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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

In the first half of the 20th century, the crisis of rural electrification ended when the government enabled neighbors to access loans for building their own electric co-ops. Before the Affordable Care Act, it was the only good option for health insurance. Today, such collective efforts are often stymied.

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How UPROSE Is Creating Clean Energy in Brooklyn

NonProfit Quarterly

The solar developer builds clean-energy projects that help communities acquire long-term wealth and energy assets through impact investing, technical support, and project financing. All the energy produced by the array will be sent to the Con Edison grid. How will Sunset Park Solar work? says Yeampierre.

Energy 132
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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Secretary of Health and Human Service Nancy Brown Chief Executive Officer American Heart Association Under Brown’s leadership as CEO since 2008, the AHA has become a global authority on cardiovascular and brain health as well as overall well-being. She has the roadmap for the nation’s clean energy future.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Unfortunately, there are not many health clinics nearby where Elisa can get easy access to primary care with her Medicaid insurance. Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes.

Health 130
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Health and Climate Solutions From Cities Around the World

Stanford Social Innovation Review

It also has an adverse impact on workforce productivity and inflicts economic losses on workers whose health and working conditions are affected by extreme heat. Mayors and city governments are increasingly seen as “doers” rather than “delayers” because they find themselves on the front line of the climate crisis.

Health 98
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Leaders Say Public Health Ethics Is Necessary for Social Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

How does the field of public health—given its role in making decisions that impact entire populations—define ethics? How can it be used to advance health equity and social justice? Chan School of Public Health. Nancy Krieger , a professor of social epidemiology at Harvard T.H. But why is this approach necessary?

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Agrivoltaics Offer Solutions to Simultaneous Climate and Health Challenges

NonProfit Quarterly

And there are several other ways that agrivoltaics can be used to mitigate the effects of climate change: Renewable Energy By generating solar power, agrivoltaics reduces reliance on fossil fuels and decreases greenhouse gas emissions. The location produces sufficient electricity for over 300 households through its 1.2-megawatt

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