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  • Cape Rēinga in New Zealand

    Why Stories Matter

    Years spent observing various cultures threaded through multiple languages gave me my biggest gift; I can absorb a person’s voice into my pen and onto their paper.

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    • By: Sukayna Al-Aaraji
  • 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
  • David Cash, peering into an aquarium and staring at a fish

    Fifty Years Later

    I viscerally remember what it felt like to walk through the dark entrance halls, turn a corner and then stop before the spectacular Giant Ocean Tank. I was able to connect these visits, 50 years apart, in my head and heart, in ways I never had before. 

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    • By: David Cash