The Beacon covered Green Acton’s July 24 presentation at the Board of Selectmen about a sustainability policy: http://acton.wickedlocal.com/news/20170727/acton-selectmen-address-sustainability-goals You can also watch it on Acton TV’s youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ24dJzzf-c&t=94m20s
Sustainability Policy background information, prepared for Acton Selectmen
By Debra Simes, Jim Snyder-Grant, and a host of commenters from Green Acton (For Board of Selectmen meeting on 2017-7-24) Hello Board of Selectmen and other Acton Sustainability Policy allies:
Sustainability brainstorming
On July 5, 2017, as a first step in developing a proposed sustainability policy, Green Acton hosted a sustainability brainstorming session. Many ideas emerged, placed on a large table with pieces of paper, and transcribed here in this Google document.
First Lego League Presentation: Microfiber Pollution of Oceans
Acton’s First Lego League 6th grade girls’ team presented to Green Acton on microfiber pollution of the world’s oceans. Members are from different Acton schools. The team’s competition project has three parts: (1) the project they’re presenting today, for which they had to research a problem within the theme of interaction between humans and animals… Continue reading →
Black Lives Matter statements of October 2016
The Green Acton Board of Directors just issued two statements through our social media accounts:
Tribute to Charlotte Sagoff – Social Justice
From John Abernethy:
Planet Chillers: AB 2014 Siemens Team
The Planet Chillers presented their project to Green Acton in the Spring of 2014, educating us about the impact of food choices on climate change.
Black Gold Miners – 2011 Junior High School Siemens Team
The Black Gold Miners came to Green Acton in 2011.
Siemens Challenge
The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge is the premier national environmental sustainability competition for K–12 students. Through project-based learning, students learn about science and conservation while creating solutions that impact the planet. Green Acton is honored to host meetings at which these students can present their projects, get feedback, and answer questions. Some of… Continue reading →
Acton’s Green Communities projects
After being certified as a Green Community in 2010, the town of Acton applied for and received funding from the state each year after that. Here’s a partial list of projects: