2020 - Andover thinking Municipal Aggregation  - Yes WECAN

Working to Educate for Climate Action NOW (WECAN) is exploring Electrical Municipal Program for Andover.
145 communities throughout commonwealth have already implemented this program.

Want to know more? Here are some hwww.mapc.org/our-work/expertise/clean-energy/green-municipal-aggregation/andy links
  • What is Municipal electricity aggregation - Mass.gov
  • You have a choice to select your energy mix - Mass.gov - Energy Switch
  • Community Choice Aggregation program as explained by MAPC - MAPC - CCA 
  • Newton - Municipal electricity aggregation really works  - Commonwealth Mag
  • Merrimack valley and surrounding towns - Map
  • Communities near Andover who have implemented Municipal electricity aggregation program - Link
  • Share folder - Link
  • Good Energy presentation to AGAB (Oct 22,  2019) - Link New
  • Related Links​​

May 17, 2017  - Navisite Sustainability Fair 

We did it again!

Thanks to Alex for inviting us to participate in the 2017 NaviSite Sustainability Fair and to Girish for taking up on the challenge and coordinating  the efforts.

We collectively celebrated our proud accomplishment and reaffirmed our commitment to make a positive imprint on Andover Environment! The team did a splendid job of representing board activities with a banner, posters, slide shows and much appreciated hand outs nudging the visitors to be a good steward of the environment or as Selen would like to refer as "Taking care our mother"!

Although Selectman Alexander Vispoli gave us plenty of time to prepare for it, due to our involvement in the town meeting, we had barely a week to prepare all the material together. Team worked hard to meet the deadline. Janet Nicosia, with the help of Diane Krafton,  offered to take care of printing the banner and the posters. That was a tremendous help. The print quality and timely turn around time was precious. Thanks too to Melanie Cutler for creating a well thought-out slide show and to Girish who manage to convert it into a continuous running loop. Visitors appreciated it. Thanks to Selen Aktar and Clair Stocker for manning the booth and helping out with setting it up.

It once again shows that when citizen volunteers work collaboratively with  the town and the private sector and for a collective goodness, the results are gratifying.

Here are a few pictures that ties to capture the event. At the end is the slide show we presented at our table. Mucho thanks for everyone who helped us. And last but no the least to NaviSite fair coordinator Lisa Santoro for the logistic help as well as color copies of handouts.

​Environmental Sustainability Internship (ESIC) Projects

For the last four years, Andover High School teacher Melanie Cutler has helped student interns pursue environmental sustainability projects which combine classroom instruction and off-campus mentoring by domain experts.  A few samples of these projects are presented here.

2016-2017 Projects

Student
​Mentor
Project
Audrey A: ​
Wendy Schwartz Donohue Community Volunteer
Crocheting with Plarn as a Way to Reuse Plastic Bags
Isabelle A
Kerry M
Steve Golden
​Shawsheen River Greenway Committee
Shawsheen River Greenway and Junior Ranger Program
Catalina A
Susan Stott
​AVIS
Merrimack River Trail via Confluence Program
Amanda B
Melissa Nelson
​Bancroft PTO
Food Waste Reduction at Bancroft Elementary School
Benjamin D
​Vishvesh K
Sandy Gerraughty  
Melissa Woodbury
Department of Public Works
Small Business Recycling
Molly E
Paul Materazzo
Lisa Schwarz
Andover Planning Department 
Revitalization of Old Town Hall Building
Shelby G
Elissa Iwanicki
Community Volunteer
Food Waste Reduction at West Middle School
Meg G
​David L
Steve Fink
​Sustainable Andover
Smart Growth in Andover
Charlotte G  
​Miranda L: 
​Claire Stocker
Carina Schusterman
Community Volunteers
Green Initiatives at Sanborn Elementary School
Connor H
​Robert Douglas
​Andover Conservation Commission
Shawsheen River Dam Removals
Nicole K
Mark Spencer
​Water Analytics, Inc.
Road Salt Levels in the Shawsheen River
Evan L
Leigh Hartwell
AHS Sustainable Garden
Ann Knowles
Andover Community Garden
AHS Sustainable Garden and Andover Community Garden Intern
Shawn M
Brad Weeden
Community Volunteer
Various Cleanup and Beautification Projects Around Andover
Reetahan M
Jeff Cary
Andover GIS Coordinator
Constructing a GIS Stormwater Drainage Map
Ben R
Iric Rex
Davis Square Architects, Inc
Architectural Design of a Potential Building Behind Old Town Hall
Bill R
Elaine Clements
Andover Historical Society
Winter Farmers Market
Sophie U
​Ellen Townsend
Andover Conservation Commission
Study of Invasive Weed Removal in Field Pond

2015-2016

Student
Mentor
Project
Matt T
​Robert Douglas
​Andover Conservation Commission
​Pipeline Data Gathering
Ian D
Paul Materazzo
Andover Planning Department 
Promotion of Biking Friendly Andover
​Samara D
Janet Nicosia
​Andover P&F
AHS Energy Efficiency Campaign
Jonathan M
​Mark Spencer
​Water Analytics, Inc.
Road Salt Study
Grace B
​Brad Weeden
Community Volunteer
Various Town Cleanup Projects
Cole S
​​Brad Weeden
Community Volunteer
Food Rescue

2014-2015

Caroline D
​Janet Nicosia
​Andover P&F
Energy Efficiency Refrigeration Study