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Why Equitable Building Policy Matters in St. Louis

2025 was a rough year for frontline communities advocating for Environmental Justice (EJ). Federal EJ funding was slashed, and local governments centering EJ principles were strained due to political uncertainty. Consequently, community-based organizations (CBOs) advocating for community-informed decision-making faced governmental staff with limited capacity and funding. Despite this landscape, equitable decarbonization was still front and … Continued

How to Center Community Priorities in a Building Performance Standard

While many organizations, governments, communities, businesses, foundations are all chipping away at climate change from different angles, the planet is still warming and more immediate challenges around affordability and health divert attention from the urgency around climate. How can we as a society do better? By bringing more people into climate action! Some of the … Continued

SoCal Fires and Generational Resilience: A 5th Gen Chicana’s Reflection

Taping up my 93 year old grandma’s windows with duct tape and reposting mask mutual aid efforts was not on my 2025 bingo card. But here we are, another wildfire, another scramble to limit smoke inhalation, and another time I wonder if it was always this hard to live in Southern California. The land is … Continued

Shubhada Kambli

For more than ten years, Shubhada Kambli has led results-driven environmental programs at the local, state and federal levels across the country.