On April 24-26, the international community will have a great gathering in NYC. Thousands will attend from many European countries and Japan. Conferences will be held on Friday and Saturday with speakers calling for abolition of nuclear weapons, and the
State Senator Michael Barrett will be speaking at the Needham Democratic Town Committee meeting on Thursday, April 30, at 7:30 pm at the Needham Historical Society, 1147 Central Avenue, (parking is in the Newman School lot). His talk will begin
The evening will start with a 45-minute version of the award-winning movie “Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic?” Then Newton Alderman Alison Leary will discuss the Newton bag ban and lead a discussion about whether Wellesley should join 15 other MA communities in
It's shocking to realize that 40% of the food in America is wasted - culled as imperfect and unsalable by producers, discarded by grocery stores, uneaten at restaurants and cafeterias, and thrown away in people's homes. At the same time, over 49 million
The Congregational Church of Needham will feature a speaker visiting from Guatemala who will be talking about environmental justice in his country. He will be speaking about local community action to create responsible approaches to developments such as mines, which
Benjamin Linder, Professor of Design and Mechanical Engineering We make decisions every day that have environmental consequences without knowing their real impacts. This workshop introduces participants to impact assessment including life cycle thinking through the use of hands-on case studies.
Link to Green Needham blog post
Quentin Prideaux is a Partner in the management consulting firm Alder Associates and lives in Wellesley with his wife, Delissa, and two children; Alex (16) and Samantha (11). He began learning about climate change in the 1990's, is the President of
We are calling on people to attend the Jobs, Justice & Climate: Rally to Defend New England’s Future on Saturday, December 12 from 1-3 pm at the Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common. This week, United Nations delegates are meeting in Paris for yet
Following our own last powerful action at the State House on November 10, the MA Interfaith Coalition for Climate Action (MAICCA) is ready for the next step in our campaign for a clean and just energy future. On Monday, December
