BARS Campaign Update: Chinatown
BARS Campaign Update: Chinatown BY: TOM O'NEILL, October 11th 2018 As the BARS Campaign outreach efforts come to a close we just had to come back through Chinatown, and let’s be honest, who could stay away? The dumplings! The Dim Sum! The Bubble Tea! The MICROGRIDS! There is just…
BARS Update: South Shore
BARS Update: South Shore BY: KRISTIN KELLEHER & SARAH PYKKONEN, September 27th 2018 With only a few towns left to visit in our Businesses Acting on Rising Seas (BARS) Campaign, we spent the last two weeks in the South Shore hearing about how businesses in Scituate and Duxbury have…
BARS Campaign Update: Gloucester & Rockport
BARS Campaign Update: Gloucester & Rockport BY: KRISTIN KELLEHER & EMILY HARTMANN, SEPTEMBER 13th 2018 As North and South Carolina prepare for Hurricane Florence on the East Coast, spurring evacuations, it reminds us of the devastating effects extreme weather and flooding can have on local businesses, and our own…
BARS Campaign Update: Ipswich, Essex & Manchester-by-the-Sea
BARS Campaign Update: Ipswich, Essex & Manchester-by-the-Sea BY: KRISTIN KELLEHER & EMILY HARTMANN, AUGUST 23rd 2018 Over the past three weeks our Businesses Acting on Rising Seas (BARS) Resiliency Team targeted Ipswich, Essex, and Manchester-by-Sea to continue our outreach campaign on the impending impacts of climate change, and how…
Building resilience from the business out: BARS campaign kicks off in Chelsea
Building resilience from the business out: BARS campaign kicks off in Chelsea BY KRISTIN KELLEHER, JULY 26th 2018 Massachusetts is particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts; it is ranked fourth in the nation for the most commercial properties at risk by the end of the century, and about 20%…
Are Microgrids the key to energy resilience? Lessons from Hurricane Maria
Are Microgrids the key to energy resilience? Lessons from Hurricane Maria BY JACKIE RYAN , JUNE 7, 2018 A day without power almost seems impossible in today’s fast-paced, industrialized world. With electricity powering household appliances, utilities, and handheld devices, it can be difficult to imagine life without it. The US…
Knowing your neighbors can save your life — here’s why
Knowing your neighbors can save your life — here’s why BY MARIA VIRGINIA OLANO, MAY 10th, 2018 This week, our podcast, Cooler Earth, focuses on building resilience and social capital in the face of climate change. Be sure to catch the episode airing Thursday 5/10, and in the meantime, here is…
Nor’easter hits Boston again… and again
Nor’easter hits Boston again… and again by MARIA VIRGINIA OLANO, MARCH 15th, 2018 Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'HzLrROsYTMB-eUnolSxBlQ',sig:'5jgEi-x85glshb3aSMrRSHw1hCkgCyGz6IvH7DnLPRA=',w:'594px',h:'408px',items:'163362540',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Winter is far from over in New England. This week the Northeast was hit with another winter storm, the third in 10 days, and the fourth severe storm this…
Who Should Foot The Bill For Our Rising Seas?
Who Should Foot The Bill For Our Rising Seas? By: JONAH KURMAN-FABER On Wednesday of last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio brought New York City into the fighting ring against the fossil fuel industry, announcing plans to sue five major oil companies for climate change damages as well as divest $5…
