Green Needham’s September 2010 meeting, featuring a presentation on “Solar in the Home”, will be available for viewing on The Needham Channel for the next month. Here’s the schedule for the week from Thursday, September 29th through Wednesday, October 6th:
Thomas Friedman on the Value of Electric Cars
Thomas Friedman’s article in the New York Times Saturday, Their Moon Shot and Ours, bemoans the lack of focus on some important long-term (“moon shot”) US goals. By comparison, China has four big infrastructure goals, including a focus on electric
First Parish receives EPA national Energy Star Congregations Award
Needham’s First Parish Unitarian Universalist has been named one of nine national winners of an EPA 2010 Energy Star Small Business and Congregations Award. This is just the latest, but arguably the most prestigious, recognition First Parish has received for
Sept 2010 Meeting – Project updates and presentations
Green Needham’s September, 2010 meeting took place at the Needham Public Library’s Community room on Monday evening, September 20th.
Sept 2010 meeting – partner project updates
September 2010 updates from some of Green Needham’s partner organizations Bay Colony Rail Trail The Bay Colony Rail Trail project is an effort to convert seven miles of unused rail corridor between Needham Junction and Medfield to a shared use
One person’s trash…
I’ve been diligently saving my plastic bags (from loaves of bread, the newspaper, etc) for recycling, only to find that though the Needham dump collects plastic bags, they do not actually recycle them. Bags are collected in a separate container
Reusable Stainless Steel or Plastic Water Bottle?
Daniel Goleman, author of the acclaimed book on Emotional Intelligence, more recently wrote a book called Ecological Intelligence, which examines the hidden impact of our buying patterns on the environment. In a follow-up article, Goleman discusses a simple conundrum: which
Energy Audit Program Launching This Fall
This October, Green Needham, Needham Opportunities Inc. and Olin College have partnered to launch a home energy audit program. Trained Olin students will perform free energy audits on select homes in the Needham community. A home energy audit is the
Save 10 Gallons of Water a Day
(From The Daily Green website) The old folk wisdom that says place a brick in your toilet’s water tank is partially correct: It’s an effortless way to save water, but a brick isn’t the best choice of object. Use a