Recent News and Updates
Join us on Monday, February 9th, to learn about CRWA’s Regional Tree Planting and Protection Plan! - Trees are a climate solution: they mitigate flooding, provide clean air, and cool our neighborhoods. Yet the Charles River watershed is losing tree canopy at an alarming rate (an average of 6.9% across the watershed from 2008 to 2021). Join… Continue Reading
Reminder: Webinar tomorrow at 4pm. Plastics: the Mounting Threat to Public Health - Remember to register for our upcoming webinar, “Plastics: the Mounting Threat to Public Health.” We are co-hosting the event tomorrow, January 28, at 4 p.m., with the League of Women Voters of Needham. Our speaker will be Dr. Philip Landrigan,… Continue Reading
January Focus: Less Plastic, More Progress – Needham’s Journey So Far - As Green Needham celebrates its 20th year, we turn our focus this month to plastics reduction – the measures now in effect, how they were achieved, what the future might hold -- and how you can be part of the… Continue Reading Plastics: the Mounting Threat to Public Health Webinar - Microplastics pose an increasing threat to our health. They last forever and are everywhere - in the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the products we use. More work is needed to fully understand… Continue Reading
New Year, Less Waste: Needham Implements “Skip the Stuff” - Every home in Needham has "that drawer" - the one heaping full of plastic utensils, soy sauce and ketchup packets. On January 1, 2026, Needham implemented Skip the Stuff, a bylaw aimed at reducing unnecessary waste from single-use food service items.… Continue Reading