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 →
Sustainable Lawn Care: BLBs + Leaving the Leaves!
Learn about multiple ways to care more sustainably for any lawn you may have. These actions can improve your health and that of your family, neighbors, landscape workers, pets, and the climate — all in a few easy steps! Among those steps are: (1) reducing leaf blowing and cleanups, and reducing lawn size; (2) using… Continue reading →
Perspectives: Local Resources for Lower-Waste Family Living
by Leah Whitehouse As a mom of a toddler, I am keenly aware of the waste even a small family produces. Although books such as Bea Johnson’s Zero-Waste Home and Stephanie Marie Seferian’s Sustainable Minimalism offer great practical guidance on sustainable living, they’re written for a pretty broad audience, so I looked into some local… Continue reading →
Landscaping Services Using Battery-Powered Leaf Blowers in Acton
In Spring 2024, Green Acton supported a Warrant Article at Town Meeting that would have phased out the use of most gas-powered leaf blowers (GLBs). Town Meeting members ultimately voted to send the article to the Acton Select Board for further review and potential revision, and likely, a reappearance at a future Town Meeting. Meanwhile,… 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 Hosts FREE FixIt Clinics at Acton Memorial Library
Do you have a broken item you think could be fixed, but want some advice on how to do it? Bring it to a Green Acton FixIt Clinic, offered several times a year in collaboration with the Acton Memorial Library! (Next FixIt Clinic is Feb. 24; see more below.) FixIt Clinic coaches offer advice, tools,… Continue reading →