{"id":9357,"date":"2018-09-24T09:35:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T13:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=9357"},"modified":"2018-10-13T13:16:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T17:16:38","slug":"go-green-needham-expo-spotlight-mass-climate-action-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/go-green-needham-expo-spotlight-mass-climate-action-network\/","title":{"rendered":"GO GREEN Needham Expo Spotlight: Mass Climate Action Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To gear up for <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/recyclingweek.planetark.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Recycling Week<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, GO GREEN Needham is holding a family-friendly expo event on Saturday, November 10 from 10am to 4pm at Needham Town Hall. Over the next 7 weeks, we will be spotlighting participants. To see a full list of participants, click <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/go-green-needham-expo-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hope to see you there!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>The Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a 501(c)3 non-profit, fights the climate crisis one town at a time, with the help of local MCAN chapters \u2013 and you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MCAN\u2019s role as a facilitator of municipal-level action is unique among Massachusetts environmental groups. We empower our local chapters by enhancing communication, promoting town-level projects that improve communities, decreasing climate change-causing pollution, and reducing development time for those projects. MCAN speaks on behalf of all chapters to improve Massachusetts energy and climate policies and programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How MCAN Works<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MCAN.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9358 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MCAN-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MCAN-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MCAN.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support local MCAN chapters to implement change at the municipal level. Municipalities have been the most active level of government to fight climate change on a worldwide basis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocate at the state and regional level for policies and programs that will benefit municipalities and their citizens.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facilitate peer learning and tool-sharing to effectively replicate successful programs from one municipality to the next.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work with partner organizations, including neighborhood and faith associations and affinity groups, to help them take action on climate change.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking to get involved? We want YOU to be a part of the movement! Come visit with us at the GO GREEN Needham Expo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">****<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The GO GREEN Needham Expo is designed to educate the public about how taking personal steps to be more environmentally conscious is not only socially beneficial, but it saves households money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about the GO Green Needham Expo, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/go-green-needham-expo-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.greenneedham.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or follow us on Facebook at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenneedham\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.facebook.com\/greenneedham\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span>#GOGREENNeedham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To gear up for National Recycling Week, GO GREEN Needham is holding a family-friendly expo event on Saturday, November 10 from 10am to 4pm at Needham Town Hall. 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