Green Needham

Green Needham

Menu

  • Living Green
    • Energy at Home
      • Energy at Home
      • Home Energy Assessments
      • How to Cut Your Electrical Use – Energy Conservation and Efficiency
      • Efficient Space Heating and Water Heating
    • Greening Your Electricity
      • Greening Your Electricity
      • Residential Solar: Where to Start
      • Battery Storage: Adding to Your PV System
      • Community Solar – New Solar Option for Electric Customers
      • Green Energy Consumers Alliance, (formerly Mass Energy), Green Power
      • Buying Green Electricity From a “Competitive Supplier”
    • Driving Green
      • Driving Green
      • Drive Green
      • The Needham EVAngelist
      • Efficient Driving Tips
    • Food/Diet
      • Food/Diet
      • Locally Sourced Food
      • Meatless Monday Needham
      • Reducing Food Waste in Your Home
      • Food Rescue and Food Justice
      • The Diet-Climate Connection
      • The Problem with Palm Oil
    • Toward Zero Waste
      • Toward Zero Waste
      • Food Rescue & Food Waste
      • Food Waste and Food Justice
      • Recycling
      • Recyclopedia Needham
      • Recycling Tips – Best Practices
      • Reduce/Reuse
      • Ask the Recycler
    • Recyclopedia Needham
    • Transportation
      • Transportation
      • Commuter Rail
      • Riverside (D) Green Line
      • 59 Bus
      • Charlie Card
      • Walking/Hiking
      • Biking
    • Sustainable Landscaping/Outdoors
      • Sustainable Landscaping/Outdoors
      • Sustainable Landscaping
      • Flowering Plants, Trees, Shrubs, and Vines
      • Protecting Pollinators with a Non-Toxic Yard
      • Lawns and Groundcovers
      • Saving Water and Improving Soil
      • Enjoying the Great Outdoors
    • Green Tips – here’s how
    • Neighbor Spotlight
    • Advocacy Organizations
  • Projects
    • Active Projects
      • Home Energy Savings
      • Living Green in Needham
      • Parking Canopies
      • Meatless Monday Needham
      • Toward Zero Waste
        • Food Rescue & Food Waste
        • Recycling
        • Reduce/Reuse
      • Recyclopedia Needham
      • Legislative and Policy Advocacy
    • Completed Projects
      • Solarize Plus Needham
        • Overview
        • Solar PV
        • Air Source Heat Pumps
        • Drive Green
        • Where’s Solar – Map
      • Green Communities
      • Plastic Bag Ban
      • GO GREEN Needham
      • GO GREEN Needham Expo 2018
      • More Completed Projects
  • Who We Are
    • Green Needham
    • Steering Committee
    • Foundation
    • Partners
  • Be Informed/Involved
    • Events
    • Newsletters
    • Join Green Needhan
    • Volunteer
    • Log in (Team Members/Volunteers)
  • Home

Author: Debbie Schmill

You are here: Green Needham > Articles by: Debbie Schmill

Needham Drives Green – Hyundai Kona

Needham Drives Green – Hyundai Kona

This past May, my husband and I purchased our first electric car, a Hyundai Kona Electric. We love our Kona so far and really enjoy driving an electric car, especially driving past all those gas stations. Charging at home is

Debbie Schmill September 24, 2019April 9, 2021 Drive Green, Driving Green/EVs-LG, Electric Vehicles-LG Read more

Rep. Garlick Hosts “Food, Planet, Health” Meeting in Needham

Rep. Garlick Hosts “Food, Planet, Health” Meeting in Needham

When thinking about what we can each do to protect the environment, most of us know that our car choices matter, and that insulating our homes is an important way to reduce energy use. But what about our food choices?

Debbie Schmill June 22, 2019June 23, 2019 Food/Diet-LG Read more

Transportation Panel – Feb 11th, Needham Library

A community transportation panel will be held Tuesday, February 11th in the Needham Library Community Room from 7:00 – 8:15 pm. Panelists include: State Senator Richard Ross, representing Norfolk, Bristol, & Middlesex districts. He is Ranking Republican Member on the

Debbie Schmill February 10, 2014February 13, 2014 Transportation-LG Read more

Join the Green Team! Students in Grades 8-11

Register for the Green Team Community Service Internship at  www.needhamfarm.org Experience Needham from field to fork while developing valuable skills and an understanding of environmental sustainability. • Learn the practice and art of sustainable agriculture • Learn the impacts of

Debbie Schmill July 30, 2012 Food/Diet-LG, Schools Read more

Gardeners in Training – Rising 3rd through 5th Graders, 8/27 – 8/30

Join a group of rising 3rd-5th Graders at the Needham Community Farm for a few days of learning about what grows at the Farm, Seeds and Weeds, Flowers and Plant Pollination, and Composting. We will use ice breakers to get

Debbie Schmill July 30, 2012February 26, 2013 Community Farm, Food/Diet-LG Read more

Needham Community Farm Classes

Class registration for the Needham Community Farm family gardening education program has begun. Join your neighbors and friends at the Needham Community Farm this spring and summer for either our Beginning or Intermediate Organic Gardening classes. You will learn all you

Debbie Schmill April 16, 2012 Community Farm, Food/Diet-LG, Uncategorized Read more

Needham Community Farm Summer Opportunity

The Needham Community Farm is offering a unique educational experience this summer that will teach participants how to plan,  prepare and maintain a vegetable garden using organic methods. Each week of this exciting series will have a different instructional focus as participants go

Debbie Schmill June 4, 2011June 7, 2011 Community Farm Read more

Great Progress for Needham Community Farm!

On May 22nd, the Needham Community Farm (NCF) broke ground at our new location off Pine Street. Over 40 volunteers, children and adults, spent the day building raised beds, to be used for educational programs at the site. These beds

Debbie Schmill May 23, 2011June 7, 2011 Community Farm Read more

Green Kids and Cancun Climate Negotiators Take Action

This year’s Green Kids Needham theme is “Endangered Habitats.”  Throughout the year, students at each elementary school will participate in a variety of activities intended to increase their knowledge about endangered habitats and encourage their involvement in solutions. Programs will

Debbie Schmill December 20, 2010December 21, 2010 Green Kids, Schools Read more

Farmers Markets

Winter Farmers Markets – 2010/2011 Ongoing Winter Markets: Sunday: Dedham, Sunday, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, Year Round, 626 High Street Fairhaven, Sunday, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, October 24, November 21 and December 19th, Nemasket  Building on the corner

Debbie Schmill November 7, 2010December 13, 2010 Farmers Market, Food/Diet-LG Read more
  • « Previous

Sign up for our newsletter!

Have a Question?

Needham Saves!
Homeworks Energy
Sign up for a Residential No-Cost Energy Assessment
Why should I have a home energy assessment?



Follow Green Needham on Twitter
Copyright © 2021 Green Needham Foundadtion | Powered by: WordPress