Karen Weber, Neighbor

Dr. Karen Weber has a doctorate in Law, Policy and Society from Northeastern University, is LEED AP and her company, Earth Our Only Home, Inc. is certified as WBE – a woman-owned business in the state of Massachusetts. She has been working since 2006 to bring green roofs to the Greater Boston area. Earth Our Only Home, Inc. is responsible for the green roof on WGBH, Aircuity, and several residential installations in Newton and Cambridge. She is the co-founder/Executive Director of the local nonprofit Foundation for a Green Future, Inc. and Boston GreenFest.

She has served on the planning committees of NESEA (Northeast Sustainable Energy Association), GreenBuild, and altWheels, and has been recognized for her work with awards from NEWIEE (New England Women in Energy and Environment), the City of Boston, and Green Schools. She was also a guest at the White House for the EPA's program on Environmental Education in May 2012.

Dr. Weber has been a guest columnist for the Roslindale/W. Roxbury Bulletin and Transcript over the past 8 years and more recently began contributing articles to the Patch.