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Sep 12

Social Capital Builds Resilience — and Planners Can Build Social Capital

By Christopher Holtkamp When Hurricane Ian hit North Port, Florida last year, residents were trapped in flooded neighborhoods. Rather than waiting for emergency crews, boat owners used their personal craft to rescue stranded neighbors and bring in supplies for those who stayed behind. …

Infrastructure

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Social Capital Builds Resilience — and Planners Can Build Social Capital
Social Capital Builds Resilience — and Planners Can Build Social Capital
Infrastructure

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·Sep 12

Developers Can Use Social Infrastructure To Build Climate Resilience

By Gautami Palanki As climate disasters and challenges multiply, what makes a community resilient? One answer might surprise you. Social connections — the myriad ties that link people and communities together — can speed recovery and even save lives in a crisis. The good news is that we can build communities that actively…

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Developers Can Use Social Infrastructure To Build Climate Resilience
Developers Can Use Social Infrastructure To Build Climate Resilience

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·Sep 6

Hawaii wildfires expose need for resilience in a polycrisis world

By Jospeh Fiksel The destruction of the Hawaiian town of Lahaina by the Maui wildfire is only the latest indication that our communities are unprepared for what some call a “polycrisis” — a rare convergence of multiple forces that results in a disaster. …

Weather

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Hawaii wildfires expose need for resilience in a polycrisis world
Hawaii wildfires expose need for resilience in a polycrisis world
Weather

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·Aug 28

We’re Not Ready for Rising Temperatures in a Rapidly Aging Nation

By Danielle Arigoni We will remember the summer of 2023 as our hottest season on record — at least until next year. Communities in Texas and Florida endured weeks-long stretches of record-setting high temperatures, and Phoenix beat its own previous record when it reached an average monthly temperature of 102.7 in July. …

Extreme Heat

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We’re Not Ready for Rising Temperatures in a Rapidly Aging Nation
We’re Not Ready for Rising Temperatures in a Rapidly Aging Nation
Extreme Heat

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·Aug 21

Cool Your ‘Microclimate’ in an Ever-Hotter World

By Robert D. Brown July was the hottest month in recorded history, and climate change promises more steamy summers to come. While we can — and must — bend the curve of greenhouse gas emissions to minimize climate change, a certain amount of warming is now inevitable. …

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Cool Your ‘Microclimate’ in an Ever-Hotter World
Cool Your ‘Microclimate’ in an Ever-Hotter World

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·Aug 21

Pro-natalist policies are great, but declining birth rates are here to stay

By Alan Mallach If there is one thing that sends fear and trembling through a country’s political elite these days, it’s news that population growth is slowing down — or worse, that the population has begun to decline. As birthrates fall, people fear that a population bust is imminent. Even before China’s population…

Policy

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Pro-natalist policies are great, but declining birth rates are here to stay
Pro-natalist policies are great, but declining birth rates are here to stay
Policy

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·Aug 21

Black Women Are Under Attack: Here’s How to Protect Our Sisters in the Movement

By We All Deserve Safety and Peace We are mamas, daughters, sisters, and aunties. We are teachers, social workers, community organizers, and researchers. We are activists and changemakers, taking on the crucial social and environmental issues of our time. What we have in common is that we are Black women working to achieve a just society. And…

Racial Justice

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Black Women Are Under Attack: Here’s How to Protect Our Sisters in the Movement
Black Women Are Under Attack: Here’s How to Protect Our Sisters in the Movement
Racial Justice

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·Aug 9

How Can We Keep People Safe in a World of Deadly Extreme Heat?

By Mark Rupp As we slog through another sweltering summer, we’ve seen headlines this week, stating, “World swelters in record-breaking heat,” “Ocean heat around Florida is ‘unprecedented,’” and “One-third of Americans under heat alerts.” In a world transformed by climate change, heat waves have grown more frequent and long-lasting. Extreme heat is the…

Heat

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How Can We Keep People Safe in a World of Deadly Extreme Heat?
How Can We Keep People Safe in a World of Deadly Extreme Heat?
Heat

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·Aug 9

Biden’s War On Cancer Should Begin With Banning Chemicals

By Kristina Marusic The next phase of the Cancer Moonshot, initiated by President Joe Biden in 2022, aims to cut the cancer death rate in half within twenty-five years. There’s a lot worth celebrating in this new plan, including the fact that it is more committed to cancer prevention than previous versions that…

Health

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Biden’s War On Cancer Should Begin With Banning Chemicals
Biden’s War On Cancer Should Begin With Banning Chemicals
Health

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·Aug 9

Finding climate solutions in communities instead of labs

By Laurie Mazur People living in Miami’s low-income neighborhoods knew it was dangerously hot. Whether they were waiting for a bus, working construction, or merely trying to sleep without air conditioning, they knew the ever-rising temperatures posed a threat to their health and well-being. That’s why Catalyst Miami , a community-based nonprofit, made…

Climate

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Finding climate solutions in communities instead of labs
Finding climate solutions in communities instead of labs
Climate

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