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7 Ways Faith Organizations Are Making Cities More Sustainable and Equitable

The City Fix

About two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. While cities are hubs of innovation and opportunity, the increasing pace of urbanization also exacerbates inequality, stresses infrastructure, and fuels climate change, air pollution and other environmental problems.

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RVP 2024: Philanthropy and Community Revitalization

Center for Community Progress

Missouri Foundation for Health : Philanthropy plays an important role in fostering sustainable community revitalization efforts, but true, long-term change requires collaboration across all sectors. Achieving health equity isn’t the sole responsibility of any one entity, including philanthropy.

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How to Protect What We Love (People and the Planet) — Episode 144

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

Our guest today is someone who Christina and I have both been a fan of when it comes to producing really valuable, easy-to-digest content as it relates to sustainability and just being more environmentally conscious overall.

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WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program Phase I Grants - March 31, 2022

iGrantWriters

Eligibility Applicant Eligibility for Existing Watershed GroupsIn order to be eligible to receive an award as an Existing Watershed Group, the applicant must be an eligible entity as described immediately above and must be either: An Existing Watershed Group, (i.e.,

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Quote on housing that's very apt: "As demand for housing rises, Philadelphia’s neighborhoods can either remain affordable or remain low-density. They cannot do both"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But in each case, we have chipped away at affordability, walkability, and the urban fabric that makes this neighborhood diverse, unique, and sustainable. Other times, we wore no such mask. The article mentioned how one person against the development suggested a bird sanctuary or a cat oriented project instead of the dog park it would replace.

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Why Is Program Evaluation So Important For Nonprofits?

Grant Consulting Services, LLC

Nonprofit organizations provide programs that influence our country by impacting our communities in 3 key ways: Cultivation and Sustainability Nonprofit organizations are the embodiment of human compassion. Catalysts Nonprofit missions are effective because they often begin at the grassroots level. And we need them. Desperately.

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CFP: Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies #ACRL #ACRLPublication

A Library Writer's Blog

OTSP memo on open access ) Subject Heading Changes United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Workforce Development & more !