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Sustainable Arlington

Sustainable Arlington is Vision2020 Committee dedicated to acting on a local level to promote climate stabilization and other important environmental goals. Learn more about Sustainable Arlington's activities and provide information on how to lower your carbon footprint.

Read about the Arlington Sustainable Action Plan (ASAP) at the Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN). For a summary of the ASAP, click here .

Events :
Sustainable Arlington holds monthly meetings and we invite you to attend.  Please visit our events calendar to find out when the next meeting is and where it will be held.

Arlington team co-captain Laurel Kayne takes the team torch at the Energy Smackdown launch event at the McGlynn Middle School in Medford on May 4. For a report on the kick-off event, see this article from the Arlington Advocate.

 

 

 

Dick Rubinstein and Eric Kurtz, wearing CFL hats that they designed and created. They were handing out free CFLs to Town Day attendees who were willing to take the lightbulb pledge - that is to replace an incandescent bulb with a CFL.

 

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Saturday, 12 May 2007 11:26

Town Meeting passes article adopting the Arlington Sustainability Action Plan (ASAP) in Monday, May 21st session.

75% of the greenhouse gasses consumed in Arlington come from residential uses.  The ASAP is enabling legislation that provides direction to the town to not only persue efforts to reduce emmisions related to the town's own buildings but also to coordinate efforts to help residents reduce their carbon footprint through providing information about things like subsidies that are available.  The article doesn't commit the town to any specific spending but does empower the town to persue all available strategies that can be done within the current budget priorities.  As with the replacement of street lighting there are many things that can be done that will save the town money.  Any items that require new spending still need to be proposed and accepted by Town Meeting.

The Executive Summary

The latest (5-14-07) presentation for Town Meeting

The full version of the Arlington Ssustainable Action Plan in PDF Format

Article 71 extracted from the Town Meeting Warrant

The Presentation from the ASAP Forum

 

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Hi Sustainable Arling

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This is not about Sustainable Arlington directly, but it is about public transit – which helps make sustainable and greener communities.  I hope you do not mind my posting it here.    

I am on the Executive Committee of Transportation for America (www.t4america. org). We are fighting to make sure that whatever new transportation bill and related spending emerge from DC do a better job of funding public transit and fostering livable and walkable communities than the current federal transportation bill, which is very highway-centric.    

Congress is proposing a jobs bill this week that is supposed to help create jobs...but it doesn't include a single cent to address the crisis in transit funding, which means all over the country bus routes will get canceled, subway service slashed, and thousands of people will lose their jobs.  As you know, the MBTA has a massive debt and is in deep financial trouble.  A bill that provides operating funds for public transit can help keep the T from cutting service and raising fares significantly.  That will help keep people out of cars and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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There are two new Sustainable Arlington related articles posted on YourArlington.Com.  The first is about Ryan Katofsky's recent trip to Copenhagen.  The other is about the recent A-HEET event air-sealing Scott Samenfeld's (SA member)  house.

Link to: Sustaining Arlington: Bring the spirit of Copenhagen home

Link to: A-HEET: 31 volunteers bring you warmth

Link to SA Blog Article   Weatherizing My House

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Posts to the Sustainable Arlington Blog:

Sustainable Arlington Blog | Sustainable Arlington

Susbainable Arlington - Working to make Arlington a sustainable community.

  • — Weatherizing My House

       (Saturday, 05 December 2009 14:29)

    At our last SA meeting there were quite a few stories about the uselessness of the NSTAR energy audits.  I had one done about a year ago and was told that my house was pretty tight.  I was skeptical because it seemed unlikely that the previous owner had done much to update the insulation and seal leaks and I was really ezpecting to be told that there were lots of things I could do to tighten things up.  When Jeremy Marin from the A-HEET program came over to do an audit to evaluate my house to see if it was...

  • — Links to East Arlington Liveable Streets Website

       (Saturday, 21 November 2009 11:47)

    New Links to East Arlington Liveable Streets website and rss feed have been added to the site.

    I've added a link to their website in the "Links" section of our site under "Town of Arlington Websites".

    I've also added a link to their rss feed in the "newsfeeds" section of the website" under the "Other Local Organizations" category.

    We should do the same for other local related organizations as well.

    Scott

  • — Natick approves zoning change for clean energy businesses

       (Friday, 20 November 2009 19:10)

    Natick approves zoning change for clean energy businesses

    This is an article from the Metro West Daily News about Natick approving changes to its zoning codes.

    Link to article

    As part of the Green Communities Act, we are advocating for Arlington to adopt the zoning stretch codes.  Marc Breslow will be presenting to the Arlington Board of Selectmen on Dec. 14th.

    Stay tuned for more details.

     

    Scott

  • — Our New Site Template

       (Saturday, 13 June 2009 03:42)

    All,

    I purchased a new tool for creating templates and had to try it out on our website.  I built the new template around our logo but wanted to crate a template that would be lighter in feel and add a dropdown top menu.  I hope you like the new look and feel.  I'll be making some adjustments to the menus and organization of things.

    Scott

  • — My new garden project

       (Thursday, 02 April 2009 13:42)

    I wanted to share my spring project with everyone through the blog.  I'm in the process of building 2 new raised beds on what has always been my large grassy lawn.  I have always planted a garden to grow vegetables in a plot next to my house.  I've done pretty well with that plot but last year I decided that the sunniest part of the yard should be tapped for more garden both to grow more vegetables and to reduce the amount of space that was covered by otherwise unproductive grass.

    I'm now putting my plans into action.  The plan is...

Last Updated (Sunday, 14 December 2008 01:33)

 

You want

to know

 

that killer app, that one big step you can take
to help save the planet.
But there isn’t just one. There’s one more.
Progress comes in consistent steps, some big, some small.
If you’re wondering what your next steps could be,

we can help.

Sustainable Arlington’s free

Energy Solutions Fair

is Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 6:30-9 p.m. at Robbins Library.
We’ll have food, vendors, displays, giveaways,
and presentations by your neighbors on what is working for them.
For more information, go to sustainablearlington.org

Meet others. Share. Progress. Together.

Last Updated (Saturday, 21 November 2009 02:39)

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October 24, 2009 - Regional Energy Revolution Rally, International Day of Climate Action

Spearheaded by Bill McKibben's www.350.org (where you can find more information), this will be a day for citizens around the world to show their support for a strong climate treaty to be agreed to at the United Nations talks in Copenhagen in December 2009.  More than 350 rallies, demonstrations and other events are being planned at some of the Earth's most iconic places.  GWEN is working with a number of other organizations to orchestrate a Boston area rally from 2 to 4PM  at the Old North Bridge in Concord, MA 01742.  Numerous politicians, celebrities and other prominent citizens (to be announced) have been invited to speak. Please contact us for more details.  Check back here for updates.

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