Green Acton strongly supports a yes vote on the Tree Clearing Delay Bylaw, Article 33, at the second night of Acton Town Meeting, May 6. This bylaw, if passed, would adopt a process that will ultimately result in better town regulation of tree clearing — including preventing developers from taking trees down before securing a… Continue reading →
Vote Yes on #32: the Leaf Blower Control Bylaw!
Green Acton strongly supports a yes vote on the Leaf Blower Control Bylaw, Article 32, at the second night of Acton Town Meeting, May 6. Gas-powered leaf blowers produce harmful and unreasonable amounts of noise, toxic air pollution, and climate damaging greenhouse gases. Now is the time to begin the transition away from this equipment.… Continue reading →
Leaf Blower Bylaw Warrant Article at Town Meeting
Green Acton supports Article 16 — on a proposed Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Phase-Out bylaw — on the Warrant for Acton’s 2024 Annual Town Meeting — Town Meeting begins on May 6 (7pm in the auditorium of the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School), BUT voting for Article 16 is scheduled for the second night of Town Meeting… Continue reading →
Green Acton Supports the Gas Leaf Blower Phase-out Bylaw
On March 17, 2024, the Green Acton Board of Directors agreed to endorse the Town Meeting Warrant Article on gas leaf blower phase-out, and approved this statement to be read at Town Meeting (which begins on Monday, May 6): The Board of Directors of Green Acton, Acton’s nonprofit environmental advocacy group, endorses this warrant article,… Continue reading →
Citizen’s Petition for Gas-powered Leaf Blower Phase-Out
Below is the text of a 2024 Citizen’s Petition; this article will be on the May 2024 Annual Town Meeting Warrant. (Town Meeting begins on Monday, May 6.) At the end is a visual summary provided by Paul Kampas, the originator of the petition. See Green Acton’s endorsement statement. Amend General Bylaws — Gas-powered Leaf… Continue reading →
Green Acton 101: Orientation meetings
New members of Green Acton are invited to a one-hour zoom webinar held a few times each year — Green Acton 101. This is an introduction to how, with Green Acton, you can help make your town more environmentally sustainable, how Green Acton operates, what committees do, and what we have accomplished. If you are interested in… Continue reading →
Green Acton Recommendations for Select Board 2023 Annual Goal Setting
At the Green Acton meeting of May 9, 2023, Green Acton directors (and assembled members) agreed to draft and send a statement supporting two goals for the Select Board annual goal-setting process: (1) Understanding PFAS Pathways and Reducing Exposure Risks and (2) Creating Land/Tree Clearing Limits. What follows is the recommendations memo that was sent… Continue reading →
Coming Changes to Acton Power Choice in 2022
In October, most Acton electricity customers will see increases in prices. What follows in this article is information on the source of those changes, information on how to weather the storm of spiking electricity prices, and the good news about renewable energy.
Free Training to Become an Acton Energy Advocate!
EnergizeActon.org, part of the Acton Climate Coalition, is working with the Town of Acton and Abode Energy Management on a new “Energy Advocate” program, which will train volunteers to help people with electrification of their homes/buildings, as well as with other energy efficiency and renewable energy measures (e.g., heat pump technology, solar power, electric vehicle… Continue reading →
Volunteer for the Acton Swap Shop
The Town of Acton Swap Shop is looking for volunteers! Have you loved visiting the Swap Shop? Are you a people person? Will you have a few hours this year to volunteer doing something fun?