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
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
Aug 13th: Recycling Workshop 7p (virtual)
Learn how to properly recycle in our curbside bins, a grassroots opt-in program called, “Recycling Beyond the Blue Bin,” and options to reduce the amount of plastic packaging by refilling. Haverford Environmental Advisory Committee Members will explain what’s accepted and what is not in our curbside bins and introduce you to our opt-in program, “Recycling Beyond the Blue Bin,” to recycle items not accepted in your blue bin. FREE, Registration Required. Registration will open about 1 month in advance.
Aug 23rd: Haverford E-Waste event, 8a-1p
PAR-Recycle Works is a first-level processing center for used electronics. Their workers deconstruct the items received and separate them into their major components. When necessary, they erase all data from hard drives before selling components to environmentally responsible downstream processors. FREE, Registration Required, coming soon
Aug 30th: Haverford Paper Shredding Event, 8-11a
SHRED AND RECYCLE YOUR UNWANTED PERSONAL PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS SAFELY AND SECURELY. Absolutely FREE Service for Township residents only, no registration required. 4 BOX MAX OR EQUIVALENT NO PLASTIC BAGS and Please remove any large binder clips. Event is 3 hours or until truck is filled.
ENTER ONLY FROM DARBY ROAD AND EXIT ONLY ONTO MANOA ROAD & PLEASE REMAIN IN VEHICLES AT ALL TIMES AND HAVE PAPER MATERIALS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE TRUNK/BACKSEAT. No registration required.
Sept 6th: Delaware County Hazardous Waste Recycling Event
Emergency Services Training Center 1600 Calcon Hook Rd, Sharon Hill. This event is for "HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE ITEMS ONLY". "BUSINESS QUANTITIES" will be turned away regardless of registration tickets. Print out your ticket and place it on your vehicle's dashboard. All materials must be place in the trunk or cargo area of the vehicle. Place a "PLEASE RETURN CAN" label on gas can(s) if you need it back. Please arrive at your registered time slot. Please remain in your vehicle at all times. In the event you are no longer able to attend your appointment, please go into www.delcohhw.eventbrite.comand cancel, as others may be waiting for an open time slot. Please consider helping an older neighbor with their HHW disposal needs. FREE, Registration Required, coming soon
Oct 4th: Haverford Township Day - Green Zone
Oct 8th 7pm: Backyard Composting Workshop [virtual]
Oct 11th: Delaware County Hazardous Waste Recycling Event
Oct 16th 7pm How to cut Fossil Fuels in your home: Heat Pumps, Induction stoves, & Home electrification [virtual]
Oct 18th: Delaware County Textile, Bicycle and Sewing Machine Drive, 9a-12p, Register HERE
Oct 20th: Food Choices for the Planet Workshop
Pumpkin Collection Nov 1st – Dec 5th
Nov 12th: Recycling Workshop, tentative
Lawn Sign Recycling Event
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.
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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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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