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  • EPA staff at a nature center, around a table

    Activating the Building Blocks of Sustainability

    One thing I’ve learned through my work with local communities is that they love celebrating what makes them unique. I love learning what they are most proud of and helping them turn their greatest assets into actions that matter for their community.

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    • By: Chip Gurkin
  • A man carrying a golf bag, walking along a golf course

    Urban Golf and the Partnerships for Progress

    In many ways golf is more than just a game. There’s a special place, right down the street from our Region 3 office in Center City Philadelphia, that is reimaging how kids can experience greenspaces.

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    • By: Hunter Pates
  • Cherry tomatoes in a child's hand

    For Local Communities, the Sky is the Limit

    Local Foods, Local Places' community-driven approach unleashes local creative minds to envision innovative paths to overcome the complex legacies of social and environmental problems and inequities.

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    • By: John Foster
  • Pile of multicolored clothing in a waste pile

    EPA's 2024 No-Buy Challenge

    EPA's Green Team challenge themselves to go a month without spending money on non-essentials in a monthlong No-Buy Challenge.

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    • By: Calvin Yahn
  • Pediatrician giving a child a high five

    A Silver Anniversary for the Gold Standard in Children's Environmental Health Protection

    An overview of the work of PEHSUs, a network of pediatricians, nurses, health educators and other health professionals with special expertise in the prevention, diagnosis, management, and treatment of health issues that arise from environmental exposures.

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    • By: Janet McCabe
  • downtown Granville on a cloudy day

    How Community-Led Change is Helping Rural Places and People Thrive

    Steph Bertaina provides a personal introduction to the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities program.

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    • By: Steph Bertaina
  • Paddy Run Stream

    Bringing a Local Stream Back to Life

    When we start with clean water, we instantly reduce the amount of nutrients reaching larger bodies of water. Paddy Run may be small, but the smallest streams often have the biggest impact.

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    • By: Christine Gonnelli
  • Packages wrapped with recycled materials

    Green Your Holiday This Season

    As we travel, feast, decorate, and spread holiday cheer, we also consume resources and generate waste. Instead of checking gifts for others off my shopping list, I’m learning new ways to show my appreciation for the important people in my life.

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    • By: Scott Mansfield
  • Landscape with environmental data icons overlaid

    Follow the Data to Answer Questions about the Environment

    My love for using data to answer important questions is shared by researchers across the country and all around the world – answering any question you can think of about the environment.

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    • By: William Wheeler
  • Working together at a brownfields training site

    Making a difference in people’s lives through EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Grant Program

    Brownfields job training grant opportunities are now available! We anticipate awarding approximately 25 grants nationwide at amounts up to $500,000 per award - a historic investment for communities across the nation.

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    • By: Amanda Sutton
  • Household emergency plan list with pen

    Hurricane season is almost here, and it’s time to get prepared.

    EPA’s role in preventing, preparing for, and responding to natural disasters and environmental emergencies such as hurricanes is integral to our mission to protect human health and the environment.

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    • By: Carlton Waterhouse