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Author: Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen

Green communities a driving force for change

23 November 2016 Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen Commentary

Communities can become the driving force behind the concrete changes that our planet is so badly in need of. A multiplicity of joint initiatives is a good antidote for the feeling of powerlessness and incapacity, including the incapacity that leads

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