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.
What Does Hanover’s Town Arborist Do?
On Wed., June 4th, Sustainable Hanover held a Zoom presentation featuring Hanover’s Town Arborist, Asa Metcalf, who talked about his many duties as Hanover’s town arborist since 2013. Asa is working on a long-term project to inventory all of Hanover’s trees.
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.