READING & RESOURCES

COVID-19 and the climate crisis:

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/climate/coronavirus-economic-stimulus-climate.html?referringSource=articleShare
• https://www.newsweek.com/covid-19-single-use-plastics-no-excuse-1499566?fbclid=IwAR03d36Pku4jepPKvmIuX-hV-77DUYye5maBi1Vj_JviHr0z_u55WLDLokU
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Adaptation and mitigation:

• Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center: https://necsc.umass.edu
• Climate Change Solutions Simulator: https://www.climateinteractive.org/

For a viable and fair food system:

• At a TEDx event, 11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food -- far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping farms out of sight promotes a rosy, unreal picture of big-box agriculture, he argues, as he outlines the case to green and localize food production.https://www.ted.com/talks/birke_baehr_what_s_wrong_with_our_food_system?language=en (Sweet kid, part of tedX next generation)
• Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system | TED Talk
• Great book! https://www.amazon.com/Good-Food-Revolution-Growing-Communities/dp/B07KGM4TW4
• Food Tank has decided to highlight 24 TED talks specifically around food issues that we found compelling and worth sharing.https://foodtank.com/news/2015/02/twenty-four-ted-talks-that-will-help-save-the-food-system/
• 24 TED Talks That Will Help Save the Food System – Food Tank foodtank.com

Resilient communities:

• Green Energy Times www.greenergytimes.com
• http://vnrc.org/programs/sustainable-communities/
• http://vnrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/The-ESSEX-Plan-for-EAN-FINAL-11.08.17.pdf
• Although not based in the Northeast, this organization provides good examples of sustainable community development in practice and is a good educational resource: https://www.conservationfund.org/our-work/sustainable-community-development

Fossil Fuels -- infrastructure, resistance, and other matters:

• Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and Fossil Fuels: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/stop-the-money-pipeline-liberty-mutual-keystone-xl-986120
• /https://beyondextremeenergy.org/2015/09/01/more-than-80-health-professionals-demand-federal-energy-regulatory-commission-stop-unethical-experiment/
• http://www.millenniumpipeline.com/maps/millennium_pipeline_map.pdf