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https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/sustainability-suddenly-the-action-is-local/>
"Around the time
Our Towns was published six years ago, in 2018, people would
occasionally ask Jim and me whether we had found projects about the environment
and climate change in the communities we visited. I remember thinking to
myself, “a few, but actually not that much,” as we scrambled to come up with
examples. For instance:
* In 2016 we saw wind turbines installed on farmland in Spearville, Kansas,
east of Dodge City, which generated energy and brought a windfall to local
farmers and to the town. Spearville could suddenly afford to upgrade schools
and playgrounds. When some people complained about the whirring noise of the
turbines, others said, “That’s the sound of money.”
* Since its founding, Redlands, California has been progressive about trees.
The first orange groves were planted in 1882, and became a big part of the
regional economy. The City Council established a Street Tree Committee in 1998
for the planting and care of the city’s street trees. There’s now an annual
tree giveaway, and expanded programs for education and incentives to replace
grass yards with native plants.
* The A.J. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering in Greenville, South
Carolina constructed a greenhouse from recycled gallon-size plastic bottles and
waged a campaign to stop vehicles from idling outside the school entrances.
That was about it. Maybe we hadn’t looked hard enough, we thought. Or maybe
there wasn’t yet enough to see."
Via
What Could Go Right?: What Happened to Ebola?
https://theprogressnetwork.org/ebola-case-numbers-decline/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
