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Kara manages NWF’s Climate-Smart Communities Program, working with U.S. cities towns to help them prepare for the impacts of climate change in ways that are beneficial for both people and wildlife. Prior to joining NWF, Kara was the Technical Innovation Manager for ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability where she led the development and management of ICLEI's greenhouse gas emissions protocols and was the project manager for ICLEI's climate mitigation, adaptation, and sustainability consulting projects. Kara was previously the Urban Sustainability Planner for the District of Columbia Office of Planning. Kara has a Master in City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in English and Environmental Studies from the College of the Holy Cross.
Andrew Moore, Cooper Elementary School, East Side, 2008, digital chromogenic print scanned from film negative, 62 x 78 in., Collection of Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell. Credit: Andrew Moore

Nature: Driving Revitalization in the Motor City and Beyond

3/1/2013 // Kara Reeve

  During the roaring 20’s, Detroit glittered as a global center of automobile manufacturing. With a population that soared from 285,000 in 1900 to 1.6 million by 1930, it was the fourth largest city in the United States. As more… Read more >

Federal Budget Antics Threaten Safety of Communities, Raise Costs

7/29/2011 // Kara Reeve

Even climate change skeptics may agree that the weather is changing. Just this spring and summer, a tornado outbreak in Alabama tore through the state and destroyed homes; an unprecedented heat wave and drought smothered Oklahoma with 32 consecutive days… Read more >