100% Renewable Cities Resource Hub

Resources

Based on experiences with local volunteers and officials like you, the materials included are intended to bring you all the way from "I'd like to do something locally that helps solve climate change" to "Wow, we just won our first campaign!" Even better, each of these victories gets your community and our state closer to 100% renewable energy. We built these materials so that you can build a team, make decisions about your next steps, and take action. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Click on the images below to look at the resources available for action in each sector

Clean Electricity Generation

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Buildings, Heating, and Cooling

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Zero Emission Transportation

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A 100% Renewable Future

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This section is perpetually under construction. Last update: March 17, 2019

Frequently asked questions

• This is all very complicated! Where do I start?

  Don't panic. Energy policy and advocacy can be complicated. Luckily, there are organizers who are happy to help. Contact the Massachusetts Climate Action Network, MA Sierra Club, or 350MA for a Better Future.

• Why local action and local projects?

  Local action and local projects are good for two reasons: they let your community make choices based on your values and priorities, and they prove that climate change solutions work. Your town gets to decide what our energy future looks like, and prove to state policy makers that communities can. We can set the example at the local level and show that it is possible to clean up our state and transition to a clean energy future!

  Across Massachusetts, cities and towns are already leading the way towards 100 percent renewable energy.

  For example:

  • New Bedford has installed 16 megawatts of solar to power its municipal facilities, and more than a third of the vehicles in its municipal fleet are electric vehicles.
  • Cambridge has adopted a Net Zero Action Plan, laying out steps for the city to reduce carbon emissions from its buildings by 70 percent by 2040.
  • Sutton has received $440,000 in funding for energy efficiency upgrades for municipal buildings through the Green Communities program.

• This data is incomplete or out-of-date!

  Nothing here is intended to be exhaustive. This information has been gathered by advocates and we are not always able to update content in a timely manner. If you have additional data than can be added, that's great! Please contact Jacob Stern at the Massachusetts Sierra Club.

• Who maintains this resource?

  This toolkit was orginally created by Mass Power Forward, a coalition of climate-focused organizations. For questions about the individual resources, please email Carol Oldham at Massachusetts Climate Action Network. For questions about web hosting, please email Jacob Stern at the Massachusetts Sierra Club