Tag Archives: new friends

5 Jokes: Shared Histories

Posted on August 10, 2014 by sophiesokolov

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 | Leave a comment

A Day in the Life of a Climate Summer Rider

Posted on August 8, 2014 by njansen16

Posted on behalf of Rachel Eckles, Media Coordinator, Team East 7:30 – Wake up and help make breakfast, typically oatmeal or scrambled eggs. Over breakfast we’ll talk about what we’re doing that day and what has to get done. Whoever … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Team East, Team Massachusetts | Tagged #ClimateLegacy, #climatesummer, #volunteer, biking, birthday, Climate Change, climate rider, climate summer, community, Farmer's Market, new friends, Noonday Farm, relaxing, typical day, work | 1 Comment

The Small Town Community

Posted on August 2, 2014 by njansen16

Posted on behalf of Rachel Eckles, Media Coordinator, Team East I would like to thank the Community Church of North Orange and Tully for being wonderful hosts to us Climate Summer Riders while we were staying in North Orange last … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Team East, Team Massachusetts | Tagged Climate Change, climate summer, close-knit, community, family, helping, new friends, small towns, support | Leave a comment

Like Coming Home

Posted on July 30, 2014 by njansen16

Posted on behalf of Nicholas Jansen, Social Media Coordinator, Team East I come from a small town. A real small town. The small town where you literally know everyone, gossip spreads like wildfire and you can come back years later … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Team East, Team Massachusetts | Tagged Boston, Boston Rally, caring, Climate Change, climate summer, community, home, hugging, new friends, old friends | Leave a comment

Carolyn the Helpful

Posted on July 21, 2014 by sophiesokolov

Posted on behalf of Ariel Schwalb, Community Outreach Coordinator for Team North Shore The first time our team met Carolyn Britt, she was at the joint GASPP and Healthlink meeting on the first of July. We had a busy night … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Team Massachusetts, Team North Shore | Tagged Activism, better future project, carolyn britt, Climate Change, community partners, electricity, gaspp, growth experience, healthlink, ipswich, learning, massachusetts, Movement Building, municipal government, new friends, organizing, zumis cafe | Leave a comment

A Sense of Place

Posted on July 20, 2014 by njansen16

Posted on behalf of Richard Hewitt, Groton Massachusetts resident Almost 40 years ago, my wife-to-be Diane and I drove through Central Massachusetts on our way from Cambridge, MA to Antioch Graduate School in Keene, NH. We were captivated by the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Guest Blogger, Team East, Team Massachusetts | Tagged climate summer, community, Conservation Trust, environmental justice, Groton, hope, Kinder Morgan Pipeline, local opposition, movement, new friends, personal story, resistance | Leave a comment

Unicorns of the East

Posted on July 17, 2014 by njansen16

Posted on behalf of Tuula Perry, Team Leader, Team East *Please note: no unicorns were harmed in the creation of these Climate Summer inside jokes. My team has realized that we are the Unicorns of the East. In this blog … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Team East, Team Massachusetts | Tagged Ashburnham, believing, climate summer, mythical creatures, new friends, unicorns | Leave a comment

Lovely Adventures in Amesbury

Posted on July 8, 2014 by sophiesokolov

By Shreya Thatai, Team Leader for the North Shore Team The work we’re doing can often be discouraging. No. That’s an understatement. It can literally make me feel like I’m drowning – a sense of hopelessness that I have never … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Team North Shore | Tagged #climatesummer, amesbury, Climate Change, faith, hope, Jason kooken, massachusetts, Movement Building, new friends, pete seeger, quaker, quakerism, relationship building, silence, trust | 3 Comments

COPS, Pete Seeger and Positive Mental Attitude

Posted on July 7, 2014 by sophiesokolov

Posted on behalf of Jason Kooken, Town of Amesbury Police Officer On Friday, June 27th I was contacted by Shreya from Climate Summer North Shore Team. Shreya was inquiring about the Team New England Metric Century charity bicycle ride I organize, which starts … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Guest Blogger, Team North Shore | Tagged Activism, amesbury, bicycle, biking, biking on the road, charity ride, Climate Change, climate summer, concerns of police survivors, injustice, massachusetts, new friends, pete seeger, Police, relationship building | Leave a comment

Biking in Solidarity with Dracut and Lowell

Posted on July 4, 2014 by njansen16

Written by Tuula Perry, Team Leader, Team East I am so proud of my team for hosting our first event this past Tuesday, July 1st. We held the event at St. Francis Church down the hill near a newly constructed … Continue reading →