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by Radiah Shabazz | January 27, 2021

Bringing Equity to Recovery Efforts in the Upper Texas Gulf Coast

How One Regional Resilience Initiative is Building Power in Communities Major climate disasters disproportionately impact low income, low heath, and communities of color. From health to home to economy to well-being, these communities are [...]

ISC Update

by Radiah Shabazz | January 27, 2021

Preserving Black History in Petersburg, VA

USO Beaux-Twenty Club Poised for Designation on National Register of Historic Places The Heights Community in Petersburg, Virginia is a historically Black district, once known for its affluence. At one time, the Heights was a community 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 [...]

ISC Update

by ISC Staff | January 7, 2021

Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth and the Institute for Sustainable Communities Join Hands to Promote Water Stewardship and Climate Resilience with Cotton Farmers in Vidarbha

Thursday, January 7th, 2021 Akola, Maharashtra Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV), Akola and the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 - to [...]

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 - [...]

Climate

by Sushama Darne | December 4, 2020

Maintaining Soil Health – Key to Agricultural Development

Back in 2015, the United Nations launched the International Year of the Soils and flagged off the first ever World Soil Day on December 5th. The nourishing, sustaining life force on which agriculture inalienably relies, has been called [...]

Climate

by Romit Sen | October 23, 2020

Gender Sensitive Response to Climate Crisis

A crowd of people jostling by the ticket counter at Jhansi Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh; men and women, some with families in tow, boarding trains to Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai and other big cities. These are common sights during the summer [...]

ISC Update

by ISC Staff | October 20, 2020

Becoming an Equitable Inclusive Society is Understanding Many Barriers are Related and Interlinked

ISC President and CEO, Deeohn Ferris, recently sat down with Authority Magazine to discuss equity, climate justice, and women of color in leadership. In the interview, she shares her journey -- from beginning her career in environmental law, to [...]

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 [...]

Climate

by ISC Staff | October 9, 2020

Interconnectedness of Water & Livelihood with Other Aspects of Atmanirbhar Bharat

ISC's Country Director - India, Vivek Adhia highlights the role of water as an important driver to enable a resilient and sustainable recovery, for India to become self-reliant. He details how the COVID-19 pandemic has provided an opportunity to [...]

Climate

by ISC Staff | October 9, 2020

Climate Change and Agriculture: Way Ahead for Low-Emission Growth

ISC’s Associate Director for Water Programs, Romit Sen pens a detailed piece on climate change and agriculture – the interlinkages, the concerns and mitigation efforts required to reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture, through the [...]

Resilience

by ISC Staff | September 30, 2020

PRC Supports Neighborhood Champions in Paving the Way for a Greener New Orleans

“The rippling effect of one resident educating their friends and relatives about green infrastructure is the catalyst for change" Angela Chalk Executive Director, Healthy Community Services Due to advocacy efforts, in [...]

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Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth and the Institute for Sustainable Communities Join Hands to Promote Water Stewardship and Climate Resilience with Cotton Farmers in Vidarbha

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

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Sustainability is at the core of everything we do.

Bringing Equity to Recovery Efforts in the Upper Texas Gulf Coast

Top Stories

Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth and the Institute for Sustainable Communities Join Hands to Promote Water Stewardship and Climate Resilience with Cotton Farmers in Vidarbha

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

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