The Future of Sustainable Transportation in Hanover
Town “Ready for 100” goals include 100% renewable energy for transportation by 2050. We can see students walking and bicycling to school, Advance Transit rider numbers going up, Dartmouth administrators walking to lunch…
Annual Community Yard Sale for 2026 - Another Success
On Saturday, September 5, between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, over 2,000 folks showed up seeking bargains and a way to rid themselves of unneeded clothes, tools, books and other assorted things.
265/250th Birthday Celebration!
There was a grand turnout at the Dartmouth Green on July 4 to celebrate Hanover’s 265th and the Nation’s 250th birthday.
Ray School 4th Graders Take the Lead!
This spring, students in Elizabeth Adams’4th Grade class at the Bernice E. Ray School took on a big question: How can humans use natural resources to meet their energy needs?
Small Forests, Big Impacts
Finding ways to mitigate the effects of climate change—from extreme weather events, to droughts, to species extinctions—is vital to our future. So, what does this all have to do with forests? Forests help mitigate the effects of climate change by sequestering carbon, creating healthy micro-climates, building habitat for insects, birds and animals, and providing buffers against extreme heat and drought, flooding, and air pollution, not to mention improving our overall mental health.
A Tool for Estimating Rooftop Solar Potential
On Friday, June 5th Master of Engineering and Management students Maria Paz Muramatsu, Prajwal Prasad, and Aishwarya Shankar presented a web-based tool for estimating the overall capacity and feasibility of rooftop solar for individual Hanover homes.
Styrofoam Recycling!
It’s time to gather your styrofoam for the Hanover/Norwich Styrofoam and String Light Collection. On June 27th from 10am -12 Noon we will be at the Richmond Middle School at 63 Lyme Rd. in Hanover.
Upper Valley Upgrades: Nifty New Tool for Hanover Homeowners
As a capstone project for their final year at Dartmouth and under the auspices of faculty advisor Erin Mayfield, engineering students Aidan Curtis, Liz Kendrick, Ian Moore, and Ryan Proulx spent the fall ’25 and winter ‘26 terms creating a web-based tool to help Hanover residents make their homes more energy efficient.
It’s Spring! Look Up! Cherish the Tree Flowers.
As the sun rises earlier and higher in the sky, look up and appreciate some of earliest signs of nature’s essential regrowth in the trees.
Sustainable Hanover Sponsors Workshops on Energy Efficiency
In 2017 the Town of Hanover committed to transition to 100% reliance on renewable energy sources for electricity by 2030 and heating/cooling and transportation by 2050. Sustainable Hanover is sponsoring a series of educational workshops on energy efficiency to help the town to reach those goals.
4th Meeting of Hanover’s Largest Energy Consumers
Sustainable Hanover convened the fourth meeting of Hanover’s Largest Energy Users (LEEK) on Friday, January 23, in partnership with Robin Tindall of Hypertherm Associates. Previous meetings were hosted by the Town of Hanover, CRREL, and Dartmouth College.
Sustainable Hanover Walking Tour
In collaboration with Antioch College and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Dartmouth College hosted in mid-September the sixth biannual conference on “promoting a rural Northeast region that is climate resilient, equitable, economically revitalized, and decarbonized.” Organizers invited Sustainable Hanover to showcase some of the Town’s sustainability initiatives, including a walking tour of downtown Hanover and brief presentations at Town Hall.
Local Solutions Conferences
Local action on climate change has always been important, and perhaps never more so than in the current period while we have drastically reduced support from our federal and state governments. This September, two conferences sought to help attendees by providing a forum for them to share and network with others also promoting local action.
Apparel Impact Report
Apparel Impact (http://apparelimpact.com) is a New Hampshire-based organization run by veterans that focuses on textile diversion from landfills. Eighty-five percent of discarded clothing ends up in landfills but 60% of that can be reused in some way, and that is a goal of Apparel Impact.
Window Dressers Update
For the fifth year in a row, the Norwich Energy Committee and Sustainable Hanover completed a Window Dressers Build. This year, the Lyme Energy Committee joined the effort. When completed, 235 inserts were constructed for 33 households.
4th of July Celebration -- Productive, Fun, Harmonious!
Thanks to the generosity of key community partners, Sustainable Hanover (SH) had a productive and fun experience participating in Hanover’s 29th Annual 4th of July celebration. Our challenge was to highlight our values and priorities while embracing the theme of this year’s celebration – “Hanover in Harmony.”
What Do We Know About Local Waste Reduction?
At Hanover’s 4th of July celebration, Sustainable Hanover (SH) invited people to take a quick fun quiz about local waste reduction. Quiz results showed participants had excellent knowledge in some areas, and gaps in a few others.
Help Celebrate National Sun Day: Sunday, September 21, 2025
Saturday, September 21, 2025, will be a national day of action to celebrate the power of clean energy. The day will be full of events highlighting the capacity of solar panels, wind turbines and batteries to reduce greenhouse gases, lower costs, create new jobs, and strengthen our communities.
Summer Yard Sale Great Success!
The Yard Sale was really terrific this year. There were 82 different sellers either all kinds of stuff from clothing to fishing gear, household goods including lamps rugs and china to games and lots of different sports equipment.
Free Upper Valley EV Expo Sept. 6
Come see an expected 20 different kinds of electric vehicles and talk to individual owners or local dealers at the free Upper Valley EV Expo on Saturday, September 6 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hartford Town Hall and Lyman Point Park, 171 Bridge Street, White River Junction.