After a long and careful search, the Town of Sudbury has hired a Sustainability Coordinator, as requested in Warrant Article 58 (The Climate Emergency Declaration) at the May 2022 town meeting. Article 58 was researched, created and submitted by Sustainable Sudbury.
Dani Marini started March 28, 2023 and will report to Sandra Duran, Sudbury’s Combined Facilities Director. She was previously an environmental planner for the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission.
Duran says the first two projects Dani will tackle are a community-wide greenhouse gas inventory to identify sources of carbon emissions, and the development of a Climate Action Plan for Sudbury (both requested in Article 58). Andrew Blair, a Harvard graduate student, is already working with Duran’s office on the plan development. It is expected to include a sustainability platform to calculate the carbon cost of every purchase the town makes.
“We are in a real climate crisis, and we take Article 58 very seriously. We need to employ some significant actions immediately,” Duran said.
The above was adapted from an article in the Sudbury Weekly by Nancy Brumback.
One response to “Good News! Sudbury Hires a Sustainability Coordinator”
Duran’s sense of urgency about these issues is much appreciated. And welcome to our new Sustainability Coordinator!!