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"Flint, MI — A new program hopes to tackle climate change on a
neighborhood-by-neighborhood level in Flint.
Climate Resilient Flint, a coalition of Kettering University, Neighborhood
Engagement Hub (NEH), Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint, Genesee
Conservation District and the M.A.D.E. Institute, is offering $4,000 grants for
neighborhood groups to revitalize vacant lots with an eye toward climate
resiliency.
The coalition’s program, called the Cool Lot project, is supported by funding
from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and led by
principal investigator Pamela Carralero, an assistant professor of
environmental humanities at Kettering.
“The project came about for a couple of reasons,” Carralero said. “I really
wanted to just start climate change conversations in Flint. I think that we
were flirting around them, but through different issues such as environmental
justice … blight, crime prevention.”
Carralero saw that there were already grassroot groups doing “such fantastic
things” to support Flint’s climate resilience — or the city’s ability to manage
the impacts of climate change and stop them from worsening — but there was no
one person or entity focused on it.
So, after a little over two years of research, calls and emails, the Cool Lots
project was ready for launch."
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The Fixer August 30, 2023:
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