Sustainable Belmont is a task force of the Vision 21 Implementation Committee of the Town of Belmont, Massachusetts. Our mandate is to work with the Belmont community to implement one aspect of the town's vision: “We will be an environmentally responsible community.”
We meet the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Belmont Memorial Library, 336 Concord Ave., Belmont. Meetings are open to all.
Read our e-Newsletter on our blog. If you would like to receive the e-Newsletter as email, please contact sustainablebelmont@gmail.com.
Sustainable Belmont is a member of the Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN).
*What's New*
*Photos from Sustainable Belmont's Fifth Anniversary Celebration*
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Sustainable Belmont members celebrated the group's fifth anniversary with a potluck dinner on January 24, 2010. See photos. |
*Climate Action Plan*
At the November 16 Special Town Meeting, members overwhelmingly passed, via a voice vote, a resolution (see Article 6 of the Warrant for Special Town Meeting) to reduce Belmont’s carbon dioxide emissions using the Belmont Climate Action Plan (CAP) as a reference guide. Thank you to everyone who helped get us to this tremendous milestone.
Recently, the Belmont Board of Selectmen accepted the charge of a new committee to monitor and encourage the reduction of CO2 emissions by Belmont (reported by Christian Schiavone in the Belmont Citizen-Herald: http://www.wickedlocal.com/belmont/town_info/government/x1025055917/Selectmen-accept-charge-for-Energy-Committee).
On a related note, at the November Mass Climate Action Network conference, Sustainable Belmont was honored for our work on getting the CAP completed and approved.
The most recent draft (September 2009) of the Belmont Climate Action Plan (CAP) is available for review. Thank you to everyone who gave us feedback on the CAP over the past several months. Keep it coming!
*Presentation on Solar Panels*
See the slideshow presented by Peter McCullough at the November Sustainable Belmont meeting: “Why I Have Solar Panels and You Will Too” .
*New Articles*
Read an op-ed by Judy Otto on consumerism, appearing in the February 4 issue of the Belmont Citizen-Herald: http://www.wickedlocal.com/belmont/news/opinions/x655691134/Otto-Reconsidering-consumerism.
*Sustainable Belmont Meeting Minutes*
For all archived meeting minutes, see http://www.town.belmont.ma.us/Public_Documents/BelmontMA_BComm/vision21/sustainbelmont
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