Current Events Archives - Institute for Sustainable Communities

by George Hamilton | June 1, 2020

Ended soon In solidarity, our heart goes out to the family of George Floyd, to our co-workers, neighbors and friends, and to [...]

Current Events

by Dan Dickerman | May 21, 2020

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

Ended soon Community leaders in Arizona’s Maricopa County are facing a compounding public health challenge: how to provide relief to the summer’s anticipated heat [...]

Climate

by Brent Habig | April 20, 2020

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

Ended soon While the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic is currently in the United [...]

Current Events

by George Hamilton | March 26, 2020

COVID-19 and Community Resilience

Ended soon Dear Friends,My colleagues and I hope you and those closest to you are healthy and doing well.At ISC, we are focused on building community resilience [...]

Current Events

by Romit Sen | July 2, 2019

Tackling India’s Water Crisis

Ended soon “When the well is dry, we know the worth of water,” said Benjamin Franklin. [...]

Current Events

by Nicole Enright | August 17, 2018

My Three-Year Solar Energy Journey

Ended soon Three and a half years ago, ISC was tapped to help accelerate solar deployment in communities across the U.S. as the national coordinator for the Solar [...]

Current Events

by Anna Marandi | September 11, 2017

From Alaska to Florida: Building Resilient Communities

Ended soon This year’s Sustainable Communities Leadership Academy attracted perhaps our most geographically diverse cohort yet. From Anchorage to Houston to [...]

Current Events

by Deb Perry | April 18, 2017

Sharpening new and familiar tools for clean energy

Ended soon Cities across the U.S. are ambitiously transitioning to 100% renewable energy, swapping fossil fuel-based energy systems for clean energy strategies [...]

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by Henry McKay | April 18, 2017

A Fresh Look at Peer Learning

Ended soon In a Detroit neighborhood, families live with extreme flooding, molding and water shut-offs as part of their every day. More than 500 miles away, in [...]

Current Events

by Deb Perry | March 15, 2017

Three New Ways to Make Solar a Reality

Ended soon It seems like just yesterday we were sharing the news that we’d been tapped by the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative to serve as the [...]

Current Events

by Nicole Enright | February 3, 2017

Working with Higher Education Institutions to Advance Solar

Ended soon A key to bringing [...]

Current Events

by Steve Nicholas | February 2, 2017

Local Leadership Lights our Way

Ended soon Why does the Institute for Sustainable Communities remain focused, dogged and optimistic amid the sound and the fury unfurling on the national [...]

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