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Poetry, art and tea at the Art Center in Orange, "A Burst of Springtime" at Grace Estate Winery and more.

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A Tree Grows in Richmond: Southside Moves from Redlining to Greening A nonprofit-led project seeks to address environmental injustices and improve water quality with targeted tree planting. Kenny Fletcher/CBF Left: Southside, Richmond, Virginia, courtesy of Southside ReLeaf; Right: previous (2018) tree plantings led by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation at Branch’s Baptist Church in Southside. At the peak of a Virginia summer, the difference between the sun and shade is stark. High urban temper...

Julia Travers is a writer who often covers the environment, social justice movements, and the nonprofit sector. She has written for National Public Radio, Earth Island Journal, YES! Magazine, EcoWatch, and Civil Eats, among other publications.

Let the Sunshine In, for the Benefit of All Proven strategies can make solar power available to lower income people. Low- and moderate-income households bear heavy housing and energy cost burdens. In the United States, people with low incomes spend about three times more of their income on energy than those with higher incomes. Moreover, these households are much less likely to reap the benefits of converting to solar power. But now, a study from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has id...