{"id":12409,"date":"2020-07-08T18:28:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T22:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=12409"},"modified":"2020-07-25T12:38:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T16:38:32","slug":"sustainable-wellesley-hosts-online-educational-forum-about-leaf-blowers-and-our-health","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/event\/sustainable-wellesley-hosts-online-educational-forum-about-leaf-blowers-and-our-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Wellesley Hosts Online Educational Forum About Leaf Blowers and Our Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that the exhaust from single stroke engines contains PM2.5, shorthand for particulate matter that is 2.5 microns in size, which hangs in the air a long time and lodges in lung tissue.*\u00a0 <em>Use of this equipment by landscaping services and homeowners in <strong>Needham<\/strong> is widespread, and <strong>affects all of us.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about this issue, join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainablewellesley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sustainable Wellesley<\/a> for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainablewellesley.com\/news\/leaf-blowers-our-health-whats-right-for-wellesley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conversation<\/a> about how lawn care practices impact public health. Jamie L. Banks, PhD, MS and founder of Quiet Communities, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to protecting public health, the environment, and quality of life by reducing noise and related pollution, has worked with over 30 towns to mediate discussions with residents, professionals and town officials. With input from a panel of experts, including Dan Mabe of American Green Zones Alliance (AGZA),\u00a0 Banks will share ways her work has led to cleaner, quieter living in towns including Lexington and Concord, MA, Southampton, NY and Chevy Chase, MD.<\/p>\n<p>Space is limited, so\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZEkc-2urzkvGdEQDt3WqPCFMdeEr-WG-fC7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register<\/a> for the webinar now. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/documents\/2020\/07\/sustainable-wellesley-leaf-blower-educ-event-flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open\/view<\/a> event flyer.<\/p>\n<p>The Forum is being co-sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainablewellesley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sustainable Wellesley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyma.gov\/418\/Natural-Resources-Commission-NRC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wellesley Natural Resources Commission<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyma.gov\/397\/Sustainable-Energy-Committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wellesley&#8217;s Sustainable Energy Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Sources:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quietcommunities.org\/research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quiet Communities <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.iq.harvard.edu\/covid-pm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harvard study<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that the exhaust from single stroke engines contains PM2.5, shorthand for particulate matter that is 2.5 microns in size, which hangs in the air a long time and lodges in lung tissue.*\u00a0 Use of this equipment by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"America\/New_York","_EventStartDate":"2020-07-28 13:00:00","_EventEndDate":"2020-07-28 14:00:00","_EventStartDateUTC":"2020-07-28 17:00:00","_EventEndDateUTC":"2020-07-28 18:00:00","_EventShowMap":true,"_EventShowMapLink":true,"_EventURL":"https:\/\/www.sustainablewellesley.com","_EventCost":"0","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"$","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"prefix","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[4836],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[169],"class_list":["post-12409","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-health","cat_health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/12409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/12409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12409"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=12409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}