Welcome to Haverford Climate Action
Website Sponsored by
Haverford Township Civic Council
Haverford Township, PA
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
Haverford Township Parks and Recreation Department Fall Volunteer Days
Calling all Volunteers! Haverford Township has over 17 miles of walking trails available to the public in addition to over 30 parks and we need your help! Be a part of the solution. We have volunteer days planned for the Fall of 2024 to remove invasive species and plant natives. Some of these dates are posted now and more will be posted in coming months. Sign up HERE
Nov 1- Dec 6: Pumpkin Collection
Orner's Garden Center 15 W Eagle Rd, Havertown
Drop off whole uncarved and undecorated pumpkins to feed animals on locals farm! Check their website for hours.
Nov 4 - Dec 27: Haverford Leaf Collection Dates
Consider shredding your leaves to use as mulch. See Yard & Garden section for more info. Hilltop Road Recycling Center will be closed during the months of November and December.
Schedule for leaf collection below:
Week One (Wards 1, 2, 3 & 4) Pickup Dates: November 4 - November 8
Week Two (Wards 5, 6 & 7) Pickup Dates: November 11 - November 15
Week Three (Wards 8 & 9) Pickup Dates: November 18 - November 22
Week Four (Wards 1 & 2) Pickup Dates: November 25 - November 29
Week Five (Wards 3 & 4) Pickup Dates: December 2 - December 6
Week Six (Wards 5 & 6) Pickup Dates: December 9 - December 13
Week Seven (Wards 7 & 9) Pickup Dates: December 16 - December 20
Week Eight (Continuation for Wards 7 & 9) Pickup Dates: December 23 - December 27
Nov 23: Haverford Township Large E-Waste Event, 9a-1p
The Township has partnered with PAR-RecycleWorks, a local not-for-profit, which hires formerly incarcerated individuals to recycle used electronics. Their mission is two fold: working to restore lives by providing job training and transitional paid employment in a supportive environment, while also protecting the planet and assuring that e-waste is dismantled and properly recycled.
Haverford residents only, FREE, Timed Registration Required HERE
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/.
2025 events coming soon
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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Looking for volunteer opportunities?
Assist at a work day for Tree Tenders, Friends of Haverford Trails or HavaRain Garden program...help out at an EAC event...join a committee...start a new project
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