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PostMarch 14, 2019

4 ways to respond to climate gentrifcation

Prices in environmentally safe but historically affordable areas are skyrocketing — displacing vulnerable residents. But socially conscious firms can mitigate the effects.

In February, the Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan leadership team, along with 15 advisory board members, traveled there for a weekend retreat. They spent the day with activists from Little Haiti, one of the city’s fastest gentrifying areas. On an afternoon trip to the Everglades, they learned firsthand about climate-driven inequality."

Read full article here

Written by Kara Baskin

Zach Church, Editorial Director 

by MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative
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