The Great Disconnection Your phone makes an odd sound. You take a look and read a message you’ve never seen before. “THIS IS AN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND […]
Community Resilience
A Call for Civil Organizing of Your Block—
Community Resilience to Climate Change
—a guest post by Dana Marks, member of the Media Environmental Advisory Council At our last Media Borough Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) meeting, the main topic of discussion was the […]
Planet Local Film Screening
Join us for a screening and discussion of Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution, a film by Local Futures, makers of the Economics of Happiness.. The film explores the transformative localization revolution that is emerging worldwide. As people work to protect and restore their local economies, their communities, and the natural world, they are creating countless diverse initiatives, showing a new path forward for humanity.
How Much Housing—
Considerations for the Future
In considering how best to handle future housing needs in our communities, the idea of building tall residential units to increase density has been raised. We think there are better ways to provide more housing.
Finding Community and Purpose in an Angry World
You are not alone.
It’s important that you know this. There are people who care about you—and care about our community.
Global or national politics can be a challenging place to invest your time and energy.
Some Cool News in a Hot Summer
hyper-local study group where we look at carbon reduction strategies: building energy resilient households, preparing for disasters, and developing community projects. You can learn more about how the Cool Block program works here: https://coolblock.org/how-does-program-work