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by Deb Perry | December 16, 2016

Cities Forge the Path to 100% Renewable Energy

Ended soon Over the past month, the U.S. has seen some significant strides in renewable energy. St. Petersburg, Florida made a commitment to get 100% of its [...]

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by Tessa Kaneene | December 16, 2016

Rising Stars of Local Resilience

Ended soon As the dust settles from the 2016 election, and the climate action community charts a new path forward, strategies at the local level are more [...]

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by Nancy Schneider | December 12, 2016

Living With Water in Southeast Florida

Ended soon Engaged. Dedicated. Involved. These three words describe the participants in the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact’s Resilient Redesign [...]

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by Steve Adams | November 21, 2016

Advancing Adaptation in a New Political Climate

Ended soon This post is a letter from ASAP Board Chair Steve Adams to the ASAP membership community.Dear Friends and Colleagues:The ugliest, most divisive [...]

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by Steve Nicholas | November 15, 2016

Local Leadership: High Hopes in a Time of High Anxiety

Ended soon If you, like me, find yourself looking for signs of progress and promise in the wake of last week’s election, take a peek at what’s happening in a [...]

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by George Hamilton | November 11, 2016

Helping hands

Ended soon As a young activist driving home late, on a rural Vermont road, during a frigid winter night (20 degrees below zero), my car went off the road deep [...]

Climate

by ISC Team | November 2, 2016

Resilience Dialogues

Ended soon Monday was Resilience Day at the White House (which we think is almost as much fun as Big Block of Cheese Day) and we’re seeing a whole bunch of great [...]

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by Deb Perry | September 14, 2016

Community Solar HEATING Up

Ended soon It is estimated that more than 50% of American households can’t install solar at home for reasons such as shade, structural issues, or roof pitch. But [...]

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by Steve Nicholas | August 26, 2016

Connecting Watershed Communities

Ended soon As we look back on the five years since Tropical Storm Irene, one of the biggest changes we’ve observed has been in Vermonters’ understanding of [...]

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by George Hamilton | May 6, 2016

Living Building Inspires at Hampshire College

Ended soon There is something really cool happening at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Known for challenging conventional wisdom while producing [...]

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by Steve Nicholas | April 6, 2016

National politics got you down? America’s cities and towns are picking up the slack.

Ended soon It was no surprise to read last week that a coalition of more than 50 local governments, along with the National League of Cities and the US Conference [...]

Climate

by ISC Team | March 18, 2016

After COP21, What Are the Key Action Steps for Cities & the Private Sector?

Ended soon The international climate agreement in Paris celebrated the progress states, cities, and the private sector have made in advancing climate solutions. [...]

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