The Spark: How to Keep Your Community Cool During Heat Waves

The Spark: How to Keep Your Community Cool During Heat Waves

The Spark: How to Keep Your Community Cool During Heat Waves Welcome back to The Spark, our monthly newsletter that’s all about how people just like you are creating positive change, one meaningful step at a time. In this issue: 🌡️ Pop-up cooling centers that anyone can set up in minutes ❄️ Don’t ditch that old air conditioner — donate it to a neighbor in need 🤝 How to cultivate a buddy system for vulnerable folks during heat waves Pop goes the cooler When temperatures soar in Sacramento, Joe Robustelli loads up a cooler with ice and bottled water, and sets it in front of his home on a busy downtown street. A laminated sign invites passersby to help themselves. Robustelli is part of a network of dozens of Sacramentans who have turned their front yards into pop-up cooling stations during heat waves. In addition to hosting his own pop-up, he helps set up and refill others around the city through his job at Alchemist Community Development Corporation , a local food system organization. Courtesy o…