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Highlights from Climate Summer 2014!
As we look towards Climate Summer 2016, we wanted to highlight a few of the posts from the 2014 cohort to give applicants a feel for the program. I’ve chosen a handful of my favorite posts from last summer (one from … Continue reading
Posted in 2013
Tagged #ClimateLegacy, #climatesummer, #EastMass, #NorthShore, #Team4theMAsses, #WestMass, applicants, better future project, bike trails, bikes, biking, biking on the road, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Climate Movement, climate summer, community, recruiting
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Climate Summer 2014 Blog Is Live!
Posted by Marla Marcum, who directs Climate Summer in her role as Director of Programs at Better Future Project. As I type this, Better Future Project staffers (Ashley and Jamie), along with the five members of the Climate Summer team … Continue reading
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My Most Meaningful Summer was 2010
Posted on behalf of Kara Kaufman, 2010 alumna If you’re not on our email list, you missed this great message from Kara Kaufman, Media Coordinator for the Western Massachusetts Climate Summer team in 2010. That’s Kara at the mic in the … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Alumni News, Team Western Massachusetts
Tagged donate, give, support
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Highlights from the Archive!
When people are applying to Climate Summer (and then preparing for the experience), there are so many questions about what exactly the riders can expect to be doing all summer. These questions are best summed up as “describe a typical … Continue reading
Check out the BFP Alumni/ae Newsletter!
The latest edition of the Better Future Project Alumni Newsletter is out! Want to read the back-issues? Click here. This month features an update from Alyssa (Climate Summer 2011) on the grassroots climate movement in the Pacific Northwest, a squash recipe from … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Alumni News, Recruiting
Tagged Alumni, Newsletter, Recipe, snow, Spoof
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Highlights from 2012: Climate Riding is Sexy!
What are you doing this summer? Get on your bike with Climate Summer! Amanda Crawford-Staub – a Pennsylvania native, a student at Boston University, and the 2012 Outreach Coordinator for Team Maine – is here to tell you that Climate Riding … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Video, Video Petition
Tagged 2013, apply, archive, Maine, sexy, Tar Sands, Team Maine
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Apply for 2012 Summer Programs!
Priority Application Deadline: November 30th! Better Future Project is excited to announce two programs for Summer 2012! The joint application form is available here. Climate Summer continues! We’re working hard to build on the relationships and lessons of the first three years … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Recruiting
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Highlights from the Archives, Volume 2
Climate Summer 2011 kicks off this weekend, and this blast from the past goes out to all those nervous new members of the Climate Summer crew… 31 young adults who have committed their summers to living their values, even though … Continue reading
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Tagged bikes, biking on the road, Marshfield, Newburyport, Portsmouth, South Weymouth, Waltham, Winthrop
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Highlights from the Archives – Volume 1
Here at Climate Summer, we are gearing up to start recruiting the next group of Climate Summer riders. We’re updating the website and recruiting materials, but we haven’t gotten back into the habit of blogging regularly after our post-summer break. … Continue reading
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10/10/10 in Somerville!
Here at Climate Summer, we’re working hard to stay in touch with the amazing community organizations, faith groups, and individuals that we got to know in 2010. Climate Summer veterans and other SJSF members got their hands dirty with neighbors … Continue reading
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