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Sustainable Milton aims to create a model sustainable community to help preserve our ecosystem as a whole. We aim to raise awareness, educate and motivate residents and town government in Milton, Massachusetts to take action to reduce waste of all forms at home, at work and while traveling, and to inspire others to do the same.


Earth Day 2009

"Slash Your Trash" - Learn how to $ave money and preserve resources by watching Sustainable Milton's powerpoint presentation from Earth Day 2009:        








Shopping this
Summer?
Shop Milton First!

Milton stores have lots of products you need, and spending your $ in Milton is good for our town. Read how.
Get a daily one-sentence Green Tip in your email, from the Sierra Club.
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"LOPOMO" OFFENDER??
Last updated 6/27/2009
which is "tap water repackaged by Pepsi and Coke." Read the Globe synopsis; Read entire article...
Help the climate crisis: Don't buy bottled water. In the US we ship 1 billion  bottles a  week in 37,800  18-wheelers, 24% of
Stop Junk mail! 
Save 100 million trees per year, save water, reduce  energy and support your favorite charity as well.
Get off the lists here!
Volunteer for the Environment!
Make A difference in 15 minutes, a few hours, or while on vacation.
Read more...
Was 2007 the 2nd warmest year ever? The statistics from NASA tell it all!
Find out  here.
Sustainable Milton
Read
Al Gore's
Nobel Prize acceptance speech
A MUST VIEW!!
"The Story of Stuff" here.
EVENTS
Boston.com now has a Green Section here!
Learn about water conservation and
Rain Barrels



 
July Sustainable Milton Meeting

Join us and help make Milton "greener" than ever! Monthly meetings now held at the newly renovated Milton Library, on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.

Date: Wednesday, July 15
Time: 7:00-8:45 PM
Where: Milton Library
     426 Canton Ave
    Community Room

More Events here.
3 Milton families cut 7,000 lbs of CO2, without big expenditures!!

They saved $!
You can too!

More info here.
Still snoozing at 7 AM Sunday mornings? Listen to NPR's "Living on Earth" here.
Watch for the arrival and
installation of the first 2kW solar array on the roof of the High School, just to the left over the front entrance!
Milton will get: hardware, software, consulting services, engineering, installation and 10-yr warranty for a 4kW "green" solar array!
The Town of Milton has qualified for 4kW of free solar panels from the State, worth $50,000!
Connected to
the Earth Day Network?
Read their monthly newsletter here.
       Are you
            still taking
       plastic bags?
             They pollute and are made from fossil fuels. At the very least, recycle them.
Is global warming real? or not? Should we act? or not?
  Hear the arguments here.
Visit the
NASA CLIMATE TIME MACHINE here.
Track Ice Melt, Sea Level, CO2 and Global Temp since 1885!
Looking for
a GREEN
business
in MA?
Check out
the Massachusetts
GoGreen Web Directory. 
Sustainable Milton now has a Blog!
If you like the HEET, get into the kitchen, and the attic, and the basement, and the fireplace, and around the doors and windows... Watch                             it in Cambridge                                       here!
Consumers are getting the message!
Tips to maximize your gas mileage here!
Want to save on gas??
Reduce your emissions?
Get a ride!
Visit RideBuzz.org
Milton... with it's own wind turbine?

View the March 4 presentation from the
Wind Committee here:


Watch Medford's
Turbine Ribbon
Cutting ceremony
January 29, 2009
here.


See "Community
Wind  101" from
the UMass Wind
Energy Center
here:
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