Current Events Archives - Institute for Sustainable Communities

by ISC Staff | April 11, 2022

The Future of Renewable Energy Must Include Equitable Access

The Institute for Sustainable Communities recognizes the science from the latest IPCC report. We must reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and more urgently pursue climate action through renewable energy. The path forward must consider who [...]

Current Events

by ISC Staff | April 7, 2022

Confirmation Of Judge Jackson To the U.S. Supreme Court an Important Milestone for Racial Justice

The Institute for Sustainable Communities celebrates President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Today, for the first time in our nation’s history, a Black [...]

Current Events

by Romit Sen | March 21, 2022

5 Ways the Institute for Sustainable Communities is Working to Save Groundwater

For farmers in rural areas of drought-prone areas of India, lack of irrigation for crops is a major problem, especially for the smallholder farmers, who are in a way the most vulnerable.. There simply isn’t enough water to support all farmers, [...]

Current Events

by ISC Staff | February 25, 2022

ISC’s Response to President Biden’s Supreme Court Nomination

The Institute for Sustainable Communities celebrates President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Today, for the first time in our nation’s history, a Black [...]

Current Events

by Breanna Edwards | October 9, 2021

Building Community Resilience in Chamizal, Texas Through Equity, Advocacy, and Education

Building sustainable communities encompasses understanding the holistic needs in a community. Climate issues are tied to all aspects of human life, including racial equity, financial health, education, and of course, environmental justice. While [...]

Climate

by Divya Nazareth | August 14, 2021

Leading Action on Climate Change : Why Rural Women Matter for Equitable Adaptation

A moral challenge for adaptation in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for both policy and practice is “leaving no one behind”. Rural women are at risk from a double whammy of climate change and pre-existing discriminatory [...]

Current Events

by ISC Staff | June 17, 2021

Juneteenth 2021

Allison C Bailey / Shutterstock.com Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans in the United States. For over a century it has been a day of celebration and observance for many Black Americans, a recognition of [...]

Current Events

by ISC Staff | January 8, 2021

Statement from ISC in Response to Mob Violence at the Capitol Building

Like many of you, we at the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) are feeling stung by the mob violence at the U.S. Capitol complex in Washington, DC – the nation's capital – on January 6. Angry rioters and domestic terrorists stormed the [...]

Current Events

by Suresh Kotla | December 18, 2020

Energy Consumers to Energy Savers: Tirupur Apparel Cluster is Setting an Example in Green and Clean Recovery

On 24 March 2020, India went into the first of its kind lockdown in history, bringing all activity to a standstill. While, most of us remained indoors with hopes that this too shall pass, the small and medium enterprises were hit by a storm - [...]

Current Events

by George Hamilton | June 1, 2020

A Message from ISC President

In solidarity, our heart goes out to the family of George Floyd, to our co-workers, neighbors and friends, and to the millions of people who face racism, discrimination and inequities every day. The Institute for Sustainable Communities opposes [...]

Current Events

by Dan Dickerman | May 21, 2020

Open Lunch: Why We Need Social Cohesion Now More Than Ever

Community leaders in Arizona’s Maricopa County are facing a compounding public health challenge: how to provide relief to the summer’s anticipated heat waves while social distancing to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Temperatures in Maricopa [...]

Climate

by Brent Habig | April 20, 2020

COVID-19 and Climate Change in Developing Countries: A Call to Action

While the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic is currently in the United States and Europe, much of its damage and impacts will be determined by its spread in low-and-middle income countries, i.e. the Global South, with billions of people [...]

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