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From the Ted Talk by Rahwa Ghirmatzion and Zelalem Adefris: Community-powered solutions to the climate crisis

Unscramble the Blue Letters


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When we saw heating _____ soar over the last decade, we _________ to pass state ______, help small businesses and to put our people to work weatherizing homes. We responded with eco-landscaping and green infrastructure. When record rainfalls flooded our neighborhoods, we replaced the concrete that overwhelmed and made heat waves unbearable.

Let us visit ______ 77, an 80,000-square-foot ______ school ________ that was closed and abandoned for nearly a decade. But PUSH Buffalo and the community transformed it into solar-powered, affordable senior apartments and a community center. This is what the community wanted. When private developers were eyeing that school building for high-end loft __________, 800 _________ mobilized and came up with the plan. We became New York State's first community solar project and during the coronavirus pandemic, a volunteer-run Mutual Aid Hub.

Solution


  1. school
  2. policy
  3. organized
  4. residents
  5. bills
  6. building
  7. public
  8. apartments

Original Text


When we saw heating bills soar over the last decade, we organized to pass state policy, help small businesses and to put our people to work weatherizing homes. We responded with eco-landscaping and green infrastructure. When record rainfalls flooded our neighborhoods, we replaced the concrete that overwhelmed and made heat waves unbearable.

Let us visit School 77, an 80,000-square-foot public school building that was closed and abandoned for nearly a decade. But PUSH Buffalo and the community transformed it into solar-powered, affordable senior apartments and a community center. This is what the community wanted. When private developers were eyeing that school building for high-end loft apartments, 800 residents mobilized and came up with the plan. We became New York State's first community solar project and during the coronavirus pandemic, a volunteer-run Mutual Aid Hub.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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