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Urban Pastorals

@urbanpastorals.bsky.social
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A participatory project, Urban Pastorals brings together #Somerville, MA, USA-area residents, workers, volunteers, and visitors in small acts of attending to, and tending, our shared ecosystems. UrbanPastorals.com

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Urban Pastorals @urbanpastorals.bsky.social · 18h
#Massachusetts #YesOn6 Nature for All Fund to protect forests, family farms, and wetlands; build new parks and greenspaces; add and improve trails, river paths, and greenways; and preserve the land near critical waterways to prevent pollution from entering our rivers and streams.
Yes on Question 6 MA campaign flyer, in blue, green, and orange.
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Urban Pastorals @urbanpastorals.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#Somerville #HonkFest Sunday! Wall, roll, move, and dance with our coalition for a healthy ecosystem. Because Earth is for all of us. Meetup 11 a.m. Day St parking lot; parade at noon. The membership of our coalition has grown and now includes Climate Crisis Cabaret and Rewilding MA.
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Urban Pastorals @urbanpastorals.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Join #Somerville MA community leaders to explore how we can grow city-wide efforts to mitigate #climate harms and restore #biodiversity during a period of federal setbacks. 10/17, 3-5 p.m. Somerville Community Growing Center. Free event followed by open social time. Please RSVP: bit.ly/4jkQnez
Event flyer in green, orange, and yellow.
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Urban Pastorals @urbanpastorals.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hand holding a zine with cover in yellows and greens against an orange nasturtium plant.
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Urban Pastorals @urbanpastorals.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Learning the history of #Somerville MA's Free Range Sculpture Garden, with @doormouse12.bsky.social's and @alexxkittle.bsky.social's wonderful zine. Check it out at timdevin.com/gardenzine.h.... #DavisSquare #CommunityPath #UrbanPastorals
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The free range sculpture garden: fighting boredom and apathy in all dimensions of time and space
The free range sculpture garden: fighting boredom and apathy in all dimensions of time and space
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Urban Pastorals @urbanpastorals.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Congratulations to @urbanpastorals.bsky.social contributor Lizzie Rutberg on her exhibition at Rooted Cafe, @artsatthearmory.bsky.social in #Somerville MA. Opening reception Saturday 10 October 3-5 p.m. Image: Walnut St (2025) by Lizzie Rutberg, at urbanpastorals.com
Guache painting of a mansard-style home, looking up from the street. The building is shaded in lilac with golden light streaming from the windows.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 01/10/2026
While people are losing their lives, homes, and livelihoods, the real culprits of the #climatecrisis continue to profit off the destruction. It's time to #makepolluterspay. Sign the petition:
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Polluters broke it, we're paying for it. Make Polluters Pay
Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay.
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Extinction Rebellion Boston @xrboston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
RIGHT NOW: Activists disrupt #Boston outside the NECA Fuels Conference at Federal Reserve Plaza, demanding no new fossil fuel infrastructure. Join us - we're here until 9:30. Tell dirty fuel companies they have no place in #Mass. xrboston.org/news/xr-bost...
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Extinction Rebellion Boston @xrboston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
September's report from the UN Environment Programme says Earth will exceed 1.5°C increase by 2025. Meanwhile today's Northeast Energy & Commerce Association's Fuels Conference includes speakers from Shell & American Gas Association. Explore if you want to be horrified: necanews.org/events/2026-...
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Urban Pastorals @urbanpastorals.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thanks to everyone who joined us in the garden yesterday evening for a reading by #ElizabethBradfield and an open mic. You were awesome! #Somerville MA #SomervilleCommunityGrowingCenter
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Urban Pastorals @urbanpastorals.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tomorrow (Tuesday) at the #SomervilleCommunityGrowingCenter!
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Urban Pastorals @urbanpastorals.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
HONK! parade returns Sunday 11 October at noon. Join Somerville, MA-area environmental groups at HONK! Fest 2026 as we walk, roll, and dance for a healthy ecosystem for all living beings! bit.ly/4xLKryF @earthwiseaware.bsky.social @cityofsomerville.bsky.social @csindie.bsky.social
Flyer with photo of folks marching in bee costumes, holding banner reading "Earth for All."
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Urban Pastorals @urbanpastorals.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Poetry with Elizabeth Bradfield Reading from SOFAR Tuesday, September 29, 6:30-8:00 pm Rain Date: Saturday, October 3, 4:30-6:00 pm Featured set by Bradfield followed by an open mic for anyone to share a poem (3 minute time limit, can be original or a cover). Signup www.thegrowingcenter.org/2026
Flyer reading "Poetry Reading in the Garden," with a photo of a woman in a red parka and grey stocking cap, and a cover of the book "SOFAR."
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Urban Pastorals @urbanpastorals.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Building Somerville’s Capacity to Respond Saturday 17 October, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Rain date: Sunday 18 October, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.) Followed by open social time. The Somerville Community Growing Center 22 Vinal Ave, Somerville, MA RSVP: bit.ly/4jkQnez #SomervilleMA #TheGrowingCenter
Flyer for Convening "Building Somerville's Capacity to Respond," in green with yellow and orange abstract flowers.
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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Somerville is the birthplace of yoga in the United States. The Museum of Modern Renaissance, transformed into an art installation by Russian artists in 2002, is where Paramahansa Yogananda first introduced yoga philosophy to America in 1920.
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Urban Pastorals @urbanpastorals.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
URBAN PASTORALS Facilitating conversations among #Somerville, MA, USA communities and individuals by building awareness of our shared #environments. A participatory project bringing folks together in small acts of attending to, and tending, our shared ecosystems. urbanpastorals.com
Flyer in green, white and black announcing the Urban Pastorals project.
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