Acton Earth Day 2004

Since 1999 the Acton Stream Teams have participated as an exhibitor in the annual Acton Earth Day Celebration, which is sponsored and run by the Acton Earth Day Committee.

See what the Acton Stream Teams did for Earth Day in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Earth Day 2004

In lieu of a community-wide event in 2004, the Acton Earth Day Committee created an online resource: “Acton’s Virtual Earth Day 2004”. Click here to link to this great resource, which is hosted on the Acton Citizens for Environmental Safety website (www.actonaces.org).

More about Acton Earth Day

The first annual Acton Earth Day was held in 1996 in the Acton Arboretum. The event was organized and run by the Acton Earth Day Committee, founded by Charlotte Sagoff. Charlotte and her team of “Earthlings” created a wonderful event to help Acton celebrate the earth, and to raise awareness of how we can all help protect its natural resources. Community groups, entertainers, food vendors, and school groups all participated. Nature walks and field trips to local areas of interest were also featured.

In subsequent years, similar Acton Earth Day Celebrations have been sponsored and carried out by the Acton Earth Day Committee at the Acton Boxborough Regional High School field, Acton Arboretum, Conant School, and NARA Park. These celebrations, held during late April or early May, have included: storytellers, maypole dances, two original plays by Christine MacDonald, a hand-built native american wigwam, morris dancers, energy efficient cars, an enactment of the Giving Tree featuring Jamie Eldridge, nature walks, puppet shows, and hands-on displays by community and school groups.

Participating groups have included:

ABRHS Biology students, ACES (Acton Citizens for Environmental Safety), Acton Bluebird Recovery Program, Acton Community Preservation Committee, Acton Conservation Commission, Acton Conservation Trust, Acton Garden Club, Acton Land Stewards, Acton Outdoor Lighting Advisory Committee, Acton Stream Teams, Acton Water District, Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, Assabet River Rail Trail, Inc., CASE High School students, Butter Brook Farm, The Discovery Museums, Friends of the Acton Arboretum, Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, MA Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife, Merriam and McCarthy-Towne elementary school students, MSPCA, Nashua River Watershed Association, Story-tellers-Ellen Neelands and George Riner, Tom Tidman, various musical and performance groups, WR Grace & Co. (provided tours of its Superfund Site), and others.