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SUMMARY:Nature of Acton and Boxborough 2024 BioBlitz
DESCRIPTION:Help protect and promote healthy\, resilient ecosystems! \nCelebrate and document biodiversity in Acton and Boxborough. Contribute to the iNaturalist database as a citizen scientist. How to participate? Download the “iNaturalist” app\, /www.inaturalist.org\, on your smartphone\, search for projects and click on our “Nature of Acton and Boxborough April 2024” project. To participate\, you must Join the project. For more info\, visit BioBlitz 2024. \nThere are over 2\,000 acres of conservation areas in Acton and Boxborough with a variety of habitats\, such as cattail marshes\, ponds\, open fields and dense forests. These habitats host snapping turtles\, reptiles\, frogs\, insects\, birds\, mammals\, and many plant species. Another 3\,000 acres of private lands provide habitat for wildlife\, including two steps outside your door! What kind of wildlife lives here? Let’s find out this April! \nIf you participated last year\, your account is still active and you are already a member of the Nature of Acton and Boxborough April 2024 project. When ready\, snap away at any plant\, animal or fungus you see and get it on our list. Can we break 500 species this year? Who can ID the most? Taking observations of wildlife helps advance science too! According to National Geographic\, “High quality data uploaded to iNaturalist become part of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility\, an open source database used by scientists and policy makers around the world.”  \n\nThe Boston Area City Nature Challenge will count all observations from April 26 to 29. For more information about the Boston Area CNC\, visit: https://www.bostoncnc.org/ \nThe 2023 BioBlitz was a collaboration of people from Acton Conservation Trust\, Green Acton\, Acton PIP Stem\, Acton Men’s Outdoor Club\, Energize Acton\, Acton Discovery Museum and Boxborough Conservation Trust. \nThere were two articles published about the Bioblitz: \nhttps://actonconservationtrust.org/nature-of-acton-and-boxborough-june-2023/ \nhttps://www.actonexchange.org/acton-boxborough-bioblitz-identified-514-species-of-plants-and-animals/ \nEnergizeActon.org is a joint project of the Acton Climate Coalition and the Town of Acton Sustainability Office.  \nWe meet the first and third Wednesdays of each month at noon. If you would like to volunteer in any capacity\, please email us at energizeacton.org@gmail.com.
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SUMMARY:April Clean Energy Home: A Multi-System Transition Home
DESCRIPTION:Tour the Clean Energy Home of the Month \nApril Focus: Multi-System Transition House \nRegister HERE. \n  \nConcerned about the fossil fuels that heat your home? But not be sure how to incorporate unfamiliar renewable technologies?  This month’s clean energy home is a great example of homeowners who have decided to address change one step at a time. They began by reviewing their home energy efficiency and doing a thorough project of insulation–with immediate results. Then\, rather than redo their entire gas system\, they decided the first step was a dual fuel combo of air source heat pump and natural gas furnace.  Finally\, a change in their tree canopy opened up space for their latest project\, rooftop solar. Their experience has been so positive that one of the homeowners has become an Acton Clean Energy Coach! \nVery few households have the resources to decarbonize their homes in one fell swoop. Come and talk with these Acton neighbors about creating a multi-year plan for transitioning to clean energy. Forward motion is the key. Perhaps year one is the affordable goal of an in-depth home energy audit and using the clothes dryer less in favor on drying racks. Year two might be another affordable goal of home insulation with great rebates from Mass Save. And so on\, planning toward significant change. This home tour will give you good ideas about systems big and small\, timeframes\, and costs. \nRegister HERE. \nThe April Clean Energy Home’s Technologies \n\nMass Save Insulation Program\nDucted Bosch heat- pump and high efficiency gas furnace combo\nSolar panels with majority of panels facing west due to trees on south side\nEco power lawn mower and leaf blower \n\nWhen:  Saturday\, April 27\, 11am and 1pm \nWhere: North Acton \nThere will be two 1-hour sessions to see the house at 11am and 1pm. \nAfter registration you will receive an email with the house address and specific information about parking\, etc. \n  \nALSO! Consider attending the EnergizeActon.org program on May 2nd at 7pm\, “How to PlugIN? Planning and Paying for Clean Energy.” This virtual talk will look at four different multi-year planning tools to help reduce the carbon footprint for home heating and cooling—the national Rewiring America “calculator\,” the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) planning guide\, the LexElectrify checklist\, and the Carbon CREW personal climate action plan. This presentation will also consider loans\, tax credits\, rebates\, and other tools essential to the planning process. Click HERE to register. \nThe Energize Acton “Clean Energy Home of the Month” tour will run from February to July 2024. Each month is a different home with a focus on a different technology\, although all of the homes have multiple technologies. This is an effort to help Acton residents see firsthand how new clean energy technologies are working out for neighbors who have adopted them. \n\n            February 24: Hydronics Whole House Heat Pump\n            March 16: Solar Panels and Solar Battery Storage\n            April 27: The Multi-System Transition House\n            May: Apologies\, this home is postponed ’til June due to basement flooding!\n            June 15: TWO nextdoor houses—Everything ASHP House & Everything Geothermal House\n            July: Solar and Energy Monitoring\n\n  \nOur monthly tours are part of a broader campaign called “PlugIN\,” running from February through July 2024 and coordinated with groups across Acton and the region to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The new movement for electrification—based on renewable energy sources and high-efficiency home heating\, cooling\, and appliance use—is part of Acton’s commitment to reach net zero emissions as soon as possible. To find out about regional PlugIN talks and other events\, click HERE. \nUpcoming PlugIN talks and events include the following. \n\nApril 7: Special Panel on Community Solar hosted by Congregation Beth Elohim\, JCAN\, and Energize Acton\nMay 2: How to PlugIN? Planning and Paying for Clean Energy\nJune: PlugIN – Homeowner Panel on Heat Pump Benefits and Challenges\nJune 8: Climate Resilience Festival sponsored by the Acton Sustainability Office\nJuly: PlugIN – How It All Fits Together\nJuly: PlugIN PICNIC: Celebrating Collective Action!\n\n  \n 
URL:https://energizeacton.org/event/april-clean-energy-home-a-multi-system-transition-home/
LOCATION:April Clean Energy Home\, Address available upon registration\, Acton\, Massachusetts\, US
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