Mass Energy’s 32nd Annual Meeting

Le Meridien Hotel Central Square, Cambridge

Mass Energy’s 32nd Annual Meeting When: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Time: 5:30-8:30 pm Where: Le Meridien Hotel, Central Square, Cambridge, MA Featured Speaker: Juliet Schor Networking reception with light refreshments will begin at 5:30. The meeting will begin at 6:15. At

GNC Program: Greening Your Electricity: How you can choose clean energy

Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Ave., Needham, MA

Green Needham will explain the options for any electric customer to bring more renewable energy into the grid -- even if you're not a candidate for solar panels. The list of green energy choices is growing -- from having a

Free

Needham Adult Education: Zero Energy Home

Peter Kane, Instructor Join us to learn about the design and construction of a zero net energy home built in Westwood three years ago. The owner/designer/builder will present a slide show illustrating the important design considerations, construction details, and the

$35

Sustainable Living Festival – joint GNC/Sustainable Wellesley Event

Wellesley Municipal Light Plant 455 Worcester St (Rt 9), Wellesley

Lots of great exhibitors are lined up for the Sustainable Living Festival. Stay tuned for specifics on speaker highlights &  workshops.  Bring your children so they can enjoy the "Kids Zone."  Look for great ideas and inspiration from experts in the following

STEAM Lecture Series: Climate Reality at the Newton Free Library

Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium 330 Homer St., Newton

Did you miss Green Needham's "Climate Reality Project" presentation last October?  Then plan to attend Newton's Green Decade on June 17th 7-9pm for this presentation by Quentin Prideaux, a Climate Leader, from the Climate Reality Project. He will cover the impacts

Free

Needham Adult Education: Zero Energy Home

Needham High School - Room 206 Webster St, Needham

Peter Kane, Instructor Join us to learn about the design and construction of a zero net energy home built in Westwood three years ago. The owner/designer/builder will present a slide show illustrating the important design considerations, construction details, and the

$35

Passive House Symposium in Boston

District Hall in South Boston 75 Northern Ave, Boston , MA

Passive House Massachusetts is hosting a symposium connecting architects, builders, engineers, home/building owners, policymakers, real estate professionals, students and the general public.  The mission is to further educate through lectures by and discussions with esteemed professionals local to Massachusetts. Vendors

Green Solutions EXPO

Electric cars, green products and services and more are on view, Oct. 18 in Newton Centre.  Visitors will also have a chance to explore a growing alternative trend in modern living: a solar-powered "tiny house" that occupies a mere 8-by-16-foot footprint.  Read

Free

Sustainable Wellesley Program: Global Warming-What can You Do?

Pinefield Garden Club St. Andrew's Church, 3 Maple St, Framingham, MA

Quentin Prideaux is a Partner in the management consulting firm Alder Associates and lives in Wellesley with his wife, Delissa, and two children; Alex (16) and Samantha (11).  He began learning about climate change in the 1990's, is the President of

Free

Let’s Talk About Solar: The RTS and Beyond

Broadmeadow Performance Center 120 Broadmeadow Road, Needham, MA

Green Needham is sponsoring an informational session on the solar project at the Needham RTS, as well as projects at homes and institutions around Town. Come hear how the project at the RTS (“the dump”) will soon start providing thirty

Free