesters don hard hats, wield spray paint in protest against West Roxbury pipeline

For the latest updates on the pipeline and efforts to block it, check out West Roxbury Saves Energy’s pipeline page:
West Roxbury Lateral pipeline updates from WRSE

Here are our previous blog posts on the topic:
Residents say no to West Roxbury pipeline
West Roxbury pipeline: health, safety and climate at risk

Grove Street, approaching the West Roxbury Quarry