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class="content__text" Who tells your story matters not only because it informs the message but also because it shapes the perspective. When climate justice is visible to more people through media representation, we show what is possible and build support for policy solutions that act on justice. This narrative shift shows the ripple effect of our strategy to amplify our grantees’ climate solutions stories in the media. As equity is adopted as a core value across our field, rooting stories in communities of color is key. What kinds of stories are you seeing about clean energy and climate change? What, or who, is centered in them? Are you excited to see the solutions presented or left feeling bleak for the future? . . . . . #NarrativePower #StoryTelling #Media #ClimateCommunications #Equity #CleanEnergy #ClimateMedia

February 15, 2023

class="content__text" We are only 7 days away from Black Climate Week, our annual celebration of Black Climate Leadership and the innovative solutions coming from front- and fenceline communities. Rejoice with us all week long with book giveaways, grantee spotlights, and learn how we are revolutionizing what's possible! . . . . . #BlackClimateWeek #BCW2023 #LetsCreateTheFuture #ClimateAction #BlackClimateLeadership #GrassrootsOrganizing

February 14, 2023

class="content__text" When it comes to the climate crisis, people love to talk. They'll shout, point fingers, tease out sound bites, filibuster, and more. Sometimes all of that talk railroads the work. If "talk is cheap" was a person it would be Dr. John Francis. When confronted with the devastation left behind from an oil tanker collision in San Francisco, Dr. Francis took his feelings of helplessness and frustration and channeled it into a 20+ year commitment to listen and learn and walk. Check out his memoir Planetwalker, a coming-of-age odyssey about individual climate action and a treatise on courage.

February 11, 2023

class="content__text" Communities of color are disproportionately affected by climate change, air pollution, and health disparities due to generations of systemic racism and injustice. In this web series, we dive into the latest headlines affecting our communities and the planet, introduce you to frontline leaders, and sometimes feature special celebrity guests. Our goal is to radically transform the conversations we have about climate change so we can learn more from each other and talk about the solutions already here to save our environment, and have a little fun along the way! Season 1 available now. Visit the link in our bio and watch today! . . . . #ClimateCurious #LetsCreateTheFuture #BlackClimateWeek #BCW2023

February 11, 2023

class="content__text" What does Booker T Washington, George Washington Carver, and over 45,000 people across the U.S. all have in common? Farming! The climate crisis exposed not only how broken and fragile our food system is but also the travails of people who take on one of the most courageous forms of economic self-determination. Generations of broken promises from the federal government compounded with horribly discriminatory practices, strategic land grabs, and razing ultimately destroyed what little Black Farmers were able to create. Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, established the Tuskegee Institute Movable School in 1906. This was an outreach effort that traveled to Black farms in the South to demonstrate new technologies, share best practices, and deliver supplies. George Washington Carver, as head of Tuskegee's agricultural school in 1896, would expand the program with its "Farmer's College on Wheels," the Jesup Agricultural Wagon. By 1920, the USDA estimated that over half of all Black people in the US lived on farms. 14% of American farmers were Black, working nearly 16 million acres of land. What do you think those numbers look like today? Image: @austinpubliclibrary . . . . . . #BlackFarmers #BlackHistoryMonth #FoodSovereignty #FoodJustice #MutualAid

February 09, 2023

class="content__text" Grassroots organizations have always been and will always be the driving force behind change. No one knows what a neighborhood needs better than the folks who call it home. Frontline solutions are our best bet for solving the climate crisis. Meet one of the faces of the grassroots environmental justice movement in the American South, Connie Tucker. Tucker served as an activist beginning the 1970s up until her passing in 2015. In 1992, before becoming its Executive Director, Tucker worked as a coordinator of the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC)'s Southwide Environmental Justice Project, helping to organize its historic regional conference in New Orleans, the largest diverse environmental justice conference to date with 2500 grassroots people in attendance. As an experienced activist and organizer, she focused on various environmental justice issues, including public policy; community involvement; enforcement and compliance; waste facilities; hazardous waste and Superfund sites; pollution prevention, health; community ways of knowing; and a host of others. Her peers and co-activists knew Tucker as "a committed leader with a determined spirit." In 1998, Tucker was awarded the prestigious Bannerman Fellowship for long-time activists of color and the international Resourceful Women's Award for women activists working to achieve social justice and a sustainable future. Image credit: Connie Tucker Legacy Foundation

February 09, 2023

class="content__text" Black Climate Week is a beautiful celebration of the innovative solutions that arise through Black leadership on climate action. From New Alpha Community Development Corporation's hydropanels in Florence, SC to @UrbanTilth's #NoShade campaign to protect food justice in Richmond, CA, these are the community-led initiatives that will ultimately save the world. Mark your calendars for February 21-24 and join us for The Solutions Project's third annual Black Climate Week! Witness the power of grassroots movements against climate change, disrupt the status quo of philanthropy with our friendraisers, and let's revolutionize what's possible! Image Credit: @intelligentmischief #BlackClimateWeek #BCW2023

February 09, 2023

class="content__text" From stopping permitting reform to opening the first Office of Environmental Justice to defeating polluting Goliaths, 2022 saw a host of Environmental and Climate Justice wins! Check out a few of the ones featured in @Atmos' daily newsletter, The Frontline *Link in bio* Image: John Lamparski/Getty Images

February 09, 2023

class="content__text" What are our grantee partners saying about working with The Solutions Project? It's pretty awesome over here for a few reasons: 📖 We are great storytellers, 💡 They trust us to help them build their narrative power, 💯 And they tell us the truth because they know we will listen and pivot to help them succeed! We give grants to those closest to the problems because we know they are closest to the solutions and do not have the philanthropic resources they need and deserve. Don't miss an opportunity to partner! Sign up for our newsletter so you get announcements delivered straight to your inbox. Link in bio!

February 09, 2023

class="content__text" A Just Energy Transition for the Navajo and Hopi Native Nations

December 16, 2022

class="content__text" The transition to a future powered by clean energy is well underway. To truly be successful, this must be a just energy transition. But what does a just transition actually look like? Let’s make sure no one is left behind. We can all take part in a #JustTransition by following the leadership of frontline and fenceline communities. Watch this video from The Solutions Project and Canary Media — and narrated by Mark Ruffalo — to learn more.

November 16, 2022

class="content__text" We just published our new Impact Report! In 2021, The Solutions Project disrupted the philanthropic and media sector to focus on climate justice and solidarity. These are the highlights. In 2021, we: ▪️ Scaled our impact by increasing grants by more than five-fold, from two million to nearly $11.5 million ▪️ Tripled the number of grantees we support, 193 organizations across 26 states and territories, with 82% of it to People of Color-led organizations ▪️ Co-created three funds to center and strengthen frontline leadership and innovations: Justice40 Accelerator, Fund for Frontline Power, and Communicating Our Power ▪️ Shifted the national dialogue towards equity by reaching over 25 million people with climate justice solutions stories told by our grantees As a result, in 2022, we were named one of the world’s most innovative companies by @FastCompany and won two @AnthemAwards for brand and strategy. 🏆 " We are proud to have a track record in disrupting the status quo, and you can bet we will continue to do our best and do more to support frontline success. Our grantees and their respective communities are the ones accelerating a just transition to a regenerative economy that works for all of us. Imagine what will come when they have the resources to thrive and the spotlight to show the world what is possible." - @gloriawalton Will you join us? Click the link in bio to read the full report.

August 16, 2022