A 2035 schedule to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions puts us on the right track to build a climate-resilient Cambridge that is healthier and more equitable for all residents.

Public meetings this week look at stemming rat infestations, free dog licensing for seniors and an accounting for snow season; Café Batifol’s arrival in Kendall and Vitality Bowls in Central; ending off-street parking requirements; free CharlieCards for students; converting the Sacred Heart rectory into affordable rentals; and more.

Some say April is the cruelest month, but for cellophane bees, it’s the most precious. They’re one of the first bees to emerge each spring, getting sustenance from, and in the process pollinating, those early blossoming spring trees. By early May, the adults have all died.

Lots of creators turn everyday objects into artwork. Martha Chason-Sokol’s “Listening Works” keeps those found objects close to home in an exhibition at Gallery 263 – the Everett-based artist’s first solo exhibition in Massachusetts, and a delight.

Public meetings this week look at expanding Riverbend park and changing the city’s bike law; a climate resilience zoning report and emissions accounting zoning petition; preventing wage theft; school district budgeting; and an Alewife-area lab building proposal – and stop off at for a “nonprofit row” building ribbon-cutting event.

Opossums, which look like giant rats, are actually North America’s only marsupial. Though they have been around for more than 20 million years, there’s a lot about them that takes some getting used to.

Public meetings this week look at making a neighborhood in Alewife; bike lanes through Porter; school district budgeting; a Net Zero Action Plan update; solutions in helping the unhoused; permitting for Starlight Square and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology food kiosk; and more.

Despite their name, the intelligent and resourceful blue jay does not have any blue pigment in its feathers – what we see is actually blue light refracted back to our eyes because of the unusual structure of its feathers.

We all know about the plastic pollution problem – we’ve seen the pictures of sea animals with plastics stuck to them and the documentaries that make this problem seem impossible to solve. Passing the Better Bottle Bill would be step in the right direction.

Sure, our calendars are filled with increasingly commodified holidays, but they’re also filling up with new days of nationwide significance.