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Environment & Sustainability

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A young girl rakes up a pile of leaves.
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  • Citizen Engagement
  • Environment & Sustainability
  • Health & Well-Being

Local Action with Global Effects: the Saga of the Leaf Blower

  • James Fallows
  • September 14, 2023
There was a time when people considered the noise and pollution of gas-powered leafblowers to be merely a “First-World Problem,” a nuisance that mattered only to people with nothing more…
Three kayakers paddle down a river.
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  • Parks & Recreation

Great Falls Reimagines Its Identity through Nature-Based Tourism

  • Ben Speggen
  • March 30, 2023
With community partnerships and resident input, the small South Carolina town is writing its next chapter.
Three people lift a solar panel.
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  • Environment & Sustainability

Carbon offset pact will put solar on dozens of Habitat for Humanity homes

  • Elizabeth McGowan, Energy News Network
  • March 17, 2023
The District of Columbia-based American Institute of Architects is offsetting greenhouse gas emissions from a major renovation with a $500,000 donation that will cover the cost of solar panels on an estimated 72 homes.
Crew members perform an inspection at one of First Solar’s Ohio manufacturing plants. Credit: First Solar / Courtesy of Energy News Network.
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  • Environment & Sustainability

Made-in-Ohio solar panels benefit from federal incentives, supply chain politics

  • Kathiann M. Kowalski, Energy News Network
  • March 3, 2023
About two decades after cadmium telluride solar panels were commercialized in Ohio, the maturing technology is finding momentum thanks in part to its domestic manufacturing and supply chain.
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  • Education
  • Environment & Sustainability

Inside Our Towns: Erin Sanborn

  • Ben Speggen and Evan Sanford
  • February 21, 2023
Erin Sanborn discusses service and sustainability and the role the University of Redlands plays in the community and beyond with Evan Sanford in this episode of the Inside Our Towns podcast.
"Pittsburgh skyline" by US Department of State is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
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  • Environment & Sustainability

How Pittsburgh found a secret climate weapon in ‘the thrilling world of municipal budgeting’

  • Claire Elise Thompson, Grist
  • February 10, 2023
Even cash-strapped cities have money for climate action. They just need to spend it better.
An Eastern Kentucky family anticipates life in their new home (Photo courtesy of Housing Development Alliance).
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  • Environment & Sustainability

Finding ‘Higher Ground’: Locally-led Movement Works Toward a Just Housing Recovery in Eastern Kentucky

  • Kim Kobersmith, The Daily Yonder
  • February 9, 2023
The urgent need for housing assistance in flood stricken Appalachian communities reveals the severe limitations of the nation’s response and support systems. Community groups are stepping up to help.
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  • Education
  • Environment & Sustainability

‘Uniting Americans through Service: How California is Leading’

  • Ben Speggen
  • January 19, 2023
California's Chief Service Officer discusses the California Volunteers' initiatives -- the impact CalVols is having in the state, and how it serves as a model nationwide at Jefferson Educational Society Global Summit event at the University of Redlands.
Students rally for fossil fuel-free energy at the University of California, San Diego. Erik Jepsen/UCSD
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  • Environment & Sustainability

3 Reasons Local Climate Activism is More Powerful than People Realize

  • Adam Aron, The Conversation
  • January 9, 2023
Research and history suggest that local action is more powerful than many people believe.
The Allen family at an official switch-throwing ceremony at their home in Cleveland on Dec. 16. Credit: Kathiann M. Kowalski
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  • Environment & Sustainability

Cleveland Pilot Project Provides Rooftop Solar for Low-Income Residents

  • Kathiann M. Kowalski, Energy News Network
  • January 3, 2023
Data from the project will document savings and could help get more funding for solar energy in neighborhoods that have historically been left behind.
Master Garderner’s Nate Picken, Frank Amaro along with Pembroke Kentucky Mayor, Judy Peterson help Avery Grace select trees to be planted at Pembroke School. (Photo by Toni Riley)
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  • Trees

Trees Bring Hope, Healing, and a Look to the Future for Western Kentucky Tornado Victims

  • Toni Riley, The Daily Yonder
  • December 27, 2022
A tree grower joins forces with a local organization to replant some of the trees lost in Kentucky during tornadoes of late 2021.
A field of solar panels
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  • Environment & Sustainability

That empty space next to highways? Put solar panels on it.

  • Emily Jones, Grist
  • December 20, 2022
Roadside solar fields across the country could power up to 12 million electric vehicles.
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  • Civic Life
  • Environment & Sustainability

Inside Our Towns: Josh Fryday, California’s Chief Service Officer

  • Ben Speggen and Evan Sanford
  • December 7, 2022
National division might grab headlines, but the story of uniting citizens through service in California is growing.
One of the electric tractor models offered by Soletrac. (Source: Soletrac Facebook)
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  • Environment & Sustainability

Push for Electric Ag Equipment in Oregon is Led by Independent Groups

  • Claire Carlson, The Daily Yonder
  • December 6, 2022
With volatility being an integral part of farming, electric ag equipment could bring some predictability to farmers’ energy use and consumption, say experts.
Ezekiel Jones, Operational Coordinator, coaxes the animals out to pasture in the morning. GrowingChange's donkey, Miss Easter, was born on Easter Sunday five years ago.
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  • Environment & Sustainability

Unlocking Potential

  • Ben Speggen
  • November 16, 2022
At-risk youth in North Carolina hold the keys to flipping a decommissioned prison into a sustainable farm and community asset.
A man using a battery-powered leaf blower.
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  • Environment & Sustainability

What’s the Quickest Way to Make a Big Difference, Through a Little Step? It’s Right There in the Backyard.

  • James Fallows
  • October 6, 2022
Change comes slowly, then all at once.

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