Articles by Climate Solutions Fellow Syris Valentine
Syris Valentine is the 2024-2025 Grist climate solutions reporting fellow.
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What Seattle’s Green New Deal reveals about creating inclusive, regenerative, just communities
"The green revolution will not be won by presidential proclamation or congressional decree. It will be won city by city, neighborhood by neighborhood, day by day."
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To feed my soul, I went back to my roots
Writer Syris Valentine volunteered on a farm in Seattle. He shares how the experience taught him about much more than agriculture.
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Easy seasoned collard greens
Growing (and cooking) this Black and southern American staple can offer lessons in reciprocity, resourcefulness, and connection to the land.
