Sustainability: what is it? Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs Brundtland Commission, 1987 Our Common Future Report to the United Nations General Assembly
90 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Per Household Per Year (2013) ton CO2 /household /year 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 Acton Carlisle Concord Framingham Lexington Lincoln Natick Sudbury Wayland Wellesley Weston
Total Points (out of 196) 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 350MA Sustainability Questionnaire Results Administrative Buildings Transportation Other GHG/Sustainability Acton Concord Framingham Natick Wayland Weston
EGREMONT RICHMOND GREAT BARRINGTON WILLIAMSTOWN LANESBOROUGH PITTSFIELD LENOX STOCKBRIDGE CLARKSBURG NORTH ADAMS ADAMS DALTON WINDSOR MIDDLEFIELD BECKET ROWE HAWLEY PLAINFIELD BUCKLAND ASHFIELD CUMMINGTON HINSDALE GOSHEN CHESTERFIELD CHESTER BLANDFORD GRANVILLE SHELBURNE HUNTINGTON CONWAY WILLIAMS- BURG SOUTHAMPTON NORTHAMPTON WESTFIELD WHATELY EASTHAMPTON GREENFIELD DEERFIELD HATFIELD HOLYOKE WEST SPRINGFIELD AGAWAM BERNARDSTON GILL MONTAGUE SUNDERLAND CHICOPEE AMHERST GRANBY SPRINGFIELD LONGMEADOW NORTHFIELD ERVING LEVERETT WENDELL SHUTESBURY PELHAM BELCHERTOWN WARWICK NEW SALEM PALMER MONSON ROYALSTON ORANGE WARE ATHOL PETERSHAM HARDWICK WARREN BARRE BRIMFIELD WINCHENDON ASHBURNHAM GARDNER WESTMINSTER DUDLEY ASHBY WORCESTER SUTTON TOWNSEND FITCHBURG SHIRLEY LUNENBURG AUBURN LEOMINSTER WEST BOYLSTON NEW BRAINTREE LEICESTER CHARLTON SOUTHBRIDGE WEBSTER MILLBURY LANCASTER PEPPERELL BERLIN AYER HARVARD BOLTON GRAFTON NORTHBRIDGE DOUGLAS 25 New Green Community Designations UPTON MILLVILLE HOPKINTON MENDON BLACKSTONE TYNGSBOROUGH WESTFORD LITTLETON ACTON MAYNARD STOW SUDBURY CONCORD LOWELL CHELMSFORD MARLBOROUGH WAYLAND FRAMINGHAM SOUTHBOROUGH ASHLAND CARLISLE BEDFORD SHERBORN HOLLISTON MEDFIELD ANDOVER TEWKSBURY WOBURN NORTH ANDOVER STONEHAM WALTHAM EASTON AMESBURY WEST NEWBURY SAUGUS DARTMOUTH TOPSFIELD HAMILTON BRIDGEWATER WENHAM SALEM WEYMOUTH MILLIS CANTON MEDWAY STOUGHTON SHARON ABINGTON FRANKLIN BROCKTON PLAINVILLE ABINGTON DOUGLAS LAWRENCE PLAINVILLE STONEHAM BRIMFIELD DUXBURY LEICESTER ROYALSTON WALTHAM CANTON FRANKLIN MIDDLEBOROUGH SHARON WEBSTER CHESTER GRAFTON NEW BRAINTREE SHELBURNE WELLESLEY CUMMINGTON HINSDALE ORANGE SOUTHAMPTON WEST BOYLSTON New Green Community Designation - December 2017 Previously Designated Community LAWRENCE WELLESLEY LAKEVILLE NEWBURYPORT ROCKLAND WHITMAN SALISBURY BEVERLY HANOVER HALIFAX ACUSHNET ESSEX COHASSET NEW BEDFORD NORWELL SCITUATE PEMBROKE PLYMPTON MANCHESTER KINGSTON GLOUCESTER MARSHFIELD WEST TISBURY ROCKPORT DUXBURY MIDDLEBOROUGH TISBURY WAYLAND NATICK SHERBORN LINCOLN SUDBURY MEDFIELD WESTON MASHPEE WALTHAM WELLESLEY DOVER J WOBURN SWAMPSCOTT SAUGUS MELROSE WINCHESTER LEXINGTON MALDEN MEDFORD ARLINGTON REVERE EVERETT BELMONT SOMERVILLE CHELSEA WINTHROP WINTHROP CAMBRIDGE WATERTOWN NEWTON DEDHAM WESTWOOD BROOKLINE STONEHAM BOSTON MILTON CANTON QUINCY PROVINCETOWN WELLFLEET TRURO WEYMOUTH
1200 Green Communities Designation - Total Funding Received 1000 $1000 USD received 800 600 400 200 0 Acton Carlisle Concord Framingham Lexington Lincoln Natick Sudbury Wayland Wellesley Weston
90 80 70 Weston Municipal Energy Consumption (2011-2017) x1000 MMBtu 60 50 40 30 20 10 Buildings Vehicles Open Space Streetlights Water/Sewer 0 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17
2500 Waste (excl. recycling) per household served 2000 lbs/year 1500 1000 500 0 Acton Carlisle Concord Framingham Lexington Lincoln Natick Sudbury Wayland Wellesley Weston
60 50 2016 Recycling Rates excl. yard waste, e-waste, C&D recycling rate incl SS recycling rate excl SS % 40 30 20 10 0 Acton Carlisle Concord Framingham Lexington Lincoln Natick Sudbury Wayland Wellesley Weston