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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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Lessons from Canvassing
Posted on behalf of Kelly Chen, Media Coordinator for the North Shore Team This summer is a summer of firsts – firsts in tabling at farmer’s markets, biking tens of miles, sleeping in churches, and now, canvassing, in the name … Continue reading
Lawn Games, Bees: Pain and Beauty
by Abbie Goldberg, Video Coordinator for the North Shore Team When we arrived at the Pawtucket Congregational Church, after a long day of around 40 miles of biking, we set up a hose where we could shampoo our hair and … Continue reading
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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A Revolution We Can Dance To
Written by B. Rooney Video Coordinator, Team VT/NH Last weekend, I spent 4 days volunteering at an event called “Solarfest,” America’s largest solar-powered festival. There was music, there was dancing, there were self-composting toilets. But above all, there were amazing … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Team Vermont/New Hampshire, Video
Tagged climate summer, July 2013, music, Solarfest, summer
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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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The Spirit of Intrepidity
Written by Becky Palermo, Media Coordinator, Team Massachusetts My generation has grown up with Google Maps and iPhones and GPS units on pretty much anything. So to get from town to town, our team has barely cracked open the program’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Team Massachusetts
Tagged biking, Climate, CO2, community garden, Grow food northampton, mountain, nature, Northampton, quabbin reservoir, scary, summer, travel
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A Tale of Biblical Proportions
Written by Becky Palermo, Media Coordinator, Team Massachusetts The Massachusetts team recently had our first taste of real climate change: the basement of the church we were staying at (you know, where we’re sleeping on the floor) was flooded after … Continue reading
Ride Hard and Earn The Downhill
Written by Ana Ahmeti, Team Program Coordinator, Team RICONN Before pulling into Camp Wilmot in southern New Hampshire for Climate Summer Training 2012, I had started the process of mentally preparing myself. I was ready to dive headfirst into an … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Team RiConn
Tagged biking, climate summer, new friends, RiConn, summer
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The Way of the World
Written by Andrew Nguyen, Video Coordinator, Team Massachusetts I want to write this down before I forget it. Like a baby playing at the park, refusing to go home, I want to cherish and nurture this feeling. I was sitting … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Team Massachusetts
Tagged biking, biking on the road, Church, climate summer, community, environmental justice, family, love, music, summer, teach, teacher, teaching, Waltham
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