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Opportunity for Energy Coach Training

Are you interested in becoming a Green Needham energy coach, helping homeowners interested in switching to heat pumps for cooling and heating? If so please consider participating in a Heat Pump Coaching Basics Course offered by Heat Smart Alliance (HSA).

March Focus: Talking Trash

It’s hard to grasp the numbers. The juice box, the broken table lamp, the paper coffee cup, the moldy orange — every item tossed out becomes part of a stream of municipal waste that, together with materials such as demolition/construction

Don’t Miss These Upcoming Events!

Come to a Fix-It Clinic! Meet an EV! Inform yourself and give feedback on important local initiatives! Envision Needham Center Update The next meeting of the Envision Needham Center Working Group (ENCWG) will be on Wednesday, March 18 at 6:30 pm

Do Our Spending Habits Match Our Sustainability Values?

SURVEY DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 20th!

Upcoming Webinar from Elders Climate Action: The Climate Obstruction Industry

On Tuesday, February 10, at noon, Elders Climate Action, MA will host a webinar, The Climate Obstruction Industry, on the important topic of climate deception. The speaker will discuss the well-financed, global effort to thwart climate policy using disinformation,

Join us on Monday, February 9th, to learn about CRWA’s Regional Tree Planting and Protection Plan!

Trees are a climate solution: they mitigate flooding, provide clean air, and cool our neighborhoods. Yet the Charles River watershed is losing tree canopy at an alarming rate (an average of 6.9% across the watershed from 2008 to 2021). Join

Reminder: Webinar tomorrow at 4pm. Plastics: the Mounting Threat to Public Health

Remember to register for our upcoming webinar, “Plastics: the Mounting Threat to Public Health.” We are co-hosting the event tomorrow, January 28, at 4 p.m., with the League of Women Voters of Needham. Our speaker will be Dr. Philip Landrigan,

January Focus: Less Plastic, More Progress – Needham’s Journey So Far

As Green Needham celebrates its 20th year, we turn our focus this month to plastics reduction – the measures now in effect, how they were achieved, what the future might hold — and how you can be part of the

Plastics: the Mounting Threat to Public Health Webinar

Microplastics pose an increasing threat to our health. They last forever and are everywhere – in the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the products we use. More work is needed to fully understand

New Year, Less Waste: Needham Implements “Skip the Stuff”

Every home in Needham has “that drawer” – the one heaping full of plastic utensils, soy sauce and ketchup packets. On January 1, 2026, Needham implemented Skip the Stuff, a bylaw aimed at reducing unnecessary waste from single-use food service items.

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