Don’t Treat Soil Like Dirt

by Tilly Pick The evening of September 4th with the Boston Area Sustainability Group started like no other. Yes, it once again was a diverse group of sustainability-minded people: professionals deeply involved in the topic; “students”; career switchers and networkers; activists and advocates. All of them were passionate and curious. And, it once again was an …

Riding the Wave of Sustainability

by Aaron Hersum I’m going to just go ahead and say it: we might need to do Invite to Ignite more often. Someone actually said that to me as I was leaving our second iteration of the BASG version of speed-dating with sustainability organizations, except at this event making meaningful connections is the norm. Before …

GMOs: More than a Just a Label

By Aaron Hersum After a long summer hiatus, I walked into the Boston Area Sustainability Group's recent GMO event looking forward to finally getting an answer to my burning GMO question: are they healthy? I left the event knowing that I would write about a topic I have particularly strong feelings towards: lobbying. Over the …