Tag: equity

Workshop to foster a sustainable community by “Advancing Climate Solutions”

by Alia Garrett
January 7, 2025

Registration is now open for Sarasota County's 17th Annual Sustainable Communities Workshop on Nov. 01. This day-long, first hybrid (in-person and online) event showcases strategies for healthy, resilient, thriving communities. About the workshop Under ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources
Tags: Adaptation, Agriculture, Carbon Sequestration, Climate, Climate Change, Conference, Energy Efficiency, Equity, Event, Gardening, Hybrid, Mitigation, Networking, Pgm_Sustain, Renewable Energy, Resiliency, Speakers, Sustainable Communities Workshop, Youth

2022 Energy Sweep kickoff: bringing efficiency and equity to Sarasota Housing Authority

by nicolebarber
April 25, 2024

This March, Sarasota County Sustainability staff and Energy Coach Volunteers partnered with the Sarasota Housing Authority (SHA) to install energy and water efficiency devices in low-income housing authority units. During the sweeps, Energy ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Conservation, Money Matters, Natural Resources
Tags: Conservation, Energy, Equity, Low Income, Pgm_Sustain, Saving, Volunteer, Water

Leader, visionary, champion for science, friend to deliver York lecture

by Scott Angle
April 26, 2023

If you come to hear Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young deliver our York lecture next week, you’ll be inspired by someone I consider a visionary, a champion for agricultural science, a trailblazer and an anti-hunger crusader. I also consider her ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Health & Nutrition, Pests & Disease
Tags: Equity, Infrastructure, Research, UF-IFAS, USDA, York Lecture

Energy improvements at Sarasota Housing Authority: That’s a wrap for the Annex!

by nicolebarber
June 28, 2022

Sarasota County Sustainability staff and Sarasota Housing Authority (SHA) kicked off the summer by completing energy- and water-efficiency improvements for the last three floors at SHA’s Annex building in downtown Sarasota. Our team ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Conservation, Home Management, Money Matters, Natural Resources
Tags: Conservation, Energy, Equity, Low Income, Pgm_Sustain, Saving, Water

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