Back to school season doesn’t have to mean purchasing brand new school supplies or a new wardrobe every year. Both are costly and introduce unnecessary waste and plastic into an already overfilled planet. Below are our top 5 tips for
The Needham Public Health Division is conducting a comprehensive community health assessment, together with public health colleagues in Dover, Medfield, and Sherborn. The goal is to better understand the health needs, concerns, and priorities of our communities—and to make sure
Join us to get your questions answered! This event—co-sponsored by the Needham Housing Coalition, Charles River Regional Chamber, Progressive Needham, League of Women Voters of Needham, and Green Needham—will explore why and how to add an ADU to your property.
In January, the Needham High School Environmental Action Club (EAC) will be offering easy ways to recycle small electronics and holiday lights and at the same time help conservation efforts supported by Zoo New England. Do you have a tangle
The Town of Needham has been certified by the state Department of Energy Resources as a Climate Leader Community. As a Climate Leader Community, the Town is now eligible to apply for grants of up to $1,150,000 each for projects
Two Town Committees – the Tree Preservation Planning Committee (TPPC) and the Large House Review Committee (LHRC) – are hosting public listening sessions next week on topics with very visible and substantive impacts on our community’s sustainability. You can read
Get information about an Eversource project to replace an underground transmission line that runs through Needham.
Keep up-to-date with sustainability-related activities and information organized and/or facilitated by the Town of Needham.
Green Needham urges Town residents to vote “Yes” in the January 14th Special Election, thereby affirming the Housing Plan approved at the October Town Meeting and putting Needham in compliance with the MBTA Communities Act. A “No” vote would reject
Deb Baldwin started the Congregational Church of Needham’s Green Task Force, now known as the Environmental Ministry Team, in 2008. Concerned for her grandchildren and the world they would inherit, Deb believed strongly in taking action to address climate change.
