Our House Is On Fire! Climate change is an emergency. Let’s act like it. Let’s mobilize.
Article 58 the Climate Emergency Declaration passed! This is just the beginning. We now all need to keep the pressure on so that we get an experienced, qualified and effective Sustainability Director and create an effective Climate Action Plan.
- The CED One Pager – pdf hand out.
- Watch the LWV Climate Emergency Forum Here – Sudbury TV video
- Climate Emergency Declaration Article in the Town Meeting Warrant – Article 58 text
- Accelerating Sudbury’s Climate Mobilization – Slides for presentation to Sudbury Select Board Meeting on 3/22/2022
Resources
- This Is NOT A Drill
- Headline statements from IPCC 6th Assessment Report 2021
- Mass. 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap
- Climate mobilization Policy Guide
- Climate mobilization Tool Kit
- Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance
- Many Massachusetts cities and towns have hired sustainability managers to lead their efforts against climate change
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Sudbury Earth Day 2024 – 4/20 at Town Center
Event Details Event Start: Saturday, April 20, 2024 (10:00 am) Event End: Saturday, April 20, 2024 (2:00 pm) (Expected) Location: Town Hall Department: Town Manager Notes: Saturday, April 20 at Town Center (322 Concord Rd) from 10AM – 2PM. Come and learn what YOU can do to help protect our planet! Download: Download this event to…
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Webinar: Transform Your Lawn to Save Our Ecosystem
MARCH 21, 7 P.M.Transform Your Lawn to Save Our EcosystemTurf grass lawn covers more of the U.S. than any other irrigated crop. Lawns are resource-heavy, requiring mowing, irrigation, fertilizer, and pesticides to thrive. Learn why you should transition your lawn using beautiful and environmentally friendly plants. Incorporating native plants in lawns and gardens helps to…
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Omnibus Climate Bill Zoom Today at 12-1pm
Join the Zoom to hear the latest on the Omnibus Climate Bill today(3/4)! Dear Friend, This is a reminder that the zoom on the 2024 Omnibus Climate Bill legislation is today(3/4) at 12-1 PM (ET) to hear Roger Luckmann, MD MPH, Co-chair Elders Climate Action MA Legislative Team and Ed Woll, retired lawyer and member…
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2023 Weather Year in Review by National Weather Service Boston
Do you remember the major weather events of 2023? Hint: it was a year in which accelerating climate change effects really seemed to be happening all over the country and the world including here in southern New England. Sudbury was lucky that it mostly just rained a lot here. Many communities were not as lucky.…
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Renewable You for 2024: Clean Energy Upgrades for Your New Year’s Resolutions
As the confetti from New Year’s Eve celebrations settles, it is only fitting that we prepare our 2024 New Year’s Resolutions. Our resolutions are often about a change we wish to see in ourselves, but what about making them around the change we wish to see in our homes and our world? Here’s how making…
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Sudbury Steps Up Its Sustainability Game
By Kevin LaHaise The following article is reprinted with permission from the Sudbury Weekly 12/8/23 newsletter. Sudbury Weekly is written as a service to Sudbury by resident Kevin LaHaise. Thank you Kevin! In May of 2022 a Citizen Petition passed at Sudbury’s Annual Town Meeting after much debate. The petition called for the Town to…
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Zoom session 7:30pm 11/16: ‘From Darkness to Illumination:Creatively addressing climate through serious fun.’
“From Darkness to Illumination:Creatively addressing climate through serious fun.” Join us to hear Pablo Suarez speak about the positive impact of injecting humor into climate action on Thursday, November 16th, from 7:30PM to 8:30PM. Mr. Suarez is a researcher on climate disasters turned humanitarian worker, innovator, game designer, and creator of serious-yet-fun processes for collaborative…
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It’s Getting Hot in Here: Climate Change and Our Health – 11/4 10:30am-Noon
It’s Getting Hot in Here: Climate Change and Our Health is a single session offered by Concord Carlisle Adult and Community Education, which will be taught by Rebecca Woodward. Man-made climate change is here. We feel it in hotter temperatures and many of us have seen the sky turn orange from wildfire smoke. Come learn about…
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Induction cooking – no more gas! October 25th 2023, 7:29 pm-8:30 pm
If you cook with gas, you may not be aware of the drawbacks… and the alternative! Gas stoves likely make the air in your kitchen more polluted than recommended outdoor clean air quality standards. Burning gas releases nitrogen dioxide, small particulate matter, and carbon monoxide, all components of air pollution. Cooking on a gas stove…
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Sudbury’s New Climate Mobilization Action Plan (CMAP)
Progress! As requested in 2022 Town Meeting Article 58, The Climate Emergency Declaration, Sudbury now has a climate action plan. We are grateful to volunteer Andrew Blair, Facilities Director Sandra Duran, Sustainability Coordinator Dani Marini-King, and the dedicated members of the Climate and Sustainability Committee for making the CMAP a reality. Here is the announcement…
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Sudbury and Wayland Recycling and Energy Drive
On Saturday, April 29, 10AM to 2PM bring your unwanted appliances, furniture, electronic and clothing to the Recycling and Energy Drive. Have an old dehumidifier? Drop it off for free and receive $30. Where: the Curtis Middle School parking areas, 22 Pratts Mill Road, Sudbury. Cost: $20 fee per car Habitat for Humanity, Black Earth…
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Sudbury Earth Day – Fair and Cleanup Day 4/22/23