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SUDBURY Annual Town Meeting 2020 Warrant Article Summaries
Article 53: Bicycle Road Safety Signs To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, a sum of money for the purchase of 4 bicycle safety road signs along Hudson Rd., (preferably on the westbound side at 18 Hudson Rd., on the eastbound side at 427 Hudson Rd.,…
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Plastics, Recycling, Renewable – March 2020
Learn about proposed new plastics reductions bylaws for May 2020 Town Meeting Next Styrofoam Recycling Event: April 4th, October 2020 at the Sudbury DPW Sudbury’s own electricity program beats other “green” offers
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Sudbury’s own electricity program beats other “green” offers
Have you been solicited by “green” electricity suppliers like CleanChoice Energy? Maybe you want to support renewable energy, but are skeptical if your money will actually go toward shifting our electricity away from fossil fuels. You’re right to be skeptical! Don’t take the bait. Your community already has a great community electricity aggregation program, ensuring…
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Think Global, Act Local: Switch to 100% Renewable Electricity
Worried about Climate Change? Wondering what you can do at the local level? One of the most impactful, easiest things to do is to switch to local renewable electricity. Home heating and cooling is a major contributor to climate change. In Sudbury we are lucky to have a way to make a difference, just a…
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Can Eco-Conscious Travelers Do Anything To Fly Green?
From Smithsonian Magazine: Buying carbon offsets won’t stop global warming, but if you’re traveling, it’s your best individual option for reducing your carbon footprint. For the average person, airline travel, which New York Times writer Elisabeth Rosenthal has called “the biggest carbon sin,” is one of the largest individual contributors to climate change. In October…
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Tell Baker: Get Serious About Plastic — Ban the Worst Single-use Plastics
From MASSPIRG: What do Chinese tariffs have to do with recycling? Actually — everything! China’s new rules mean most plastic recycling can no longer be sent there — and now, vast amounts of plastics that should’ve been recycled are getting thrown away. In fact, 111 million tons of plastic recycling will end up in U.S. landfills and incinerators…
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2018 Award For Environmental Leadership
Congratulations to Lincoln Sudbury graduate Sydney Merrill, this year’s recipient of Sustainable Sudbury’s fourth annual Award for Environmental Leadership. The award was presented by Richard Vanderslice, pictured here with Sydney at the Community Scholarship Awards ceremony on May 29th at LSRHS. Dear Sustainable Sudbury and Richard Vanderslice, Thank you for granting me the Award for…
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July News
Click here to read Sustainable Sudbury’s latest Newsletter CALENDAR: Thursday, July 13, 9:30am – Assabet Village Co-op Market Information Session, at Karma Coffee, Boston Post Road Join us for our next awesome Co-op Info Session on Thursday, July 13 at 9:30am at Karma Coffee Roasters, 100 Boston Post Road in Sudbury. Learn why more than 700 Metro West families…
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2017 Award For Environmental Leadership
Congratulations to Lincoln Sudbury graduate Cecilia (Ceci) Barnes, this year’s recipient of Sustainable Sudbury’s third annual Award for Environmental Leadership. The award was presented by Richard Vanderslice, pictured here with Ceci at the Community Scholarship Awards ceremony on May 30th at LSRHS. Cecilia, a 2017 graduate of Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School and a member…
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2016 Award For Environmental Leadership
Congratulations to Katie Semple, this year’s recipient of the second annual Award for Environmental Leadership. Katie received the award in recognition of her embodiment of Sustainable Sudbury’s mission to sponsor sustainable, earth-friendly activities in our community and beyond and joins last year’s inaugural winner, Grace Caltabiano. Katie, a 2016 graduate of Lincoln Sudbury Regional High…
