Survive and Thrive

Survive and Thrive

  • Summer 2020
    • Blossoming in Survival
    • College Sports during COVID-19
    • College Enrollment Today
    • Dairy Farming
    • North End Dining
    • Back to School in Chelsea
    • Essential ‘Nonessentials’
    • Gig Jobs in the Pandemic
    • Tourism in Miami
    • Music Therapy
    • Neighborhood Businesses
    • Somerville Restaurants
    • The Ripple Effect
    • Turks in Massachusetts
  • Summer 2019
    • Abortion in America: Then & Now
    • After the Shooting Stops
    • All In the Family (Business)
    • Behind America’s Hometown
    • Boston’s Bakers Rise to the Challenge
    • Crossing from North to South
    • Down and Dirty in Boston
    • Net-Zero from the Ground Up
    • Happy Paradox for Asian Americans
    • What’s up in Boston’s Hip-Hop
    • The Underserved and Climate Change
    • Repairing Right to Repair
    • The Silicone Sickness Movement
  • Summer 2018
    • Come Hear the New Queer
    • Re-crafting Beer Culture
    • Gun Doves To Hawks
    • Korean Culture Hits US
    • Overworked and Undernourished
    • Boston’s Independent Theaters
    • The Power of DNA and How We Use It
    • How Women Rank in College Sports
    • Transgender Athletes: Prejudice or Positivity?
    • Blockchain and Bitcoin Outlook
    • Weeded Out
    • Perception of Veganism
    • More Than a Headache
  • Summer 2017
    • Aging in Boston
    • Boston Hair Care: Diversity & Choice
    • Climate Change in New York City
    • Listening for a Cure
    • Helping Homeless Stay Healthy
    • Study & Deliver
    • The Tech Divide: Teachers vs. Students
    • Together to Stop Youth Violence
    • Pretty hurts: Behind the clean beauty revolution
  • Spring 2017
    • Psychology of feminism
    • Ready to Lead
    • Running in Heels
    • Single Moms: Struggles and Hopes
    • Trips and Treatment
    • Unspoken and Untreated
    • Working at 50+
    • Zero Waste, Infinite Impact
  • Spring 2016
    • Accommodating Transgender
    • All in: Indian Gaming
    • Alone with Food Allergies
    • A Way to Innocence
    • Facing Anti-Muslim Hatred
    • Millennials Move In
    • Our Bodies, Our Struggle
    • Robotics: On a Limb
    • Service Dogs: Fact & Fiction
    • Staying on Pointe
    • Surviving Intimate Trauma
    • Two Homelands, One Love
  • Archive
    • Spring 2015
      • Back to Basics: Holistic Health
      • Beauty Expectations of Black Women
      • Boston 2024 Olympics
      • #BostonFitnessFads
      • Boston Mindfulness
      • Ca$hing in on Cyber$ecurity
      • Exposing Local Anti-Semitism
      • Families Serving Time
      • Fueling the Future
      • Helping the Homeless
      • Heroin: Beyond the Addiction
      • Mobile Language Learning
      • Overdose Oversight
      • Regrowing NE’s Country Roots
      • Robots Among Us
      • Self-image: Beyond the Scale
      • Styling Beantown
      • Tackling Combat Sports
      • The Algorithm Revolution
      • Through Boston Teachers’ Eyes
      • Toxic Nails
      • Wanted: More Women Leaders
      • World-Class Boston?
    • Spring 2014
      • Big Effect of Small-time Football
      • Bike Friendly Boston
      • Birth: Au Naturale
      • Bottle Bill Battle
      • Coastal Conversion
      • Deportation: Brink of Separation
      • Gay, Young and Homeless
      • Girls, STEM and Startups
      • HIV Positive Outlook
      • Immigrant Women & Domestic Abuse
      • Lost at 18
      • Nutrition Literacy
      • Recycling: 1 Bin or 2?
      • Reviving the Written Word
      • Treating Sexual Assault Remotely
      • Vinyl’s Comeback?
    • Fall 2013
      • Big Data in Health Care
      • Helping the Hungry
      • Lost at 18
      • Rehabbing Urban Wildlife
      • Startup Beauties
      • Sustainable Action
    • Spring 2013
      • Asperger’s in Adulthood
      • Chinese Grad Student Boom
      • Community in CrossFit
      • Death by Rx
      • Degreed and Underemployed
      • Geek is Chic
      • Growing Up Muslim
      • Nitrogen Nightmare?
      • Pit Bull Perception
      • Preservin’ the Classics
      • Right to Learn?
      • U.S. Women Made in China
      • Unsolved Gun Violence
      • Young & Homeless
    • Fall 2012
      • Better Workspaces
      • Black Beauty?
      • Broke Not Broken
      • Cheering Challenges
      • Going Social
      • Rainbow Religion
      • Style in Boston
      • The Play State
      • The Sporting Epidemic

Articles by Chelsea Dickens

About Chelsea Dickens
Chelsea is an up-and-coming journalist. Having recently graduated with her Masters from Emerson in College she now aspires to take on the broadcasting world from where she originally came prior to moving to Boston.

From the Ground Up: An Intro

August 18, 2019 Chelsea Dickens 0

The housing crisis and the change in climate is at the forefront of policy in the state of Massachusetts. The solution? Net-zero affordable housing.

Part 1: Net-zero is the New Reality for the Housing Industry

August 17, 2019 Chelsea Dickens 0

Every homeowner, advocacy group, politician and designer will have their own definition of net-zero as it relates to their own work.

Part 2: The Housing Crisis Meets Climate Crisis in Greater Boston

August 16, 2019 Chelsea Dickens 0

Property taxes and costs to developers and landlords drive the price of housing up. One solution is offering incentives to build green from the beginning.

Part 3: The Foundation for Building the Home Proves Challenging

August 15, 2019 Chelsea Dickens 0

Some communities that haven’t adopted the current stretch code in their city limits making it difficult for those homes to even begin reaching net-zero, depending on its design.

Part 4: Choosing Net-Zero Housing Can Save You Thousands

August 14, 2019 Chelsea Dickens 0

Money is not the only pay back or positive of net-zero design. Health professionals are finding that there is a positive correlation between air quality and overall health.

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