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Air Conditioning: Termites - Nature’s Architects
Lessons Learned from Iceland’s Success
Iceland Makes the Switch
Iceland’s Energy is Hot
Puerto Rico's Sunny Future
Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico in late September 2022 and many communities are still recovering from the destruction. Slowly, many of them are not only recovering, but putting in the work to prepare themselves for future disasters, making them more resilient.
Big Money, Big Problems
It’s been a while since we heard from Jen…so brace yourselves! She has been marinating on some ideas about federal dollars for some time now. The short story is: securing federal dollars is cool (in theory), and it requires a ton of work. So much work that maybe the money isn’t worth it. Wait, what?! This should be good. Read on to hear her thoughts!
The Future of Community Resilience: Resilience Hubs
It’s the final part of our Resilience Series, and this time we’re talking about resilience hubs. Keeping the power on in emergencies is a must, and it’s also important to consider the food, shelter, and well-being of a community. Read more to learn all about community resilience!
Microgrids & Energy Resilience
In Part 2 of our Resilience Series, we’re talking all things energy resilience and microgrids. Keeping the power on in times of emergencies is more important than ever, and microgrids are an exciting technology that can be reliable AND clean!
What is resilience?
With climate threats on the horizon, resilience is more important than ever. This three-part blog series will dive into the meaning of resilience, the different types, and the inspiring climate resilience work that’s already happening!
Book Review: Advocating for the Environment Pt. 2
In our last blog, we reviewed Part One of Advocating for the Environment by Susan B. Inches. In today’s post, we dive into Part Two, which details Inches’ ideas on how to create change through action.
Book Review: Advocating for the Environment Part One
Advocating for the Environment by Susan B. Inches is an inspiring guide on how ordinary citizens can combat climate change. Inches provides an invaluable toolbox of strategies to enact this positive change. It’s a must-read for anyone feeling helpless about the impacts of climate change and a how-to guide perfect for both experts and non-experts looking to learn more about environmental advocacy. Check out this two-part series below for our review and selected highlights!
Reducing Our Recycling
Many of us were raised hearing the virtues of recycling. We all know that famous symbol of the three arrows that indicate the importance of the three Rs: reduce, reuse, and recycle. But is recycling all it’s cracked up to be? We have some thoughts! Read on to learn more about the interesting history behind the concept of recycling.
Boston’s Inequitable (Tree) Roots
Today we dig deep to get to the root of the issue created by lack of trees in certain neighborhoods of Boston. Branching out after our last blog about the benefits of trees, this post we turn a new leaf to explore- in depth- what a dearth of canopy coverage means. It's a bit longer than our usual posts and worth the read!
Hug a Tree!
No, seriously, there are a lot of benefits! Trees are often undervalued in urban areas, but they are a priceless resource to cities. Trees create many benefits for our climate and neighborhoods, and even being in their presence makes us happier! What exactly are these benefits? Read on to find out!
Distilling the Inflation Reduction Act
We are taking a little break from our series on air conditioning and its environmental impacts to bring you some important intel on recent federal legislation. The Inflation Reduction Act passed in the Senate, the House, and President Biden just made it all official by signing it into law! What does it mean for the Planet? Read on to find out!
Air Conditioning: Part 2 - Alternatives
In our last blog we talked about how mechanical air conditioning as we know it is bad for the environment, but with increasingly hot summers we also depend on it more to stay cool. How do we break this cycle? There are some passive (non-mechanical) things we can do to help regulate temps. Read on to learn more!
Air Conditioning: Part 1 - The Positive Feedback Loop
It’s getting hot in here! The hotter it gets, the more we need air conditioning, and the more air conditioning we use, the more greenhouse gases we emit, and the hotter our climate gets the more we need air conditioning… and so it goes. Read more to understand this never-ending feedback loop and what we can do about it.
An Update on The Power of Heat Pumps: Bringing Peace & Freedom to Ukraine
In our last blog, we discussed how heat pumps can be a force against Putin’s power stemming from the Russian oil and gas sector. In this follow-up blog, we will continue to discuss heat pumps and how the world is responding to calls to transition off oil and gas to support Ukraine.
