What does the Take Action Burlington Blog have in common with the Apple Watch, Jurassic World and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk”? They all turn 10 in 2025!
We never imagined when we posted our first Take Action Burlington blog in 2015, that we would be here 10 years later continuing to engage residents of Burlington on a variety of topics including Biodiversity, Climate Change, Energy, Emergency Preparedness, Transportation, Waste, and more! Did you know you can use the categories and tags features on the website to search for the topics that are of interest to you? You can also register to receive notifications of our new posts by email.
How It All Began
The concept of Take Action Burlington began when City staff and community members were planning the City’s Community Climate Change Summit that took place in May 2010.
It was important to the organizing committee that a free follow-up community event also take place. Due to a successful fundraising initiative, we hosted two free community events on World Environment Day in June 2010 and 2011; and also helped support BurlingtonGreen’s GO Green project, an outreach program connecting Burlington children aged 4-11 and inspiring them to take action to combat climate change locally.
The underlying theme at the Climate Change Summit was that we all have a role to play when it comes to creating a healthy, environmentally friendly community.
Historically, City staff provided annual environmentally related updates to City Council, followed by quarterly updates in a newsletter format which included initiatives that took place over the previous quarter and events taking place in the upcoming quarter. City staff developed the blog to provide you with more timely updates that not only showcase the City’s environmental accomplishments but also promote what individuals can do at home, work and play.
By the Numbers
- 267 blog posts
- 97,936 views
- 65,664 visitors
- 235 subscribers
- 183 comments
- 9,500 shares to social media
It should be noted that not all views can be captured, such as when blog posts are copied into newsletters, etc., and not linked to the post.
Curious what our most popular blog posts are? Check them out here:
- In fifth place with 1,788 views, is Burlington Solar Map Launch from 2024.
- In fourth place with 2,979 views, is Empty Your Pool, Spa or Hot Tub the Right Way from 2017 though we publish information about this every year. In total, we’ve had over 6,800 views on all the posts about this topic.
- In third place with 3,217 views, is Let It All Hang Out: Air Dry Your Laundry from 2017.
- In second place with 3,273 views, is Discover Your Homes Heat Loss with MyHEAT Thermal Map from 2025.
- And our winner with 5,486 views, is Don’t Throw Out Your Child Car and Booster Seats – Recycle Them! from 2018.
Thank You Burlington!
We all have a role to play to create a healthy, environmentally friendly community. Thank you for doing your part by reading our blog posts and putting these ideas into action. Collectively we can make a difference.
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