Category: Climate

What If We Focus on Moving People, Not Vehicles?

Recently a group from Boston took a learning tour to Mexico City to get a firsthand look at its world-class transportation network. A new video offers highlights from the trip and inspiration for Boston and other modern cities looking for better ways to get more people where they want to go more quickly, efficiently, and safely.

January 31, 2014 | Category: Climate

Boston Businesses Show Art of Possible on Climate Action

[STAFF] Mariella Puerto Photo 2022

Mariella Puerto

Director of Climate

At a kickoff for a new cohort of Boston-area businesses embracing the "Challenge for Sustainability," I had the chance to talk about the part they play in creating a more sustainable (and hopeful) world.

January 30, 2014 | Category: Climate

New Report Shows Declining Emissions Amidst Growing Economy

[STAFF] Mariella Puerto Photo 2022

Mariella Puerto

Director of Climate

What happens when a state gets serious about climate change? A new report says the answer, at least in Massachusetts, is a shrinking carbon footprint and a growing economy.

January 07, 2014 | Category: Climate

From Urban Wasteland to Great Neighborhood

Emily Sidla

Emily Sidla

Climate Program Manager

Since 2005, when the MBTA abandoned its Bartlett Yard bus facility, the 8.5-acre site in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood had become an urban wasteland. Thanks to a unanimous vote earlier this fall by the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the site's transformation into a mixed-use, smart growth development took a big step forward.

November 19, 2013 | Category: Climate

The Biggest Team Effort in Boston History

[STAFF] Mariella Puerto Photo 2022

Mariella Puerto

Director of Climate

How much difference would it make in a city if its business and other leaders signed on to aggressive goals to address climate change, and led by example in their sectors?

October 03, 2013 | Category: Climate

A Tale of Two Peaks we Must Climb

[STAFF] Mariella Puerto Photo 2022

Mariella Puerto

Director of Climate

Reducing GHG emissions 20% by 2020 is no easy task. Yet, 80% by 2050 is whole new kind of undertaking. How different are these two goals?

September 24, 2013 | Category: Climate

Study Probes Consequences of Poor Transportation Options on Low-income Latinos

A new study takes a deep look at the heavy toll of poor transportation options on one of the fastest growing populations in Massachusetts – low-income Latinos - and it recommends a path towards change that means greater prosperity for them and for low-income and working families across the state.

August 12, 2013 | Category: Climate

Energievergnügen – the joy of (renewable) energy

[STAFF] Mariella Puerto Photo 2022

Mariella Puerto

Director of Climate

Between 2010 and 2011, committed to building on three decades of solid progress on renewable energy and unnerved by Fukushima, the German parliament enacted a series of polices to shift its power sector away from fossil fuels and nuclear to 80% renewables by 2050.

July 09, 2013 | Category: Climate

Some Things Inspiring in the State of Denmark

[STAFF] Mariella Puerto Photo 2022

Mariella Puerto

Director of Climate

Copenhagen is on track to become the world's first carbon neutral capital by 2025 – even while attracting 100,000 new residents. In June, Mariella Puerto, Barr Senior Program Officer, joined a group of US-based foundation staff to see firsthand how they were doing it.

June 20, 2013 | Category: Climate

Active, Healthy, Ready to Learn (and Fighting Climate Change) with Safe Routes to School

In 1969, about half of all American children walked or biked to school. Of those living within a mile from school, 87% walked or biked. Today, less than 15% do.

May 21, 2013 | Category: Climate