Who we are

North Quabbin Energy is an informal group of people in north-central Massachusetts who are concerned about issues relating to energy use. We seek to educate ourselves and our neighbors about the true social and environmental costs of our current energy consumption patterns. We also work to find ways of changing our individual and collective habits of energy use through conservation, use of renewable fuels, and support for local and regional enterprises that reduce our dependence on imported resources.

What's happening

Next meeting : Monday, February 22, 6:30 p.m.

Millers River Environmental Center
100 Main Street, Athol

First annual local food forum Feb. 20 in Orange

Interested in local agriculture, sustainability, gardening? Come to the first annual
local food forum on Saturday February 20, 10am to 3PM (Snow date Feb 21)
at the Orange Innovation Center, 131 West Main Street, Orange. Click here for more information.

North Quabbin Home, Living, and Energy Expo

The annual Home Show, featuring vendors with energy-related ideas and products,
will be held at Athol High School on Saturday, March 20, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
More details coming soon (or call the North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce, 978-249-3849, for info).

Remembering Don Audet (1921-2010)

Town energy committees meet!

North Quabbin Energy sponsored a well-attended gathering of people from town energy committees in the area on December 3, at Millers River Environmental Center in Athol. Below, participants listen to a panel of speakers describing projects accomplished so far. For more photos click here.

Do you know about 350?

North Quabbin Energy was one of thousands of groups worldwide that held special events on October 24, 2009, to publicize the figure "350" ahead of the UN Climate Treaty talks in Copenhagen. Click here for photos of our event and here for more on the global 350 campaign.

Info and concerns about biomass

A proposed biomass plant in Greenfield has prompted many questions about this form of producing power. Click here for our page of FAQs about biomass, our concerns about this plant, and some ways you can respond to the proposal.