Category: Activism
09
Sep
Eight Tremendously Difficult Ways to Help the Environment
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you search up green tips, you get lots of lists suggesting easy ways to make ecofriendly changes. There’s good reason to be suspicious of...
02
Sep
From Source to Sea
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Dirt paths meander through the woods north of the Riverside Park boat house, east of the North Meadows dike. If you continue on, north of...
29
Aug
Access Activism Beyond Hartford Coastal Connecticut Commentary Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford New England Transportation
New Haven: It’s Complicated
by Kerri Ana Provost
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I always leave New Haven a little crankier.
26
Aug
Activism Asylum Hill Community Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Free Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Reader Tip Sheldon/Charter Oak
Climate Action
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Youth will lead global climate strikes during the week of September 20-27, 2019. During this time, there are multiple local opportunities to get more involved...
12
Aug
Access Activism Beyond Hartford Central Connecticut Commentary Cultural Interest Downtown Eastern Connecticut Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Long Reads Myth Busting New England North East North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Reader Tip Regionalism Sheldon/Charter Oak South Meadows South West Transportation Unsolicited Advice
The Great Outdoors: 26 Places You Can Reach By Bus, Without Fuss, From Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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You should be able to get your nature fix without having to bum a ride.
30
Jul
Because You’re Not Grocery Shopping Only One Time Ever
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In the lead up to the Plastic Bag Ban in Connecticut, I sure heard some nonsense. Every last excuse people could think of to avoid...
26
Jul
Access Activism Beyond Hartford Central Connecticut Commentary Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Parks Reader Tip Regionalism Transportation
Batterson Park: A Beach You Can (Almost) Reach By Bus
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Another heatwave is expected to begin this weekend, and with that will come the inevitable announcements of State Parks turning visitors away when their parking...
25
Jul
Access Activism Asylum Hill Barry Square Behind the Rocks Blue Hills Clay Arsenal Commentary Community Cultural Interest Downtown Education Environmental Interest Faith Film Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Music Myth Busting North East North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Parkville Reader Tip Sheldon/Charter Oak South End South Green South Meadows South West Unsolicited Advice Upper Albany West End
What You Can Do In Hartford For Free
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Ancient Burying Ground: Have a few extra minutes while waiting for your bus? Check out how people honored their dead back in the day. This...
02
Jul
Activism Commentary Community Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Reader Tip Unsolicited Advice
26 Ways to Improve Hartford, Now
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s all too easy to be seduced into blaming all our woes on the current administration, and to simultaneously believe that a change of leadership...
19
Jun
Review: Good Trouble
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you live in Hartford and call yourself an activist, then you owe it to yourself to read Steve Thornton’s latest book, Good Trouble: A...