{"id":5865,"date":"2016-08-16T01:12:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T05:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?page_id=5865"},"modified":"2024-01-20T13:31:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T18:31:46","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Home Energy Savings (HES)<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/h4>\n

Energy efficiency and energy conservation<\/strong> are highly effective means of reducing CO2 emissions and saving money on utility bills. The HES team promotes no-cost energy assessments, encourages the completion of energy assessment follow-up work, and provides information about weatherization, energy equipment rebates, high efficiency appliances, and energy conservation measures.<\/p>\n

Read more about the HES Team<\/i><\/a>
\nLearn how you can help the HES Team<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Needham Power Choice (NPC)<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/h4>\n

Green Needham\u2019s NPC team continues the work Green Needham began with its \u00a0January 2022 report to the Select Board<\/a> requesting them to enter into an electricity aggregation contract for Needham.\u00a0 Learn more about it below. If you\u2019re interested in updates, or would like to be involved as we move forward, join our NPC team<\/a>. We will be providing education, outreach and advocacy in support of the Town\u2019s progress through the aggregation process.<\/p>\n

Read more about the NPC Team<\/i><\/a>
\nLearn how you can help the NPC Team<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Climate Action Roadmap<\/a><\/h4>\n

Needham\u2019s Climate Action Planning Committee (CAPC) was formed in March 2022 and is charged with guiding the Town\u2019s development of a Climate Action Roadmap, a plan for how Needham can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen its resilience to climate change.<\/p>\n

Read more about Needham’s Climate Action Roadmap<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Living Green in Needham<\/a><\/h4>\n

How can I reduce the amount of energy I use in my home?\u00a0 Where can I get information about Electric Vehicles (EVs)?\u00a0 Where can I donate a used bicycle? How do I get a commuter rail ticket? Where can I buy locally grown food? The Living Green team has created an on-line compendium of useful information and \u201cgreen living\u201d tips specific to Needham. Volunteers research topics such as Energy at Home, “Greening” Your Electricity, Recycling & Waste Reduction, Food\/Diet, Enjoying Nature, and others.\u00a0 Contact Eleanor Rosellini<\/a> to find out how you can help.<\/p>\n

Visit the Living Green pages<\/i><\/a>
\nLearn how you can help the Living Green Team<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Plastics Reduction<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/h4>\n

The Green Needham Plastics Reduction team\u00a0has restarted<\/strong><\/em> the effort to reduce plastic shopping bag waste in Needham.\u00a0 In early 2018, the Select\u00a0Board\u00a0unanimously approved a policy that requested stores of over 3,500 square feet in size to voluntarily discontinue providing single-use plastic shopping bags to customers. We were grateful that the stores complied with the policy.\u00a0 However, over time, some of these large retailers in Needham shifted back to either using the\u00a0thin single-use plastic bag or began offering the thicker form of bags.<\/p>\n

Read more about the Plastics Reduction team<\/a><\/em>
\nLearn how you can help the Plastics Reduction Team<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Landscaping<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/h4>\n

The Green Needham Landscaping team\u00a0Team 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.<\/p>\n

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Read more about the Landscaping team<\/a><\/em>
\nLearn how you can help the Landscaping Team<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Energy Coach<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/h4>\n

Green Needham\u2019s \u201cEnergy Coaching\u201d program (formerly “Ask the Expert”)\u00a0 gives Needham residents free, objective advice about clean energy technologies for homeowner projects that save energy and money and reduce their carbon footprint.<\/p>\n

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Click here if you need help from our Energy Coaching Team?<\/i><\/a><\/em>
\nRead more about the Energy Coaching Team and learn how you can get more involved with the Team<\/i><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Toward Zero Waste<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Green Needham’s Toward Zero Waste initiative works to use the “five R\u2019s”\u2013 refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and then recycle \u2013 to address problems of waste. We are focused initially on three areas we believe can have the greatest impact and benefit locally \u2013 food, community-wide recycling and reduce\/reuse.<\/p>\n

Read more about the Zero Waste Team<\/a><\/em>
\nVisit the Living Green Zero Waste Pages<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Avery Field<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/h4>\n

A community sustainability, history and diversity project that creates and strengthens our shared sense of community, bringing together and celebrating sustainability, history, diversity and shared public spaces.<\/p>\n

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Read more about the Avery Field Project<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Recyclopedia Needham<\/a><\/h4>\n

One component of Green Needham’s \u201cToward Zero Waste\u201d is to educate the public about ways to donate and repurpose unneeded, but perfectly usable household items, so that they are kept out of the trash.\u00a0 Recyclopedia Needham is our resource that supports that effort.\u00a0 We need volunteers to help us keep our Recyclopedia up-to-date. Contact Eleanor Rosellini<\/a> to find out how you can help.
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Learn how you can help keep our Recyclopedia up-to-date<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Parking Canopies<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Installing solar parking canopies is a visible step toward increasing our use of renewable energy, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, supporting Massachusetts jobs and moving toward the statutory commitments of the Global Warming Solutions act and the committed goal of statewide net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Green Needham’s Parking Canopy team is working on bringing a parking canopy installation(s) to Needham, either at a school, or in one of the town’s parking lot.<\/p>\n

Read more about the Parking Canopy team<\/a><\/em>
\nLearn how you can help the Parking Canopy Team<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Community Education<\/h4>\n

Green Needham provides information about environmental issues and legislation through our website, newsletter and blog. We also organize presentations and film showings, appear at community events, and support programs in the Needham Public Schools.\u00a0 In Nov. 2018, we hosted a well attended “Go Green Needham” Expo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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