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Bottled up, again

For nearly fifteen years, Massachusetts legislators and supporters have been trying to pass an expanded bottle bill that would treat all beverage containers similarly, ending the nonsensical distinction between carbonated beverages (subject to the deposit) and non-carbonated beverages (not subject

Up to $3,500 rebate for replacing an old boiler now

Do you have an old boiler that should be replaced but you’ve been holding off because of the expense, or because you only think about it during the winter when it’s cold and there’s a long wait? If your boiler

Olin’s Green Campus Summer Fellowship

Hi! We, Stephanie Northway and Anne-Marie Buchenan, are students at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. We are working for Andy DeMelia and the rest of Olin’s Facilities department as part of the Green Campus Summer Fellowship program. The

Recycling pilot featured on the Needham Channel news

This week’s Needham Channel News included a report on the pilot program for recycling containers in public places. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG9nPnnDBuM Green Needham and the Interfaith Environmental Network worked with the Department of Public Works, the Park & Recreation Commission and the

EPA Eco-explorers grant wraps up with an open house

The EPA eco-explorers team from the Needham Public Schools and its community partners are wrapping up two years of work on their EPA grant this spring with an Open House on June 7th at the Mitchell School. The Eco-Explorers Leadership

Needham Garden Tour – Sunday, June 3rd

After 14 years of beautiful Holiday House Tours, the Needham Women’s Club brings you the first Needham Garden Tour on Sunday, June 3, 2012. This year’s Tour will show the gardens of six homeowners…some large and some small…some imagined by

Needham Farmers Market Update

Plans are progressing nicely for the June 10 opening day of the NeedhamFarmers Market on the front lawn of First Parish in Needham, from 1:00 to 5:00pm. There will be a nice variety of vendors, including locally grown produce, fish,

Enjoy the Boosters Club Celebrity Basketball Game on us!

The Needham High School Boosters Club’s annual Celebrity Basketball game featuring members of the New England Patriots against Needham’s best will take place Thursday, May 10th at Needham High School. It’s always a great event and Green Needham would like

Heal the Earth Dinner with Bill McKibben

On Thursday, April 26 11 Needhamites attended an Eco-Friendly dinner and heard environmental activist, author and speaker Bill McKibben of 350.org. Captured in the photo were: Left to right in rear: Mike Stern, Carol Brown, Lisa Bond, Deborah Baldwin, Paul

Interfaith Environmental Network fields recycling pilot

Youth sports teams and other users of several DeFazio and Memorial Park fields will soon be able to recycle their containers instead of throwing them away thanks to a recycling pilot led by seven Needham faith organizations. Members of the