Green Acton works to protect and enhance Acton’s natural environment and resources for future generations, and to help resolve the urgent environmental issues that transcend Acton’s boundaries. Links to learn more:
Green Acton Mission
Green Acton is a group of volunteers working to conserve local resources and protect our environment for future generations. Through education and advocacy, we aim to: reduce, reuse, and recycle energy and materials promote sustainable, environmentally sound practices support local food production and consumption.
Individual Donors to Charlotte’s Garden
Thanks to all these generous Individual Donors!
Business and Community Sponsors of Charlotte’s Garden
Thanks to these Businesses and Community Organizations for their assistance to the Charlotte Sagoff Memorial Garden!
Charlotte’s Garden Site Description and Vision
The Charlotte Sagoff Memorial Garden will include a bench immediately outside the Acton Memorial Library main entrance, where library patrons and playground users can sit while awaiting a ride.
Charlotte’s Garden
This section describes Charlotte’s Garden, which was constructed in memory of Charlotte Sagoff, a longtime local environmental activist and a co-founder of Acton Citizens for Environmental Safety (ACES).
Solarize Acton
Solarize Acton was a joint project of the Town of Acton, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, the Department of Energy Resources, and several Acton community partners to bring you high-quality, low-cost, solar energy installations. Here is an archive of the contents of the web pages.
Ace reDeucers: AB 2012 Siemens Team
A team of four RJ Grey Junior High students, called the Ace reDeucers, attended the February 2012 Green Acton meeting and educated us on how and why to reuse and recycle tennis balls. Visit the Ace reDeucers website for more.
“Transition Towns” Initiative
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 →
Charles Parker on Concord’s Energy Plan, Hosted by Green Acton
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 →