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Our Diverse Partners
Written by Dan Rejto, Outreach Coordinator, Team RICONN Race, religion, sexuality, socioeconomic status, home. Diversity, or lack thereof, was the elephant in the room for much of Climate Summer training. And everyone could see it. Among our 28 riders there … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Team RiConn
Tagged 2012, action, Activism, climate summer, community, diversity, environmental justice, government, local business, Movement Building, new friends, RiConn
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August 4th is Not a Test
Written by Alivia Ashenfarb, New Media Coordinator, Team RICONN Something in the air has changed. And I’m not talking about the pollution. Or my team’s dirty laundry. No, I’m talking about the wave, the flow of excitement and purpose that … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Team RiConn
Tagged 2012, better future project, change, climate summer, movement, Movement Building, RiConn, summer, transition
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Waltham, MA
Written by Emily Edgerly, Outreach Coordinator, Team Massachusetts A banner on the church read, “Climate Change is a Moral Issue.” After biking for forty miles, this banner was able to renew our tired and parched bodies. We continued on to … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Team Massachusetts, Video
Tagged 2012, faith, farms, Food, healthy waltham, Inter-faith youth connection, MA, religion, team mass, Waltham, waltham farms, youth
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Team RICONN meets Sheila Dormody, Providence’s first Director of Sustainability
Footage captured by Jayson Castillo, Video Coordinator, Team RICONN Team RICONN had the opportunity to meet with Sheila Dormody, the former director of Clean Water Action and Providence’s first Director of Sustainability . We met with Sheila one lovely afternoon in downtown Providence and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, community, government, Providence, RiConn, transition, Video
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Team RICONN meets with Connecticut’s Neighbor to Neighbor
Footage captured by Jayson Castillo, Video Coordinator, Team RICONN Team RICONN headed to the Hartford, CT office of Neighbor to Neighbor, a nonprofit community savings program that helps make residents’ homes more energy efficient. Here is a piece of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, community, government, Hartford, RiConn, Video
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Team RICONN meets John Hall, Middletown’s Main Man for Energy Efficiency
Footage captured by Jayson Castillo, Video Coordinator, Team RICONN Here is a video we took of John Hall, a retired clergyman, member of the Middletown, CT Clean Energy Task Force, and executive director of The Jonah Center for Earth and … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Team RiConn, Video
Tagged 2012, better future project, community, Connecticut, Energy efficiency, government, Middletown, nonprofit, RiConn, sustainability, Video
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That’s Who We Are…
Footage captured by Hillary Bernhardt, Video Coordinator, Team New Hampshire As we’ve had more and more community meetings, as Video Coordinator, I thought that a short film would be the best way to break the ice with a room full of … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Team New Hampshire, Video
Tagged 2012, climate summer, community, new friends
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Extreme Weather Events & Climate Change
Written by Murtaza Nek, Program Coordinator, Team Massachusetts Things are getting really scary on this planet, and I think way more of us should be talking about it. These last few weeks have been pretty tough for the US. We’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, 350, 350.org, bikes, carbon, climate summer, CO, CO2, colorado, destruction, dioxide, environmental justice, epa, epa.gov, extreme, fires, government, heat, heatwave, hurricane, Movement Building, murtaza, nek, patters, record, rising, sea levels, summer, sustainable, transition, Waltham, weather, wildfires
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My Witness is the Sky
Written by Morgan Foster, Outreach Coordinator (Team New Hampshire) There’s a marching band in my ear, bonfire in my nose, and lite-brite canvas occupying my eyes. My mind is searching for a camera but my hands are paralyzed, carefully thinking … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Team New Hampshire
Tagged 2012, 4th of july, drought, fires, fireworks, independence day, manchester, musings, New Hampshire
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Balancing self-sufficiency with our interconnectedness
Written by Anna Larson, New Media Coordinator (New Hampshire Team) On Monday, as we biked the 42 miles from Peterborough to Manchester, mainly on back roads through quiet forests with lush undergrowth, I experienced a new kind of peacefulness. I … Continue reading
