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Power to the Gardening People!
Written by Rachel Eckles, Media Coordinator, Team East, written on Sunday, June 22, 2014 Saturday, June 21, a few of us rode across town to join Mill City Grows in a work day for the community gardens here in Lowell, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014
Tagged climate summer, community, education, Food, gardening, innovation, learning, local business, Lowell, Mill City Grows, new friends, sustainability, training, urban gardening
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Finding a Voice
Written by Janice Gan, New Media Coordinator, Team Maine July 6th, 2013 When we arrived in Portland, none of us were quite sure what to expect. Our original plans to help put an anti-tar sands ordinance on the city ballot had … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Team Maine
Tagged Art Walk, community, local business, Portland, Sebago Lake, South Portland
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The Value of a Smoothie
Written by Garrett Blad, Media Coordinator, Team Maine July 6th, 2013 When we were walking around downtown Portland about a week ago looking for a venue to hold our Climate Café, I was expecting to need all my persuasive skills … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Team Maine
Tagged Climate Cafe, Climate Change, Climate Justice, local business, new friends, Portland, Roost House of Juice, Social movement
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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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Interviews from the Road: Climate Summer’s Look at Farmers Markets
Videos captured by Jayson Castillo, Video Coordinator, Team RICONN Along the way, farmers markets have been one of Team RICONN’s most successfull venues for interacting with people, publicizing Climate Summer’s mission, and raising awareness about the many implications of climate change. … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Team RiConn, Video
Tagged community, Food, local business, new friends, Providence, RiConn, Video
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Hull, MA
Written by Aaron Morales, New Media Coordinator for Team Massachusetts The windmill spins like a mighty king welcoming his beloved soldiers. My team and I rode into Hull after a long day of wrong turns and hissy fits. As we … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Team Massachusetts, Video
Tagged #green, #local, bike trails, bikes, biking, biking on the road, Church, climate summer, energy, environmental justice, Food, government, Hull, JPods, Judeth, kindness of strangers, life changing, local business, LUV, methodist, new friends, transportation, use, vehicle, Will, windmill
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Lexington, MA
Written by Aaron Morales, New Media Coordinator, Team Massachusetts Lexington, MA is an amazing town with very powerful people. We were met with a potluck, which had so much food that we were able to pack it all and eat … Continue reading
Posted in Team Massachusetts, Video
Tagged 350.org, 350ma.org, better future project, carbon, Climate, climate summer, CO2, dioxide, eco-friendly, energy, Environmental, environmental justice, Farmer's Market, Food, fun, goats, happiness, hope, intern, internship, kindness of strangers, learning, Lexington, local business, MA, Maldives, Mass, nasheed, new world, power, rebuild, sequester, soil, solar, summer, sustainable, vegetarian, Video
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All Goats All the Time
Written by Becky Palermo, Media Coordinator, Team Massachusetts I am an unabashed dog person. My teammates can probably attest to the number of times I’ve joked about making stops to pet dogs a team norm, or left poor Murtaza holding … Continue reading
Posted in Team Massachusetts, Video
Tagged carbon, climate summer, community farm, community garden, does, dogs, eco-friendly, education, Farmer's Market, forage, goat cheese, goats, grass, happiness, helping, Janet, kids, kindness of strangers, LexFarms, Lexington, local business, love, milk, Movement Building, pets, sequester, sequestration, summer, sustainable, Video, world peace
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Leading By Example
By Eliza Sherpa As our week in Lowell comes to a close, the incredible generosity of the people there resounds with our team. From offering food, to showers, to a comfortable place to hang out, it seemed everyone we met … Continue reading
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Tagged community, kindness of strangers, local business, Lowell, Mass Acceleration
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Full Stomachs
Posted by: Sam Burke Due to the kindness of strangers and new friends, MAss Acceleration has only spent $15 on groceries this week, out of an allotted $175 weekly budget (Hello, vastly expanding Ice Cream Fund!!). Everyone in Lowell keeps … Continue reading
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Tagged kindness of strangers, local business, Lowell, Mass Acceleration, new friends
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