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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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5 Jokes: Shared Histories
Posted on behalf of Sophie Sokolov, Social Media Coordinator for Team North Shore Team North Shore only has five jokes. That’s one of them- saying that we only have five jokes. We repeat jokes that aren’t particularly funny over and … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Team Massachusetts, Team North Shore
Tagged #jokes, #relationships, bonding, Climate, Climate Change, climate summer, connection, culture, efficiency, freinds, friends, fun, humor, language, laughter, Movement Building, new friends, summer, urgency
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Strategy and Potatoes
Posted on behalf of Kelly Chen, Media Coordinator for the North Shore Team Some things I’ve done this summer don’t seem “strategic,” whatever that word means. And as green heads nipped at my skin, and mosquitos left itchy red spots, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Team Massachusetts, Team North Shore
Tagged agriculture, calm, Climate, Climate Change, community, effectiveness, efficacy, erin, farming, Food, happiness, hearty, joy, movement, Movement Building, new harmony, potatoes, reflection, strategy, sustainability, zen
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On Beans and Hearts
Posted on behalf of Sophie Sokolov, Social Media Coordinator for Team North Shore Last night, we burned chickpeas. They were boiling in a pot of water, completely submerged, but somehow, they burned. I’m not sure it’s ever happened before in … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Team Massachusetts, Team North Shore
Tagged chick peas, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Movement, community, cooking, farts, frustration, learning, mitigation, Movement Building, New Harmony Farm, organizing, patience, sparks, strategy, team building, transition, worthless, worthy
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Youth in the Movement
Posted on behalf of Shreya Thatai, Team Leader for the North Shore Team ‘Your facts are just wrong. Natural gas is the bridge fuel we need as a state and it is far cleaner than coal.’ ‘Ma’am, as I just … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Team Massachusetts, Team North Shore
Tagged 2014, Canvassing, Climate, Climate Change, climate summer, disagreements, fireworks, Footprint Power, Fourth of July, idealism, independence day, integrity, justice, making connections, massachusetts, movement, Movement Building, Salem, Values, youth
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Structures of Water: Poetry as Activism
by Sophie Sokolov, Social Media for Team North Shore When I heard that Footprint Power was going to host an art show and poetry reading inside of the defunct coal plant, my first thought was that we should infiltrate. We … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Team North Shore
Tagged Activism, art, Climate, Climate Change, climate summer, Coal, community, Creativity, Footprint Power, Improbable Places Poetry Tour, Montserrat Art College, Movement Building, Natural Gas, organizing, poetry, Salem Harbor, Salem Natural Gas Plant, structure, water
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Art in the Movement
by Sophie Sokolov, Social Media Coordinator for the North Shore team It starts with a little banjo picking in the mornings, some tunes to pull us out of sleep. By lunch, half-sung half-remembered lyrics tumble from our lips between bites. … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Team North Shore
Tagged art, banjo, beauty, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Movement, community, creation, love, Lowell, movement, Movement Building, music, singing, utility
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Loons, Early Mornings and Shifting Assumptions
by Kelly Chen, Media Coordinator for the North Shore Team I can picture how my summer would have been filled if I weren’t here at Camp Wilmot. It would most likely have been some combination of old and new habits: … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Team North Shore
Tagged assumptions, Camp Wilmot, changes, Climate, Climate Change, friends, habits, kelly chen, loons, new friends, north shore, perspective, summer, topics, training
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From Theory to Action: Trainings at Camp Wilmot
by Shreya Thatai, Team Leader for the North Shore Team I have spent the last year (and essentially twelve years) studying the movements of electrons within their orbital subshells, how to take the antiderivative of functions, the role of Hox … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Team North Shore
Tagged action, analysis, better future project, Camp Wilmot, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Justice, climate summer, conversations, education, future, goals, history, learning, movement, Movement Building, passion, shreya, shreya thatai, strategy, theory, training
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Dear Old People Like You,
Written by A. McDevitt, New Media Coordinator, Team Vermont/New Hampshire On August 12, 2013 “Young people like you.” It doesn’t matter where we’re at—a Farmer’s Market, a church, a documentary viewing, a potluck, a Climate Cafe, a rally, a street … Continue reading
