Sustainable Arlington

FEB 28, 2020TEBANY YUNE, MIC

In general, plastic bag bans aren’t perfect, wrote policy analyst John Hite for the Conservation Law Foundation, but they’re a good start. ... the bans consistently decreased the overall use of single-use plastic bags. ... he considers the bans a small stepping stone ...  For the full story, click here.

1. Owning and Driving An Electric Vehicle   

2. Owning and Driving a Hybrid Vehicle   

3.  Community Choice Aggregation for "Green" Electricity (electricity bulk purchasing)  

 4.  Moving Beyond Natural Gas to Renewables

5.   HeatSmart for Arlington and Winchester (2019 program)

6.   The 9 R's (Refuse, Reduce, Repurpose, Repair, Etc.)

Arlington artist-in-residence Michelle Lougee offers a series of workshops and meet-ups from Jan. to June 2020 for a community art project.  Free. Fun. Engaging.

http://artsarlington.org/artist-in-residence/

https://www.raptorsarethesolution.org/regional-chapters/mass-rats/
Live Toxin Free - Poison Is Not The Answer

From Food Solutions New England (http://www.foodsolutionsne.org/), a 48- page report on how New England can provide half of its food needs by 2060.

... these projects are predicted to reduce average annual CSO volume to Alewife Brook by 85% (from 50 million gallons in 1997 to 7.3 million gallons), reduce the frequency of discharges from 63 times a year to seven times a year on average ...

Event locations all around Town, Download Schedule

Learn, celebrate and take action during this week of ecological inspiration, with something for everyone in Town. Events are free and open to the public. Themes focus on waste reduction, energy efficiency/renewable energy and environmental stewardship.

20+ events taking place at local parks, libraries and community spaces, see the full schedule here.

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Arlington Sustainable Action Plan (ASAP) was approved by Town Meeting in 2007 and is now outdated. For the latest work in this area, see the Town's:

• Clean Energy Future Committee (tasked with getting Arlington to net zero by 2050) 
• the Town's Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) work.

CSO discharges have ... been reduced by ... 48% since 1987 to the Alewife Brook.  ...  Because of increased health risks associated with CSO discharges ... avoid ... contact with waterbodies during rainstorms and for at least 48 hours following a CSO release ...  

Union of Concerned Scientists

Palm Oil Scorecard: Ranking America’s Biggest Brands on Their Commitment to Deforestation-Free Palm Oil

Created by John Pickle, DEW Educator, Arlington, MA, and demonstrated at a recent Arlington EcoFest.  Several picture posts have been installed in Menotomy Rocks Park.

Webiste with lots of news about Arlington.

Local to the Arlington area.  They keep track of time. Spend an hour of your time performing a service for somebody else, get credited with one Timebank Hour. You can cash in that Timebank Hour on a service provided by another member of the time bank. Whether you give a music lesson, take care of someone's pet, volunteer at a community center, or help someone get to a doctor's appointment, one actual hour equals one Timebank Hour.