Spotlight: Eastern Wind Power, GO GREEN Needham Expo Participant The GO GREEN Needham Expo on Saturday, November 10 from 10am to 4pm at Needham Town Hall will offer fun and inspiring activities geared toward Needham residents of all ages. To
The GO GREEN Needham campaign, launched in 2018 by Green Needham Collaborative and the Needham League of Women Voters, highlights green practices by local businesses and organizations and encourages participants to take next steps towards sustainability. Keeping informed about what
The GO GREEN Needham Expo on Saturday, November 10 from 10am to 4pm at Needham Town Hall is designed to educate the public about how taking personal steps to be more environmentally conscious is not only socially beneficial, but it
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. Over the next 7 weeks, we will be spotlighting participants. To see
The Selectmen’s Chambers were filled past capacity for the February 27th Public Hearing on single-use plastic bags (the on-demand video of the hearing is here). Rob Fernandez, Chair of Green Needham’s plastic bag ban team, spoke in support of the
Needham’s Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 7:00 pm in the Selectmen’s Chambers at the Needham Town Hall to gather input about a new plastic check-out bag policy. The board is currently
Green Needham was invited to participate in the weekly Boston Globe West column, The Argument. The column features two sides of the argument on a topic of current interest in one of the Metrowest towns covered by Globe West. Rob
12/18/17 Update: Mayor Walsh has signed the plastic bag ban for Boston. Read the story at the Boston Globe’s web site. This afternoon, the Boston City Council passed a plastic bag ban. All 11 councilors who voted supported the ban.
Several members of Green Needham’s Plastic Bag Elimination team, including team chair Rob Fernandez and Green Needham Chair Michael Greis, attended the Board of Selectmen’s October 24th, 2017 meeting to hear the Board’s initial discussion of plastic bag restrictions in
Needham has an opportunity to join about 30 other Massachusetts communities, including our neighbors Newton and Wellesley, in implementing a ban on single-use plastic bags. This effort was initiated by a team of seniors last year as a capstone project
