Girl Scout Suravi Bhatia creates pathway through Acton’s environmental history
As her Girl Scout Gold Award project, Suravi Bhatia has created a self-guided environment/climate history walk along the path behind the Red House, across the street from Town Hall. This reporter toured the walk with Bhatia on July 13. The walk comprises twelve illustrated panels, organized chronologically, from “Original Stewards: 1600s and earlier”, to “Into the Future: 2030 and beyond”. Each information-packed panel has been carefully researched, and collectively they help visitors realize that climate and environmental change are not only recent phenomena. The panel for “Agricultural Awakening (1700-1800)” describes how forests were removed to make room for agriculture to…
