Our Goal – Ban Gas-powered Leaf Blowers! The Green Needham Landscaping Team is seeking to ban gas-powered leaf blowers and to shift to safer, more environmentally responsible approaches and equipment for leaf handling and removal in Needham. Why is eliminating
Needham Power Choice Starts to Gather Steam: Public Comment Period Through January 5th
A welcome update! Needham’s Community Energy Aggregation program, known as Needham Power Choice, is on its way to becoming reality, and the Town would like your feedback. Needham Power Choice is a form of group electricity purchasing that pools the
An Early New Year’s Resolution – Remember Your Reusable Shopping Bags!
This holiday season, as you are shopping locally for gifts and groceries, don’t forget to bring your reusable shopping bag. Shopping locally is a powerful way to support your community while minimizing your environmental impact. One simple yet impactful habit
Needham businesses offer perspective, voice impact of future plastic bag ban
When Volante Farms switched from plastic bags to paper bags at their grocery checkout, it was a “little bit of a learning curve” for customers and staff alike, owner Steve Volante said. “You don’t overfill them. The handles all rip,
Condo Neighbors Retrofit Their Units with Solar and Heat Pumps
Friends and condo neighbors Anne Hayek and Marilyn Shesko are on a journey — not a road trip, but rather an effort to drastically reduce the carbon footprint of their adjoining duplex units. Constructed in 2002, each 1860-sq.-ft unit was
Net Zero Energy Homes are Attractive and Cost Effective
Did you always assume a house that could produce all its energy via solar and use no fossil fuels (and create no carbon emissions) was a nice idea but would have a prohibitive cost? That it would look unusual and
Needham Commuter Rail Survey
Do you take the Needham Commuter Rail Line or live along the Needham Line? Your opinions and experiences are wanted for TransitMatter’s next “Regional Rail Report,” which will focus on the Needham Line. Please share your thoughts in this survey,
Moving Towards Zero Waste – Top 10 Actions You Can Take
It all adds up! Every year Massachusetts generates 5.7 million tons of trash, of which 2.2 million tons are exported to other states. In the face of serious environmental concerns and shrinking disposal capacity throughout the Northeast, Massachusetts has a
Home Energy Assessment Customer Satisfaction Information
Customer Complaint Recourse per Mass Save: * If a customer is dissatisfied with their home energy assessment and/or follow-up work (e.g., insulation) from HomeWorks Energy, (or any Mass Save Home Performance Contractor (HPC) service contractor), they can file a complaint
Adapting Your Home for the Future
How does the typical Needham (or any suburban) home contribute to climate change and how can these homes become part of the solution rather than part of the problem? On Tuesday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m., First Parish in Needham