Heinberg’s Work Influences Davis, California
April 23, 2018
A group of more than thirty residents of Davis, California, participated in a discussion group based on the online Think Resilience course that features Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg. Group members explored the impacts of various environmental and social crises, questioned assumptions about never-ending economic growth, and considered how to build resilience in Davis. One of the particpants, McKenna Maxwell, found the course useful and said, “It starts discussions which communities haven’t really had before.”
From the article:
We live in a time of change. The impacts of climate change are affecting populations around the world as well as here at home. Where in the past the somewhat-singular focus of the environmental community has been on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and sustainability, the spotlight now is on adaption and resilience.
Resilience has become a natural framework for emergency-preparedness efforts and, more recently, for public health agencies. Now environmental and sustainability allies are joining forces in these other arenas to weave together a more comprehensive planning and readiness process.
Reducing greenhouse-gas emissions continues to be of critical importance as the entire world strives to meet the mandates of the Paris Accord, but creating robust and resilient communities has taken on new meaning.