Challenges and Solutions

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Environment Challenges:

I challenge you to reimagine an empty parking space, vacant lot, or unused asphalt as a vibrant park that reduces heat island effects, boosts biodiversity, and creates a safe, fun, and welcoming space to connect, play, and thrive.

Gretchen Rabinkin

I challenge you to raise awareness about the impacts of sea-level rise in your community and create strategies that build consensus around solutions that balance the needs of humans and habitats.

Alex Ferron

I challenge you to inspire your community to habitually use fewer single-use plastics in order to keep trash out of our ocean ecosystems.

Anne Middleton

I challenge you to create and distribute affordable, accessible resources that incorporate intergenerational knowledge to prepare frontline communities for the impact of climate change.

Elizabeth Yeampierre

I challenge you to create a sustainable program that challenges your community’s behaviors to help alleviate the issue of rats in New York City.

Kathleen Corradi

Environment Solutions:

I challenge you to reimagine an empty parking space, vacant lot, or unused asphalt as a vibrant park that reduces heat island effects, boosts biodiversity, and creates a safe, fun, and welcoming space to connect, play, and thrive.

Gretchen Rabinkin

I challenge you to raise awareness about the impacts of sea-level rise in your community and create strategies that build consensus around solutions that balance the needs of humans and habitats.

Alex Ferron

I challenge you to inspire your community to habitually use fewer single-use plastics in order to keep trash out of our ocean ecosystems.

Anne Middleton

Spork

We will make our community and environment better for future generations by reducing habitual plastic use and educating our community of the environmental impacts from our daily habits.

SeaGoal

We want to spread knowledge and create excitement about limiting the use of single-use plastics in our San Diego community through an application for both IOS and Android designed for all ages.

I challenge you to create and distribute affordable, accessible resources that incorporate intergenerational knowledge to prepare frontline communities for the impact of climate change.

Elizabeth Yeampierre

Living Labs

We envision a future where we will fight back against climate injustice and food insecurity by educating and empowering our neighbors to be sustainable urban farmers.

Climate Comfort Solutions

To create a community that is prepared to protect themselves in the face of climate disaster.

Planet of Colors

Our group, "Planet of Colors" envisions a world where we tackle climate change and systemic racism by fostering the health and wellness of our community.

I challenge you to create a sustainable program that challenges your community’s behaviors to help alleviate the issue of rats in New York City.

Kathleen Corradi

Brooklyn Eraticators

We will educate community members and local businesses to understand the rodent problem, how their behaviors contribute to the issue and inspire them to take action and change behaviors to create a cleaner and happier community, with a reduced number of rodents.

NYRPD

Fewer rats will make places more sanitary and reduce the risk of disease.

Rat Patrol

We envision influencing the behaviors of adolescents in Williamsburg Brooklyn, joining the efforts to decrease the rat population, and improving the quality of life for NYC residents.

Anti-Vermin

We will alleviate rat problems in New York City.

Project R.I.S.E

We envision a community where the environment is clean, safe, and worry free of contaminants that negatively impact the community.