Lancaster Citys College Park neighborhood leading the way in community climate action | Climate Smart [Video]

LANCASTER, Pa. — Climate change activism can often feel overwhelmingly big when you think about it, though it doesn’t have to be. 

In Lancaster City, there’s a group of neighbors who are coming together to create change in their own backyards; it’s called a Climate Action Neighborhood, or CAN for short. 

“It’s basically people who’ve decided to work together to find solutions that are actionable and can be replicated by other people too. That’s really our goal, to find actions we can do that we can replicate and bring to other neighborhoods and make a difference,” says Melissa Snavely, director of the College Park CAN. “I just felt that between the college, with businesses, and a lot of residents here, I thought it was the perfect mix to put one of these neighborhoods together …