Welcome to Haverford Climate Action
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Haverford Township Civic Council
Haverford Township, PA
ALERT! ACT NOW! Federal Tax Credits Ending Early because of H.R.1
December 31st 2025 (must be installed and paid by deadline): Energy Efficient Home Energy Credit (insulation, windows, cold climate heat pumps, air conditioners)
December 31st 2025 (must be installed and paid by deadline): Residential Clean Energy Credit - 30% credit on installed cost of residential solar or geothermal
Your day-to-day choices make a difference!
This website has been created by the Haverford Township Civic Council with support from the Haverford EAC (Environmental Advisory Committee). The purpose of this site is to serve as a clearinghouse of information for residents so that they can make informed choices as they strive to live more sustainable lives.
Businesses or Houses of Worship can find additional information with the links (B and HoW).
Haverford Township Residents Taking Climate Actions
Contact us at the bottom of the page with your street, city, and climate actions so we can add your actions to the maps
Upcoming Events
Every Tuesday: Parks and Trails Volunteer Days, 9:30a-12p
Looking to make a meaningful impact in your community? Come get your hands dirty with us as we care for green spaces, plant trees, and remove invasive species. Together, we’ll help maintain vibrant, healthy ecosystems in our parks! No experience needed—just bring your enthusiasm and love for nature! All tools and supplies provided. Let's make a difference together! Register HERE Waiver HERE Donate HERE
Nov 6th: Watershed Education/Rain Barrel Workshop, 6-7:30p
Haverford CREC, 9000 Parkview Dr, Haverford, PA 19041
EDCSC, PRC, and the Haverford Township Environmental Advisory Committee are partnering to present a Watershed Education Workshop where attendees will learn about the problems associated with stormwater runoff, ways to conserve water in their homes, and watershed-friendly landscaping techniques. The workshop will also cover the basics of how to install and maintain a rain barrel. Free rain barrels will be provided to the first 20 registrants that live in an EDCSC community, which includes Collingdale Borough, Darby Borough, Darby Township, East Lansdowne Borough, Glenolden Borough, Haverford Township, Morton Borough, Norwood Borough, Upper Darby Township, and Yeadon Borough.FREE, Registration Required HERE
November 15th-16th Tree Planting with Tree Tenders
Join Haverford Tree Tenders and Old Haverford Meeting create a new mini-forest! Email jeanne@angellsrus.com for more info.
Pumpkin Collection Nov 1st - Dec 5th
Orner's Garden Center, 15 W Eagle Rd, Havertown
Whole, undecorated pumpkins (no paint or gloss sprays)
Other disposal options: Cook the "fancy" ones (often heirloom varieties), Compost them in your backyard compost bin or at Linvilla (free), trash (incinerated in Chester)
Nov 18th: Recycling in Haverford Township, 7-8:30p
Haverford High School, 200 Mill Rd, Havertown, PA 19083
Learn how to properly recycle in Haverford Township with single stream curbside collection. Haverford Environmental Advisory Committee Members will explain what’s accepted and what is not, and introduce you to our opt-in program to recycle items not accepted in your blue bin. Registration Required HERE
Nov 19th: Solar after Tax Credits, 7p
Virtual, zoom
Are you curious about solar but are not sure where to start? Are you wondering how your return on investment may be impacted now that home solar tax credits are ending 12/31/25? Are you interested in learning about how your return on investment will be affected by recent electricity rate hikes, likely increases in future rates, and solar installation cost decreases? This free webinar will explain the current landscape and how non-profit Solarize DelCo can help you. We’ll cover how solar works, available rebates, the phase out of tax credits, and how our group program makes going solar simple and affordable. If you cannot make it, register anyway, and we will email you information on how to watch the session recording. Alternatively, you can visit Solarize DelCo’s website to go straight to a personal evaluation with a Solarize volunteer. Registration Required HERE
Lawn Sign Recycling Event
Join the Hav-a-Rain Garden Team!
100 Rain Gardens in 10 Years! Be a part of the Hav-a-Rain Garden team for the next decade! We have many volunteers who help install our gardens but need a few more committed individuals who will help outreach, schedule, assess, design, order and care for plants, and stage and coordinate installation. Many hands make light work! Email havaraingarden@gmail.com and with the subject “Rain Garden Team” and tell us you want to join our core rain garden team and we will send you the link for this and future meetings. If you just want to volunteer for the installations and are not already on our signup genius list, use the subject “Volunteer for Rain Garden Installation” and we will add you to our list for fall installations (mid-September to mid-October). Our lead Organizer is stepping down after 10 years and we would love to keep this great program going!
Haverford property owners (including non-profits and businesses) can request an assessment to be considered for one of Hav-a-Rain Garden’s 5 fall rain gardens - e-mail your address & phone # to havaraingarden@gmail.com within the next couple of weeks. After that, you must respond to a signupgenius email to schedule your assessment. Only Haverford property owners (including non-profits and businesses) are eligible - high scoring assessments qualify to be offered a rain garden and sweat-equity is required.
Rain gardens, downspout planters and rain barrels can help you harvest your stormwater, reduce runoff and the resulting pollution associated with stormwater and reduce downstream flooding. The native plants used also create habitat for pollinators. To learn more, see https://www.dcva.org/Rain-Garden/.
How will you lower your impact on the climate?
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We need your support! Make a donation today of any size to assist with our grass-roots climate action projects and programs in Haverford Township!
4 levels of Climate Action
Individual Actions
Influencing your Friends and Family
Influencing your Friends and Family
Focus of this Website
Influencing your Friends and Family
Influencing your Friends and Family
Influencing your Friends and Family
Talk with them. Share your concerns and actions.
Organizational Change
State and National Advocacy
State and National Advocacy
Help the organizations you are associated with to become more sustainable. A lot of cascading change can happen at this level of action.
State and National Advocacy
State and National Advocacy
State and National Advocacy
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