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Nature-based Solutions (NBS) Webinars: From Theory to Practice – Reducing Flood Risks in Coastal Communities

From 14 to 22 May 2025

Throughout North America, coastal flood risks are escalating due to land-use changes, ecosystem loss or transformation, population growth in coastal zones, sea-level rise, changes in the frequency and severity of storms and ageing flood-protection infrastructure. Tides and storm-driven flooding are increasingly damaging homes and infrastructure, and generally disrupting coastal communities and their economies.

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Stimulating Behavioral Changes to Reduce Food Loss and Waste (FLW) in North America and Expanded Promotion and Uptake of Related CEC FLW Resources

2023 Active Sustainable Living and Economies Unit

The CEC Council has acknowledged the importance to further build upon the success of past CEC FLW projects, and continue to demonstrate CEC leadership and visibility to support FLW reduction in North America. Given this, the CEC continues its work on a new project with a focus on developing new...

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Recycle Leaders, Loop Closing, and Soilful

Food First: A Replicable Model in Washington, DC for Engaging Ward 7 and 8 Residents in Taking Action on Sustainability

July 22, 2024 4 pages Sustainable Living and Economies Unit

Recycle Leaders, Loop Closing and Soilful are three small businesses in Washington, DC1 that teamed up to implement a Community Action Grant funded by Sustainability DC 2.0, a city-funded initiative. The grant supported piloting the “Team Up on Food Waste @ DC Wards 7 and 8” action research project with residents living in a food desert. Recycle Leaders is a social enterprise that helps schools and students learn to lead lasting change by implementing impactful waste action projects. Loop Closing is a social enterprise that enables organizations to compost their food scraps on-site to meet their zero-waste goals and live their values while dismantling structural inequities. Soilful provides expertise in urban agriculture and food access in wards 7 and 8, which are the  areas of the District of Columbia in which families face the greatest challenges to food access and food security.

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