Acton Transition Study Group Local Resilience and Relocalization Perhaps you’ve arrived at this page wondering what “Transition” is. Or maybe you already know a lot about the Transition movement, and wonder what it could mean for Acton. Or perhaps you just want to find out how to start pitching in. The mission of the Transition… Continue reading →
Green Acton hosted Charles Parker, lead author of the “Concord Energy Master Plan.” Charles presented Concord’s energy plan, including the wider context that drives the plan (peak oil and climate change). He also related specifics on how the plan would reduce Concord’s energy footprint via actions across all sectors: town, school, residents, businesses, and the… Continue reading →
Green Acton co-sponsored “The Power of Preservation as a Green Strategy,” by Boston architect Jean Caroon. Buildings account for nearly 40% of all U.S. energy use and carbon emissions. With one of the country’s leading preservation architects as guide, the lecture explored the power of adaptive reuse to reduce those numbers and move us toward… Continue reading →
Green Acton hosted a farmland preservation forum with Mark Racicot, The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) Planner, “New trends in zoning for Open Space Protection.” The MAPC reviews and comments on every open space plan submitted from the 101 cities and towns in the MAPC region. They have an in-depth knowledge of various approaches to… Continue reading →
Green Acton hosted a team of teens competing in the Siemens Challenge — the Black-Gold Miners — who presented their project on composting. 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… Continue reading →
Why Charlotte’s Garden?
Green Acton and Acton-Boxborough PIP were proud to host the first Acton Green Energy Fair on Sunday, May 17, 2009, 1:30–5:00pm at RJ Grey Junior High, 11 Charter Road, Acton, MA.
Acton Green Energy Fair focuses on improving environment Despite the gray afternoon, things took on a distinctively greenish hue at R.J. Grey Junior High School where dozens of residents gathered on May 17 to learn about the latest in renewable energy. From a Volkswagen that runs on grease left over from frying thousands of… Continue reading →
Tribute to Charlotte Sagoff from Anju Patel
Tribute from Mary Michelman:
