Name Joe Wheelock What is your work and how did you end up focusing on the work you do? I am a program manager for the Heartland Tree Alliance at Bridging The Gap. We try to grow greener, more resilient communities through small actions. Working hand in hand with the communities impacted most by environmental...
Name Alej Martinez What is your work and how did you end up focusing on the work you do? My work is dedicated to building community resilience through the critical lenses of social equity and authentic community engagement. I was drawn to this field, and remain passionate about it, because I’ve consistently observed and been...
MARC and project consultants have been spending the summer months updating strategies included in the 2021 Regional Kansas City Climate Action Plan. Based on feedback and requirements of the EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant, it was clear that we needed to simplify, simplify, simply. The original plan included 66 strategies and staff worked to reduce...
Magpie Creative Reuse Collective was started in April 2024 with a mission to open a Creative Reuse Center supporting innovative uses for material waste. The founding board is a group of seven people familiar with the creative reuse model and sees the center as a way to prioritize artistic and educational aspects of creative reuse....
The Climate and Environment Council (CEC) is a collaborative, action-oriented committee that guides the implementation of the Kansas City Regional Climate Action Plan. This committee will be jointly supported by MARC and Climate Action KC.
On behalf of the MARC Climate Action team, Climate Action KC and the Climate and Environment Committee, we’d like to thank those who participated in this year’s Resilient Success Stories event. Nearly 150 attendees turned out for our year-end recognition of exemplary climate resilience work. Climate resilience expands the idea of sustainability and includes efforts to prepare...
According to industry experts, the average NFL stadium generates over 80,000 pounds of trash each game. And that doesn’t include the trash and waste from tailgating, a favorite pastime – it’s just from the interior concessions the organization and its vendors produce. Landfills release massive amounts of methane gas into the atmosphere. And over a...
Congratulations to our 2024 Resilient Success Stories Honorees Momentum is building throughout the Kansas City region to transform our community in ways that create greater levels of sustainability and climate resilience. To embrace and accelerate positive change, the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) and Climate Action KC will highlight selected local and regional Resilient Success Stories at...
Summit Transfer is making significant strides in sustainable waste diversion through its work on the Charles E. Whittaker U.S. Courthouse building renovation. The company has spearheaded the project’s federally mandated aim to divert at least 50% of the waste created from the demolition. The federal courthouse is undergoing a complete window replacement and related roof...
On Aug. 16, partner organizations joined Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) and EPA Region 7 staff for a tour showcasing compost operations in the Kansas City region. Stops included Compost Collective at Urbavore Farms, Missouri Organic Recycling and KC Can Compost’s headquarters. EPA representatives got to see first-hand how local composting aligns with the agency’s initiatives...
