What do Harvard, Tufts and MIT eco scientists, who also happen to be at the top of this country's sustainability leaders, get really juiced about when they're not 24/7 on ground breaking projects? Based on a conversation we all had this week, it's "weatherization barnraisings" like the ones here in Cambridge where dozens of people decend on someone's house to do a day blitz of weatherization interventions. In this recipe, the host offers 4 gifts: 1 energy inefficient but actionable house, required materials, pizza and beer. The exciting outcome: people take home enthusiasm for their own possibilities and experience a rich and palpable sense of community based on the sustainability synergy of ideology and pragmatics.
