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Stories of Resilience: Voices That Inspire
Do you have a story to tell? We want to learn more about your journey toward climate resilience. Sharing your wins and challenges can help others learn from your experience. You can submit photos, video, audio, text, or art about your resilience journey.
Are you ready to share? Visit our Stories of Resilience: Voices that Inspire website for more information.
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Consortium for Equitable Disaster Resilience: Research Study Invitation
The Consortium for Equitable Disaster Resilience (CEDR) is looking for participants to take part in a research study. This study seeks to identify what barriers prevent underserved populations from getting the help they need to recover from disasters.
This project involves two main groups: 1) members of grassroots community organizations, and 2) stewards of disaster aid (those who hold, authorize and channel disaster funds). You are being invited to take part as a steward of disaster aid. CEDR will compensate those who complete the study with a $100 electronic cash gift card at the end of the study. In all, the study will take less than 2.25 hours. This time will be spaced over eight weeks with three different phases.
For this study, participants will give brief answers to a question. Participants will then place answers in groups based on meaning and rate each response on different scales.
The results of this study will help create a curriculum that also draws from the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy. We will share results of the study at https://cedrhub.org/.
If you wish to take part, please click this link. This will direct you to the consent form. Once you have filled out the form, you will receive directions on how to complete the study. Participants are free to leave the study at any stage without any penalty.
To speak with someone who is not directly involved in the study, contact the Tulane University Human Research Protection Office at irbmain@tulane.edu
Addressing the diverse needs of the many people that make up a community can be challenging. Technical, logistical, and financial limitations can sometimes result in practices that cause some community members to work harder than others to stay safe during a disaster. Identifying these limitations and ways to address them is the first step in ensuring equitable risk protection for all.
This was one of the major takeaways from Inclusive Emergency Alerts for Colorado: An Assessment and Recommendations for Language and Disability Considerations, a recent report that examined how to improve the Colorado emergency alert system for people with limited English proficiency and those with auditory and visual disabilities.
The research, which was conducted at the direction of the Colorado legislature, explored best practices and made recommendations for improvement based on the feedback of more than 250 emergency personnel and decision-makers, as well as numerous public comments and an extensive document review.
Join experts from the Natural Hazards Center and the Colorado House of Representatives on March 12 at 1 p.m. ET as they discuss the findings of the report and how they can be applied beyond Colorado to develop more effective and equitable emergency alerts.
Sustainable Solutions Lab: Climate Adaptation at the Regional Scale: From Planning to Implementation
Climate Change challenges cross-cut political boundaries. How can communities, agencies, and non-profit organizations plan for climate change at the regional scale? Join experts on March 15 at 9:30 a.m. ET from across the country to learn about different regional approaches to move from planning to action.
Contact: Gabriela Boscio Santos, Associate Director, Sustainable Solutions Lab, Gabriela.Boscio@umb.edu
Missouri State Emergency Management Agency: Earthquake Summit 2024
Please join us for the 6th annual Earthquake Summit March 21 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri! This regional professional development conference will bring together hundreds of attendees to learn the latest about earthquakes in the Midwest—the risk, preparedness strategies, and recovery planning. Experts from across the country will lead sessions focused on the latest geology, best practices in earthquake planning and response, transportation technologies, hospital and health services response, communication strategies, hazardous materials challenges, and more.
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The Climate Reality Project: Leadership Corps Training in New York City
This April, join former Vice President Al Gore, The Climate Reality Project, and a line-up of exciting speakers for an inspiring leadership training focused on building a better future powered by clean energy. Join us in New York on April 12-14 for incredible conversations, skill sessions, and networking opportunities. You’ll learn what climate change means for you and get the know-how and tools to make a real difference.
BE.Hive: Behavioral Insights to Environmental Impacts
BE.Hive is a one-day interactive summit that brings together environmental changemakers, behavioral scientists, designers, and thought leaders to explore the role of behavior change in environmental challenges, including motivating community action on climate adaptation. This year’s event will focus specifically on the impacts achieved from applying behavioral insights across a variety of nationally relevant challenges. Register now to join Rare's Center for Behavior & the Environment on June 11 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater in Washington, D.C.
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Georgetown University: Interdisciplinary Examination of Landscape Architecture and Emergency Management in the Context of Climate Change Mitigation
It is widely agreed that successful climate change mitigation efforts will be multidisciplinary in nature, and compartmentalization of professions must give way to collaboration across many fields. This interdisciplinary research aims to examine the existing and potential synergy between the professions of landscape architecture and emergency management.
The Undivide Project: Journal of Disaster Studies
The Journal of Disaster Studies editorial collective is happy to announce the that inaugural issue will be published in June. We also invite submissions for our next several issues. If you work as a practitioner, researcher, or student of disaster studies—broadly defined—please consider submitting an article. We'd love to see some interdisciplinary submissions.
American Flood Coalition: Flood Resilience and Clean Water Go Hand in Hand
Though often viewed as separate issues, flooding and water quality go hand in hand. By pursuing both flood resilience and clean water together, communities can become cleaner, safer, and more resilient.
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FLASH: 2024 National Disaster Resilience Conference: Resilience Reimagined Opens Call for Presentations
The nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) invites experts to submit presentations for consideration by the National Disaster Resilience Conference (NDRC24) committee. Set to take place from Nov. 20 - 22 in Clearwater Beach, Florida, the conference seeks to explore innovative approaches and programs that drive advancements in resilience policy, practice, science, and engineering.
NDRC24 features keynote presentations, discussion panels, spotlight topics, and stories of resilience that will help create more resilient buildings and disaster-resilient communities in the face of earthquakes, floods, hail, hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, wildfires, and other natural hazards.
Abstracts are due Friday, March 29. For more information or to submit an abstract, visit the National Disaster Resilience Conference website or email info@flash.org.
DRI International: DRI Releases 9th Annual Predictions Report
DRI International has published its annual Predictions Report— resilience predictions for the profession, by the profession. The report provides an in-depth look ahead to major global issues that resilience professionals may deal with in the coming year.
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Building Financial Resilience: The Financial Impact of Climate Change on Second Home Ownership
The allure of second homes and rental income properties lies in their promise of both personal enjoyment and financial returns. However, the financial landscape for these real estate investments can take an unpredictable turn when a severe weather event strikes, leaving properties damaged and owners grappling with the ensuing financial repercussions. This blog post looks at the intricate web of consequences that unfold when a second home or rental property is rendered uninhabitable due to extreme weather.
Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management (I-DIEM): “Muted: Climate Marginalization in America” Documentary Released
“Muted” takes viewers on an extraordinary journey through the Deep South, where generations of local knowledge, history, and culture are threatened by climate change. This thought-provoking documentary explores the untold truths, hidden pain, and unshakeable fear that haunts rural, underserved communities across America.
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Union of Concerned Scientists: How Gas Plants Fail and Lead to Power Outages in Extreme Winter Weather
What actually happens to gas plants, and the gas system writ large, that causes these large failures during extreme winter storms, as compared to other resources? This blog walks through some key causes of failure.
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