{"id":7050,"date":"2017-07-07T10:29:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T14:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=7050"},"modified":"2017-07-13T17:41:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T21:41:56","slug":"grand-coalition-of-environmental-groups-in-july-4th-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/grand-coalition-of-environmental-groups-in-july-4th-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Grand Coalition&#8221; of Environmental Groups in July 4th Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Viewers of Needham&#8217;s July 4th parade responded enthusiastically to the unexpected sight of a 12-foot float traveling down the street with no vehicle pulling it.\u00a0 Featuring replicas of solar panels and wind turbines, the Needham League of Women Voters\/Green Needham &#8220;fossil-fuel-free&#8221; float was built on small wheels and simply pushed along \u00a0by the five people walking inside. Accompanying the float were representatives \u00a0of local environmental groups marching together behind a banner &#8220;<strong>Working Together for a Greener Future<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7033\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/living-green-at-the-needham-2017-4th-of-july-parade\/\" target=\"underscoreblank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7033\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_2682-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_2682-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_2682-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_2682-1024x674.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click here for the parade slideshow!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The green contingent, which included 46 people representing 11 local organizations and houses of worship, made an eloquent statement about the town&#8217;s vibrant activism dedicated to environmental issues.\u00a0 Local projects include organic farming, composting cafeteria waste, promoting local solar power, developing walking\/biking trails, congregants &#8220;greening&#8221; their houses of worship, and many more.\u00a0 The youngest marchers were from the Eliot School Green Kids Club and the &#8220;Radioactive Hamburgers,&#8221; a First Lego League Robotics team of sixth graders working on a project to protect bees.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"aolmail_MsoNormal\">Becky King, whose son Daniel participated as a representative of the &#8220;Radioactive Hamburgers,&#8221; remarked that &#8220;as a spectator I thought this was the most creative and diverse group in the parade.&#8221; \u00a0The judges agreed. The foot-powered float was awarded the Grand Marshal&#8217;s trophy for creative design.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Click on the picture to see the slide show and list of participating groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viewers of Needham&#8217;s July 4th parade responded enthusiastically to the unexpected sight of a 12-foot float traveling down the street with no vehicle pulling it.\u00a0 Featuring replicas of solar panels and wind turbines, the Needham League of Women Voters\/Green Needham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,4,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-green-needham","category-houses-of-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}