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Six resilience “aha!” moments
Rob Hopkins Apr 18, 2013
Usually when I go to events I tend to be the ‘resilience guy’, or one of a handful of people who work with and think about resilience who tend to gather at the back of other events … >>
Communities
the world we've built
Our local communities provide us with some of our most important needs: access to basic materials like food and water; essential services like public safety, transportation infrastructure, and education for our children; and, not least, the social and cultural contexts through which we make sense of the world. We organize in communities to provide for the common good — especially in the face of problems larger than what one person or one family can face.
The complex and interconnected challenges of the 21st century were largely created by what we humans have accomplished by working together for economic and technological progress. We'll need to work together to solve these challenges, and build resilient communities will thrive in this new world of economic, energy and environmental uncertainty.
videos
Share Spray: A New Way To Do Everything
length: 5:34 credit:
The Sharing Solution and the Center for a New American Dream have launched a new 5-minute animation: Share Spray — A New Way To Do Everything. With creativity, charm, and a bit of fun, Share Spray explores how sharing could transform our lives and neighborhoods.
associated fellows
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Hillary Brown
Fellow, Buildings & Design
New York
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Majora Carter
Fellow, Social Justice & Communities
New York
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Warren Karlenzig
Fellow, Urban Sustainability
Northern California
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David Orr
Fellow, Climate, Education & Communities
Ohio
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Anthony Perl
Fellow, Transportation
British Columbia, Canada
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Rob Hopkins
Fellow, Community Preparedness
England, United Kingdom
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William Rees
Fellow, Ecology & Resilience
British Columbia, Canada
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Richard Heinberg
Senior Fellow-in-Residence, Board Secretary
Northern California
latest related publications
So Much Wasted Energy - Rethinking food waste
Philip Ackerman-Leist May 20, 2013
This is the final part of our serialization of Chapter 4 (Energy) from the latest Resilience guide, "Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable & Secure Food Systems". … >>
EDUCATION: Community Colleges: A Vital Resource for Education in the Post-Carbon Era
Nancy Lee Wood
EXCERPT: The key question is, "Where in our current educational system is it possible to develop an institutionalize the kinds of education needed to prepare people for work in the … >>
Rebuilding the Foodshed
Philip Ackerman-Leist
Droves of people have turned to local food as a way to retreat from our broken industrial food system. From rural outposts to city streets, they are sowing, growing, selling, and eating food … >>
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