Sign up to receive our Weekly Digest and join our Email Action Network! Congratulations to our inaugural class of Environmental Justice Ambassadors! On November 19, Save the Sound and Junta for Progressive Action celebrated the graduation of the first cohort of the Environmental Justice Ambassadors program, part of Junta’s Youth Empowerment Program. Eight New Haven-area […]
The inaugural cohort of the Environmental Justice Ambassadors program celebrated their graduation on November 19, marking a significant milestone for Save the Sound and Junta for Progressive Action. This first-of-its-kind collaboration, part of Junta’s Youth Empowerment Program, brought together eight dedicated teenagers who completed intensive training to become advocates for environmental justice in their communities. […]
by Lindsay Skedgell, Ecological Communications Specialist On the lawn, a bright orange line is spray painted to carve the shape of a long, half horseshoe in the grass. Parked next to the yard is a U-Haul truck, loaded with 25 bags of cedar mulch, 12 bags of stone, gloves, and shovels. Lys Gant, Save the […]
Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month Event Identifies Challenges, Celebrates Leaders Hartford, CT – Tuesday morning, 40 environmental justice advocates, community leaders, legislators, and supporters gathered at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford for a roundtable discussion in celebration of Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month, hosted by the Connecticut Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity, and Opportunity (CWCSEO) and Save […]
New Haven, CT – Save the Sound’s Urban Waters Initiative (UWI) project will hold 2 more free events, Mic at the Mill on August 17, and a Recycled Art Workshop on August 22, as part of this year’s Fair Haven based community program. On Saturday, August 17, Mic at the Mill will showcase the climate […]
New Haven, CT – On August 17, Mic at the Mill will showcase the climate stories of Fair Haven residents. The event, organized by Save the Sound’s Urban Waters Initiative (UWI), Project Drawdown, Women Without Borders, and Semilla Collective, is part of a summer-long series of community happenings in the New Haven neighborhood along the […]
Adding to pattern of undermining regulations for environmental protections WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Supreme Court delivered a decision [https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf] in the companion cases of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce, overturning the Chevron deference doctrine—diminishing federal agencies’ ability to set and enforce policies, including vital environmental and public health […]
Red clover, milkweed, and yarrow now grow at the corner of Haven and Exchange Street in Fair Haven. Once an underutilized, abandoned lot in the shadow of English Station, last year this space was transformed into the Mill River Trail Green Infrastructure Park and community rain garden as part of the Urban Waters Initiative project (UWI). […]
