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Lexington three-part speaker series focused on Home Energy Efficiency

Starting in November, the Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition (LexGWAC) will host a three-part speaker series focused on Home Energy Efficiency. The series is designed to assist residents in reviewing the ways they use energy in their homes and to

Needham Community Farm – 350.org Event

The Needham Community Farm hosted a 350.org “International Work Party” last week which was co-sponsored by the Green Needham Collaborative and First Parish Church. “Work party” volunteers helped winterize the NCF pilot gardens by layering newspapers and hay over the

Earth25 Walking Incentive Program Kicked-Off in Needham

Approximately one thousand Needham students walked to school on Friday October 8th to celebrate International Walk to School Day (IWSD). Students from 5,000 U.S. schools in all 50 states joined children from 40 countries around the world in the IWSD,

Green Kids-What we are up to

Green Kids is off to a great start. Together we have chosen the theme endangered habitats to focus our efforts on this year. Each school will individually decide how to take the theme and make it most meaningful to the

September Green Needham meeting on The Needham Channel

Green Needham’s September 2010 meeting, featuring a presentation on “Solar in the Home”, will be available for viewing on The Needham Channel for the next month. Here’s the schedule for the week from Thursday, September 29th through Wednesday, October 6th:

Thomas Friedman on the Value of Electric Cars

Thomas Friedman’s article in the New York Times Saturday, Their Moon Shot and Ours, bemoans the lack of focus on some important long-term (“moon shot”) US goals. By comparison, China has four big infrastructure goals, including a focus on electric

First Parish receives EPA national Energy Star Congregations Award

Needham’s First Parish Unitarian Universalist has been named one of nine national winners of an EPA 2010 Energy Star Small Business and Congregations Award. This is just the latest, but arguably the most prestigious, recognition First Parish has received for