A project of Bay Localize in the Bay Area, California, the Community Resilience Toolkit 2.0 is a collection of online tools to help you understand local impacts of the climate and energy crisis in your region and what you can do about them. The tools are for individuals, community groups, teachers, and municipal planners. They come with easy instructions to facilitate community resilience workshops.
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods (BRN) is a collaborative effort to help create more resilient communities and neighbourhoods in British Columbia, Canada. It is currently delivered and hosted by the non-profit Building Resilient Neighbourhoods Society.
The steady progess since 1998 of Winnipeg’s North End Community Renewal Corporation (NECRC) makes this organization seem like a textbook example of the successful evolution of a community development corporation….
The Resilience Capacity Index (RCI) is a single statistic summarizing a region’s status on twelve factors hypothesized to influence the ability of a region to bounce back from a future…
This four-minute video lightly “dramatizes” a party where people get together and have fun while reducing energy usage and GHGs. Click here to watch the video.
A 2012 report from a Simon Fraser University-hosted public dialogue on “Ideas to reimagine the future of health care from a community perspective.” Click here to read the report.
Strengthening Neighbourhood Resilience: Opportunities for Communities and Local Governments This report highlights some of the research and approaches that have been explored and the lessons that have been emerging during…
Eagle Island is a small-scale example of how leadership can result in action on climate change. Eagle Island is a community of 30 homes, located within the municipality of West…