Hanover Hygiene Heroes
Environment, Community Alice Pettus Environment, Community Alice Pettus

Hanover Hygiene Heroes

There are many clubs at Hanover High School that focus on helping to save our environment. One of the more notable clubs is the Hanover Hygiene Heroes, who have made it their goal to “relieve Hanover of its pollution, one week at a time.” The club began when students were on a lunch trip to the Co-op. 

Read More
Successful Styrofoam Collection!
Community, Environment Yolanda Baumgartner Community, Environment Yolanda Baumgartner

Successful Styrofoam Collection!

Thanks to everyone for contributing to the successful Hanover/Norwich Styrofoam/Lights collection on Saturday, January 25, 2025!

Intrepid volunteers including teens from Youth in Action and the Hanover High School Environmental Club, nonagenarians from Kendal, and all ages in-between braved the frigid temperature to get the job done! Through  their  efforts, they took in 253 loads brought by car and walk-ins. 

Read More
Window Dressers Update
Energy Dennis Robison Energy Dennis Robison

Window Dressers Update

The Norwich/Hanover Windows Dresser Build finished its fourth year a day early!  Scheduled September 29-October 2 at the Norwich Congregational Church, 115 volunteers built 237 inserts for 25 households and rewrapped 15 inserts for 6 households.  Finishing a day early is likely due to having many more experienced volunteers.

Read More
Decarbonizing Concrete
Environment Sustainable Hanover Environment Sustainable Hanover

Decarbonizing Concrete

Most people don’t realize that concrete accounts for 7 percent of all greenhouse emissions.  It does so in two ways.  First, the chemical transformation of limestone into cement, the main ingredient in most concrete, emits carbon dioxide.  Second, this chemical process requires a very hot kiln, almost always using fuel that emits carbon dioxide. This is bad news given how widely concrete is used in our buildings and infrastructure.  The good news is there are a growing number of ways to significantly reduce its carbon emissions and even use new mixtures of concrete to store carbon removed from the atmosphere. 

Read More
Yard Sale 2024!
Community Susan Edwards Community Susan Edwards

Yard Sale 2024!

For the 13th year, dozens of local residents, having paid a small fee, gathered in the Dewey Lot to sell their excess stuff. In spite of an ominous weather forecast, the weather stayed fine.  Many wonderful volunteers came together to help throughout the month, the few days before and especially on the big day. 

Read More
Sustainable Hanover is Celebrating its 15th Anniversary!
Community Yolanda Baumgartner Community Yolanda Baumgartner

Sustainable Hanover is Celebrating its 15th Anniversary!

Sustainable Hanover (SH) began in 2009 when the Hanover Select Board, citing “a growing body of evidence (that) suggests communities like Hanover must pay increasingly close attention to issues associated with climate change, peak oil consumption and sustainability”, decided to address this need by creating the Sustainable Hanover Committee (later renamed as SH). Hanover’s existing Recycling Committee was re-organized to become SH’s first task force. SH has grown tremendously over these 15 years.

Read More