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The Boston waterfront area hosts the Local Food Festival, a place for local farmers and chefs to share their culinary efforts with the city and share why it's a good idea to shop local when it comes to something as essential to humankind as food. The residents of Roxbury throw their yearly gathering around their community's "Eternal Presence" sculpture (colloqually known as the big head festival) to help the artwork live up to its name by waxing and polishing it, celebrating its history and its sculptor John Woodrow Wilson, and sharing with each other what it means to them both as individuals and as a whole neighborhood. Even though it's still 2 years ahead of us, Boston is anxious to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution given how much of a huge part this city had played in the revolution itself. Travis Niles, Senior Manager of non-profit organization Rare Conservation, talks about how Rare's Shine Program aims to make it easier for low income citizens to participate in combatting the climate crisis with a push for clean energy.