Toxics/Pesticides Subcommittee

Mission: The Toxics/Pesticides Subcommittee works under the auspices of the Materials Committee to monitor toxic activity in Acton and to promote constructive alternatives. The subcommittee covers the use of pesticides, herbicides, and other toxic substances on private and public property. The subcommittee researches issues, educates the public, and engages with the Town of Acton by… Continue reading →

Projects

Individual development projects, proposed by the Town or by developers, are the circumstances in which sustainability priorities can run most strongly counter to the pressures of the profit motive or notions that more growth is helpful to Acton.

Acton Water District

The Acton Water District (AWD)  is a state-chartered governmental entity, separate from the Town of Acton, responsible for providing adequate amounts of safe clean water to the District’s business, residential, and municipal customers. They have a lot of useful educational and technical material on their website about Acton’s water supply. Documents AWD web site AWD… Continue reading →

Regional Food and Agriculture

Attention to our local and regional “foodsheds” has never been more widespread or more important, given impacts of climate disruption, loss of farmland to development, pollution of aquifers, degradation of soils from decades of chemical farming, and increasing periods of drought experienced by areas of the country we once regarded as our national and endlessly productive larders. Massachusetts… Continue reading →

Acton Power Choice

Acton Power Choice (APC), which launched in Fall 2017, is Acton’s bulk purchasing program for electricity.UPDATE: the second contract period for Acton Power Choice began in September 2019, with a new supplier, Constellation. See ActonPowerChoice.com for details.