By 2016 ITP Grant Partner Elijah Romulus, 10Power

In the sunny Caribbean, Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. This country prides itself in being the 2nd country in the western hemisphere for gaining its independence. Unfortunately years and years later many of Haiti’s citizens find themselves dependent on unreliable electricity and insufficient ways of getting it. A country that relies on a lot of dirty technology can benefit from solar energy being close to the equator and can help the environment. » Read More

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By 2016 ITP Grant Partner Magalie Bonneau, Founder, Dancing Without Borders

The Pause retreat we recently hosted was an invitation to explore how we could enroll those who work at the intersection of participatory art, storytelling with those campaigning for a 100% renewable future at policy levels into building a movement that's led by the power of the arts. For a few days, we explored how we could support greater grassroots engagement in shifting the cultural and political narrative around climate change by making the movement irresistible and compelling. » Read More

By 2016 Invoking the Pause Grant Partner Morgan Curtis, SustainUS COP22 Delegation Leader

I’m dancing in a tree, hanging from an overhead branch, feet in the crook between branches. Music is shaking the earth, and my fellow youth delegates from COP21, last year’s UN Climate Change Conference, are throwing shapes with their bodies. The Vermont spring sunshine is awakening the grass, and our souls. » Read More

By 2016 ITP Grant Partners, Lindley Mease & Theo Gibbs, Co-Founders Blue Heart

Climate displacement—or the forced migration of people from their homes due to climate impacts such as sea level rise—is happening across the United States. Entire communities are being displaced from their land of origin due to rising seas, negligent federal aid, and steady degradation of social services. Homes in dozens of Native American coastal communities in Louisiana and Alaska are being washed away by rising seas, land subsidence (sped up by offshore oil and gas development), and coastal erosion due to increasingly frequent and severe storms. » Read More

By 2016 Invoking the Pause Grant Partner ARC:KE:i

"I try not to find the form too soon. Instead I try to think about it as an idea without a shape."
Maya Lin, Boundaries. New York. 2000.

Here in the Pacific Northwest, someone seeking to pause, to reflect, might be said to be 'stepping out of the river.' Our rivers, including the mighty Columbia, have shaped and continue to shape our language and culture, as do the geographic features of so many communities around the globe. Why step out of the river? A fish in a river does not know it is in a river because the river surrounds it. Only by being out of the river can the fish see the eco-system in which the river exists, with its dynamic balance of destructive and creative forces. We sought a Pause to see Innovation Ecology's contextual system: the essential 'bridge' between the hard and soft systems that accelerates communication and learning by communities working towards resilient, low-carbon futures. Our aim was bringing our seed concept into a flowing, self-nourishing reality capable of supporting communities in the critical work they must do together to thrive. » Read More

By 2016 ITP Grant Partner Vanessa LeBourdais, Executive Producer & Creative Director, DreamRider Productions

Today is the day.

Today is the day I've been waiting for, for over three and a half years, and it's finally come - thanks to Invoking the Pause - and I'm so glad.

This is the day that my creative brain woke up happy.

For the past four years I've worn so many hats at my job that I used to joke that it made my head hurt. Then I started experiencing headaches. Then anxiety - for months. » Read More

Join ITP Grant Partner, As You Sow, for their report launch webinar of the Carbon Clean 200TM.

The Clean200: Investing in a Clean Energy Future
Monday, August 15, 2016 - NOTE NEW DATE!
11:00 AM Pacific/2:00 PM Eastern
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Join the webinar to learn about the companies paving the way towards a clean energy future!

Andrew, Toby, and the Clean200 team

ITP Grant Partner, As You Sow, has just released their report entitled "Unconventional Risks: The Growing Uncertainty of Oil Investments".  Please read the full report here.