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The Secret to Cost-Effective Solar Installations in Alberta

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The Secret to Cost-Effective Solar Installations in Alberta As the demand for sustainable energy sources continues to rise, solar power has emerged as a promising solution. By reducing the initial costs, these incentives make solar installations more economically viable, accelerating the transition to cleaner energy.

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Invest in Networks for Exponential Climate Wins

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This aligns with other research showing that nonprofits further their missions more effectively and efficiently by investing in external networks and tapping into resources outside their direct control. Because energy systems are interconnected, our solutions must be as well. Take electric vehicles (EVs) for example.

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The New Problem-Solving Skills That All Cities Need

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By James Anderson Here’s a new axiom fit for the 21st century: The greater the global challenge, the more likely it is to fall to local governments to fix. Local governments are left bearing the brunt and have, understandably, so far struggled. Or take the ongoing global migration wave.

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Local Solutions to Federal Problems: Moving Climate Dollars to Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

There are also opportunities to advance equity and establish more community-responsive co-governance in the process. Connie Binkowitz, director of development and external policy at CTC, described how, in 2020, the organization received a grant from the Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).

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Employee Ownership Policy Makes Major Gains—Next Up, Implementation

NonProfit Quarterly

Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) The shape of government relations for worker co-ops has experienced a massive shift in the past five years. Employee Ownership as Economic Development The CHIPS and Science Act aims to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States. How does this work?

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How the City of Boston Is Investing in the Future of Its Youth and Home

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? 3 After Wu was elected mayor, in late 2021, Boston’s Green New Deal came to fruition under her administration.

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Black Business Group Aims to Narrow Racial Wealth Gap in Massachusetts

NonProfit Quarterly

Obi noted that when she first joined BECMA in the summer of 2020 to help with operations, there was really only one full-time staff person, founding executive director Segun Idowu (who left at the end of 2021 to join the administration of newly elected Mayor Michelle Wu). I’m new to the nonprofit space. This included $1.5