Climate Resilience for Activists

You're concerned about climate change. You support more solar, more wind, more public transit, maybe you've even urged your political leaders to invest in these, and other ways to speed our transition to a clean energy future. But what about climate resilience? We know that even if we were to stop using fossil fuels tomorrow, many changes are already baked in - more storms, more extreme weather, more heat, more drought. What can be done to protect ourselves and our communities from the changes we already know are coming?

Many of the most effective and inexpensive solutions to building climate resilience involve bringing nature back into our built environment. Such nature-based solutions include restoring urban tree canopy, restoring wetlands, daylighting buried streams, and installing “green infrastructure,” such as bioswales, rain gardens, and permeable pavers that absorb water, thereby reducing stormwater runoff and flooding and recharging aquifers.

Not only do these solutions offer protection, they offer co-benefits of cleaner air, cleaner water, and the psychological benefit we all get from living in and around green space. Especially in the Covid-19 era, we are seeing the value of nature to our mental health.

Join CREW and CRWA for a lively and informative discussion on steps you can take to protect yourself and your family, as well as policy options for your local and state elected leaders to invest in "nature based solutions" that will protect against flooding, drought, heat island effect and more.

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