Tag Archives: sustainability

Moss Brook and TGP – No Fracking Way!

Posted on August 1, 2014 by njansen16

Posted on behalf of Jonathan Mark, Warwick Resident I first learned that my home (for over 30 years) was targeted by a pipeline proposal that would create new infrastructure for fracked gas at a web site called NoFrackedGasInMass.org. Kinder Morgan’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Guest Blogger, Team East, Team Massachusetts | Tagged Climate Change, community, Kinder Morgan Pipeline, land, Massachusetts Commonwealth, nofrackedgasinmass, state forest, sustainability, Warwick, water | Leave a comment

Cold Showers, Comfort Range & Life Lessons

Posted on July 31, 2014 by njansen16

Posted on behalf of Zalo Crivelli, Video Coordinator, Team East Since I started Climate Summer on June 8, I vowed to try my best to take cold showers whenever I showered. If the shower I was using had a valve … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Team East, Team Massachusetts | Tagged biking in the rain, biking on the road, Climate Change, climate summer, cold showers, comfort zone, Life Lessons, persevere, sustainability, trying new things | Leave a comment

Strategy and Potatoes

Posted on July 31, 2014 by sophiesokolov

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 | Leave a comment

How Low (carbon) Can You Go?

Posted on July 26, 2014 by njansen16

Posted on behalf of Jana Wilkes, Community Outreach Coordinator, Team East From last Sunday to Thursday, Team East stayed at Janice and Steve Kurkoski’s home in Warwick, MA. Upon first inspection, the house looked like any other cute home tucked … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Team East, Team Massachusetts | Tagged #conservation, Climate Change, climate summer, community, emissions, Energy efficiency, house, Mass Save, remodeling, retrofitting, sustainability, Warwick | Leave a comment

Pipeline Through Our State Forest?

Posted on July 7, 2014 by njansen16

Written by Jana Wilkes, Community Outreach Coordinator, Teams East Last week, Team East biked through the Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest, a beautiful 1,140 acre site of forests, marsh, and ponds. We biked down Trotting Park Road and decided to walk off … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 | Tagged #conservation, climate summer, Dracut, environmental justice, Lowell, state parks, sustainability, Tyngsboro | Leave a comment

Signaling Pathways

Posted on July 6, 2014 by benweilerstein

by A. Grace Steig, Video Coordinator for the Western MA team Ben W. lifts his arm from his handlebars and gestures down with wiggling fingers, calling as he does so, “Pothole.” I have already spotted it and follow his glide … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Team Western Massachusetts | Tagged #WestMass, animal, bicycle, biking, challenge, Climate Change, Climate Justice, communication, community, cooperation, desertification, fun, impact, life, movement, obstacle, order, organizing, resistance, sea level rise, share the road, strength, survival, sustainability, system, team, together | Leave a comment

Power to the Gardening People!

Posted on June 28, 2014 by njansen16

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 | Leave a comment

Growing a Community

Posted on August 1, 2013 by janiceygan

Written by Janice Gan, New Media Coordinator, Team Maine August 1st, 2013 Today is our fourth day in Belfast and 39th day on the road, but it’s still hard to believe that this will be our last full week in … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013, Team Maine | Tagged #garden, belfast, Climate Change, community, permaculture, sustainability, Transition Towns | Leave a comment

Living with “less”: Am I really living with less?

Posted on June 25, 2013 by julierong

Written by Alexis Russell Team Eastern Massachusetts Media Coordinator I have become familiar with the expressions of shock or disbelief that follow my description of how little I have with me: less than ten articles of clothing, the bare minimum … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013, Team Massachusetts | Tagged climate summer, community, eastern mass, ema, Environment, Lexington, massachusetts, sustainability | 2 Comments

Let the Yellow Mellow

Posted on June 23, 2013 by julierong

By Jamie Garuti Eastern Massachusetts team – Events Coordinator This past year, I lived in a suite with seven of my close friends in college. This meant that there were two bathrooms for eight people – … Continue reading →