How kids in Arizona learn to love greens with Sow It Forward
At Fuerza Local Community Kitchen – located at El Rancho del Sol affordable housing development in Mesa, Arizona – there is a bustling world of culinary activity. At first, you’ll Read more
The Community Fridge in El Mirage wants to make sure healthy nutrition is not a question of income
El Mirage opened a full-time Community Fridge this week at the Dysart Community Center, a place where surplus food is made easily and freely accessible to people in a community Read more
The City of Chicago built a community garden no one used, so Pearl Ramsey took over and brought it to life.
How many problems can a community garden solve? Pearl Ramsey’s garden in her neighborhood on Chicago’s Southside is a solution generator. Since she first stepped into the small patch in Read more
Vera was tired of seeing plastic everywhere. Now she leads her own plastic-free movement in Chicago.
Vera Dorzhinova explains why she joined the Chicago Sustainability Challenge and “The Last Plastic Straw” movement in one simple sentence: “I want to be useful, and I’m worried about the Read more
What difference does Street Feast make in building resilient communities in Ireland?
Once a year, on one hopefully sunny day, people across Ireland get together with their neighbours to celebrate Street Feast. They put up a table in the front garden or Read more
Street Feast – the growth of Ireland’s biggest neighbourhood party
Nothing brings us together like eating together. An informal invite to a neighbour to share a meal is so often the starting point of a meaningful connection. That’s why Street Read more
