As the threats of climate change become more apparent, the need for action does too. Parents, as well as community leaders, organizers, and teachers, share the responsibility for teaching children about the importance of climate action and the steps they can take to reduce their carbon footprint. An effective practice for this is to become an encouraging role model for your children to look up to. By showing children ways to be eco-friendly, you can…

As the effects of climate change continue to be felt around the world, the decisions we make regarding our energy use have never been more urgent. As many are aware, fossil fuel energy is a major threat to our planet’s well-being. When fossil fuels are burned, they release dangerous amounts of carbon dioxide into the air, trapping heat into our atmosphere and ultimately leading to climate change. Though most households in America still use fossil…

“We know we need to electrify as quickly as possible,” Lisa Cunningham declared during MassEnergize’s Community of Practice meeting in January, “and our mission at ZeroCarbonMA is to facilitate that by building the political infrastructure to get us to that goal.” Cunningham is a co-founder of ZeroCarbonMA, an organization that develops electrification legislation for communities in the Boston area, as well as at the State level and beyond. In the fall of 2019, the team originally…

The Fairmount Indigo CDC Collaborative (FICC) is a group of three community development corporations (CDCs) in Boston whose environmental justice communities are served by the Fairmount Commuter Rail Line: Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation, Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, and Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation. FICC's collective mission is to strengthen vibrant, sustainable neighborhoods united by this rail line. The Collaborative's work revolves around bringing climate justice and health equity to the Fairmount corridor through…

Written by Makayla, Marina and Gina Hi everyone! We are the 2022 MassEnergize Community Engagement interns for this summer: Marina, Makayla, and Gina! (We are not super photogenic over Zoom, but then again, who is?) Marina is a rising sophomore at Tufts University in Medford, but she is working remotely with us from Brazil. As a sailor of ten years, Marina grew up surrounded by water sites. However, in the last few years, she began…