community
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Struggling with climate anxiety? You’re not alone.
Three climate leaders share their strategies for staying in the fight.
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In Brooklyn, you can now sell solar power to your neighbors
A cutting-edge technology offers a new way to trade electricity.
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Resist… the temptation to hide away in a tiny home
What if turning away from the world makes all of its problems so much worse?
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7 simple ways to make environmental change in your community
Want to make change happen in your community? Here's how.
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This 86-year-old great-grandpa loves biking so much that he became a paperboy
This is our kind of Christmas miracle story.
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Edible Bus Stop turns London transit routes into a network of community gardens
Obviously your first thought when you hear “edible bus stop” is “Stay away! It was built by witches!” (No? Just me?) But shockingly, the Edible Bus Stop project is not about luring children to bus stops by building them out of gingerbread. Instead, it’s about providing food to the community by turning bus stops into […]
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New York City shuts down home-brewed community park
The lot at Woodhull and Columbia Streets had sat vacant for 35 years. Around the corner, in Brooklyn’s Carroll Gardens, the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel pours into the Gowanus Expressway. The lot was a mess, a trash bin for the remnants of drug use and a home for rats. Lou Formisano decided to do something about […]
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Mailbox-sized libraries bring book-lending right to your yard
Running a library is easier than you think. Forget the degree in library and information science and the carefully chosen prudish getups with easy-pull ripcords that turn them into sexy outfits. All you need is a box on a stick and a bunch of books to set up a Little Free Library, a front-yard stash […]
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A magical meter and friendly competition help one community dial back energy use
The Island Energy Dashboard gives residents a real-time look at how much electricity they’re sucking from the grid. When Puget Sound Energy announced plans to build a new substation to meet rising electricity demand on Bainbridge Island, Wash., in 2009, it apparently didn’t know who it was dealing with. Bainbridge is a well-to-do suburb of […]