Discover Green Wellfleet

Some of us have been looking at model programs around the country that are setting new standards for improving health, reducing carbon emissions, toxics and waste—and building community in the process. Some of these pioneering towns and cities are not only nearby—they are primary residences for some of our own “summer people” and tourists.

Do we want to ask these visitors and non-resident tax-payers to dumb down their environmental awareness when they come to Wellfleet? Or do we want to work with them to protect our precious resources –including the health of our citizens, visitors and future generations?

Wellfleet has been putting solar collectors on some of our public buildings. We’ve completed a successful year of community gardening. We’re making composters available at a discount. We’re offering free compost and re-usable items at the Recycling and Transfer Station (aka the dump). We have a new, dynamic Recycling Commission. We have ecologically conscious activists at every level of town, county and state government. We have many businesses, organizations, residents and visitors who want to do the right thing for the planet and for the town.

Let’s work together to move toward a greener Wellfleet!

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THE GREEN TOURIST

Stay green:

Chez Sven Bed & Breakfast
http://www.chezsven.com

“What I love the most about our green B&B is getting to share ideas with our green guests, folks who care about the environment as much as we do, turn out the lights when they leave a guest room, and recycle not only plastic bottles but paper bags and receipts.” —Alexandra Grabbe, Innkeeper

Shop green:

The Wellfleet Farmers’ Market
Wellfleet Preservation Hall
TBA
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Hatch’s Produce & Fish Market
Downtown, in the parking lot behind Town Hall
Open Memorial Day through late September
Small local market open seasonally selling local seafood, produce often sourced locally and whenever possible organically.

Mac’s Seafood
Wellfleet Town Pier
Open Memorial Day through late September
Small local seafood market and ice cream/take out window selling fresh, local seafood.

Travel green:

The Flex Bus
Buses to and from Provincetown to Harwich, $2 a ride
Schedules available online at www.capecodrta.org/flex-route.htm

Plymouth & Brockton
Bus service from Boston to downtown Wellfleet
Schedules and fares online at www.p-b.com

Idle Times Bike Shop
2616 Route 6 Wellfleet
www.idletimesbikes.com

Green activities:

Cape Cod Rail Trail
South Wellfleet, starts behind the General Store
Routes and information available online at www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/southeast/ccrt.htm
Bike from Wellfleet to Dennis!

Cape Cod National Seashore
Did you know that 70% of Wellfleet is National Seashore? Take advantage of ocean and bayside beaches and natural kettle ponds. Beach stickers available on the Town Pier through the Recreation Department. More information online at http://www.wellfleetma.org/public_documents/wellfleetma_departments/beach