{"id":1316,"date":"2011-06-11T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2011-07-15T12:55:01","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T16:55:01","slug":"lwv-honors-eleanor-rosellini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/lwv-honors-eleanor-rosellini\/","title":{"rendered":"LWV honors Eleanor Rosellini"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the June 8 Annual Meeting of the League of Women Voters of Needham, Eleanor Rosellini <\/strong> received the League’s Greta Schirmer award.\u00a0 This award is given each year to honor Greta Schirmer – a member who died in 1980 and was described as \u201clarge in accomplishment and high in achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Lindsay Acomb (L) and Susan McGarvey (R) present Eleanor Rosellini with the Greta Schirmer award as League President Karen Price looks on. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


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Lindsay Acomb and Susan McGarvey presented the award to Eleanor.\u00a0 Eleanor has been the chair of the League\u2019s Climate Action committee<\/strong> since 2007.\u00a0 In that role she has led efforts to organize several Fall Forums to educate Needhamites about environmental issues.\u00a0 She is also on the Steering Committee of Green Needham Collaborative<\/strong> where she has been instrumental in the Solar Challenge which resulted in solar panels being installed at High Rock School and in the 10% Energy Challenge to encourage residents to reduce their home energy use.<\/p>\n

Michael Greis, Chair of the Green Needham Collaborative, used the following words to describe her, \u201cBecause my introduction to Eleanor and my work with her for Green Needham has been all about energy and the environment, an image from the natural world would seem to fit.\u00a0 The obvious image for someone you can depend upon so absolutely and who is visible from everywhere is a rock.\u00a0 But the image that works best for me is a river – constantly in forward motion, unconstrained by artificially drawn boundaries and quietly determined to reach its destination, carving new paths and wearing down or moving around obstacles she encounters.\u201d<\/p>\n

At her church, First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Eleanor led the effort to achieve the \u2018Green Sanctuary<\/strong>\u2019 designation by her denomination.\u00a0 Her minister, John Buehrens, described her as\u00a0 \u201can exemplary congregant and citizen, promoting dialogue rather than dogma, the common good rather than her own preferences. She is that rare person: the \u201ccitizen articulate\u201d who is also humble enough to truly transform the lives of others, and therefore the life of the community as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to her environmental activism, Eleanor is also the author of four books<\/strong> published between 1999 and 2008. \u00a0Each mystery for elementary school age children involves a sister and her \u201cirrepressible kid brother\u201d who delve into the family past to uncover hidden secrets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe list of Eleanor’s contributions could go on,\u201d said Michael Greis, \u201c but I’d prefer to close by recognizing some of the personal attributes that have enabled Eleanor to be “large in accomplishment and high in achievement” – good humor and civility leavened by a dry wit, a talented writer and editor who values clarity, and passionate commitment to advancing the common good. \u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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