Please attend your Town meeting

THE GREEN TEAM ENCOURAGES YOU to support, WITH YOUR VOTE, various environmental initiatives:

Aquinnah - June 19th at 3pm at the Aquinnah First Station Parking Lot

Chilmark - May 24th at 5:30pm at Chilmark Community Center

Edgartown - May 22nd at 1:30pm at Edgartown School Field

Oak Bluffs - May 15 at 12 Noon at the Tabernacle

Tisbury - June 12 at 1pm

West Tisbury - May 18 at 5pm at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs

Edgartown, Chilmark and Tisbury will vote on 100 % Renewable Resolution

This important resolution sets an aspirational goal for the Island to move away from fossil fuels, transition to renewable energy and increase carbon capture. You can read more details here. West Tisbury and Aquinnah have both already enthusiastically adopted the resolution. Once the the other towns join in, the Island will have taken the important step of committing to unified goals to address the escalating climate crisis. Please attend your town meeting to help make this possible! 

All Town Meetings will vote for Electric School Buses

The MV Public Schools need your vote at all the Town Meetings to approve funding for the first steps in electrifying the school bus fleet. With the help of VW settlement grant money, MVYPS plans to purchase two electric school buses. We currently have 21 full-length school buses: 16 gas, 5 diesel. Electrifying school buses reduces emissions that are harmful to our kids and saves our School Districts money in fuel and maintenance costs! 

Edgartown and Oak Bluffs will Vote to enable MA Green Community Status 

Both towns need to vote to adopt the MA Stretch Energy Code to enable their applications to the MA Green Community program. In addition, Oak Bluffs needs to vote on a As of Right zoning bylaw designating their landfill as a site for large scale solar installation.  With the inclusion of Edgartown and Oak Bluffs, the entire Island will be enrolled in the Green Community program.  

Edgartown will vote on Electrification Infrastructure 

Residents will vote on inductive bus chargers installed by the VTA and located at the Edgartown bus station on Church Street. Also included is a full renovation of the bus plaza area to make it more welcoming and provide more seating, more shelter, and better lighting. All costs are covered by grants, so it is free to the town.  Also being considered is funding for EV chargers at the Park and Ride. 

Oak Bluffs will consider three articles on Plastic Pollution 

Article 43 tasks the town with forming a plastic reduction committee to comprehensively address plastic pollution.

Article 44 asks OB to adopt an island-wide resolution to end the use of polystyrene types of plastic (including styrofoam). 

Article 45 is the student-led bylaw that places a ban on the sale of plastic water and soda bottles of one liter or less.