Community Resilience Organizations
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The document discusses the creation of Community Resilience Organizations (CROs) to help communities work together on climate adaptation and building resilience. CROs are local teams that bring community members together to complete climate resilience projects and build social connections. They operate on an annual cycle of assessing needs, building team relationships, planning projects, engaging the community, and implementing projects. The author discusses several Vermont communities piloting CROs in 2015, with partners supporting the efforts. The goal is for CROs to help more people and communities prepare for climate impacts through collaboration.
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- 1. Peg Elmer, AICP and Rebecca Sanborn StoneMaking resilience everyone’s business.
- 2. Culture Eats STRATEGY For Breakfast - Peter Drucker
- 3. That quote has never been more applicable than it is to the climate change challenge today.
- 4. As hard as we work to make plans and take action, it won’t mean anything unless climate change becomes everyone’s business.
- 5. It won’t mean anything unless people act and work together. Not just in disasters, but everyday. And not just some people, but everyone.
- 6. We see it over and over again.
- 8. With Sandy.
- 9. With Irene in Vermont.
- 10. Preparation matters. Climate adaptation matters. And community matters.
- 11. It truly takes a village to prepare for and to survive the challenges that lie ahead…
- 12. … a village that can work together, talk together, and especially dance together.
- 13. That’s why we started CROs.
- 14. CROs are local teams that bring the community together to accomplish essential local climate adaptation projects and build resilience.
- 15. Emergency management & incident command Environment & climate action Social services & long-term recovery Most communities have silos. Committed people don’t always work together or understand others’ issues.
- 16. Emergency management & incident command Environment & climate action Social services & long-term recovery CROs help them to collaborate and see why resilience is everyone’s business.
- 17. Resilient Communities Diverse people engage in climate adaptation work Towns accomplish essential hazard mitigation steps Community fun + celebrations build social capital CROs connect the dots between a lot of essential community needs.
- 18. How does it work? CROs operate on an annual cycle. Assessment Team Building PlanningOutreach Action
- 19. First, teams are formed and they assess their community’s resilience in a range of areas. Assessment Team Building PlanningOutreach Action
- 20. Assessment Team Building PlanningOutreach Action Then team members build trust and communication at a retreat, and meet other teams.
- 21. Teams plan action projects that will strengthen local resilience and engage residents. Assessment Team Building PlanningOutreach Action
- 22. Then they spread the message far and wide, engaging people across the community. Assessment Team Building PlanningOutreach Action
- 23. Finally, the community comes together for a “Day for CROing” – work, fun, and community building. Assessment Team Building PlanningOutreach Action
- 24. ? Clearing culverts ? Stream bank plantings ? Rain barrel installation ? Emergency preparedness kit distribution ? River corridor analysis ? Neighborhood readiness groups ? DIY resilience workshops ? …and so many more… Potential projects include:
- 25. Waterbury Hartford Jeffersonville Putney Londonderry We’re launching CROs with 5 Vermont pilot towns in 2015. We will add 5 more each year.
- 26. Waterbury Hartford Jeffersonville Putney Londonderry Windham Regional Commission Lamoille County RPC AHS/Dept. of Health ANR / DEC / Rivers Management Dept. of Housing & Community Development Vermont Emergency Management Department of Transportation VLCT ISC Upper Valley Strong VNRC/AVCC/ Watersheds United VYCC/White River Partnership NH/VT Red Cross We’re thrilled to have a lot of committed partners.
- 27. Photo: Flickr / Nicholas Erwin We’ll keep innovating too. In 2016, we plan to add arts engagement to help more people engage and think outside the box.
- 28. Eventually, we think the CROs model can expand to communities across the U.S. and beyond.
- 29. There’s a long road ahead. We face a lot of challenges. But we have a lot of reasons to be hopeful. We think CROs is one of them. After all…
- 30. Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. - Warren Buffett
- 31. Join us and learn more. www.gocros.org