CED is about people in communities taking the lead in their own economic development. CED tackles combined issues such as climate change, social justice and uneven development at the local level. The current pandemic creates both a critical need, and in many cases, an opportunity for new ways of addressing these combined issues. After one year of the crisis, we are beginning to hear from communities that are experimenting in CED in response to the pandemic and in building for a new reality after the pandemic.

Explore the media to identify a CED response to the crisis. Briefly explain what the response is, who is behind it, and how it exemplifies a CED approach (community-lead, economic focused).

Make sure to cite sources in a footnote.

Some good sources to follow on this may include (but not be limited to):

Name	Twitter Handle
CCEDNET	@CCEDNet_RCDEC
Tamarack Institute	@Tamarack_Inst
Kate Raworth	@KateRaworth
Rob Hopkins	@robintransition

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