Current Events Archives - Institute for Sustainable Communities

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 [...]

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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 - [...]

Climate

by Divya Nazareth | October 14, 2020

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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by George Hamilton | March 26, 2020

COVID-19 and Community Resilience

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 in the face of a climate crisis, with a particular focus on vulnerable communities in [...]

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by Romit Sen | July 2, 2019

Tackling India’s Water Crisis

“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water,” said Benjamin Franklin. As India faces one of the worst water crisis in recent times, and news of Chennai’s water shortage dominates headlines, the saying seems to be proving [...]

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by Nicole Enright | August 17, 2018

My Three-Year Solar Energy Journey

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 Market Pathways (SMP) program. As we wrap up the program this summer and I reflect on all [...]

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by Anna Marandi | September 11, 2017

From Alaska to Florida: Building Resilient Communities

This year’s Sustainable Communities Leadership Academy attracted perhaps our most geographically diverse cohort yet. From Anchorage to Houston to Washington, D.C., 12 cross-sector teams and a group of resilience-building experts convened in [...]

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by Deb Perry | April 18, 2017

Sharpening new and familiar tools for clean energy

Cities across the U.S. are ambitiously transitioning to 100% renewable energy, swapping fossil fuel-based energy systems for clean energy strategies and sustainable plans. Six cities in the U.S. have already made this switch, and cities from [...]

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