Riots and Resilience in Baltimore and Beyond
By Denise Fairchild / On June 14th, 2016
The city exploded in flames. Lives were lost. Billions of dollars’ worth of property was destroyed. Businesses were shuttered forever.
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NYC mayor’s green plan fights both poverty and pollution
By Matt Ryan / On June 9th, 2016
When New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) unveiled his ambitious environmental agenda last week, he did not choose City Hall or the green meadows of Central Park as his backdrop.
An inclusive climate movement starts to rise in the Southeast
By Seandra Pope, Keya Chatterjee, Danielle Hilton / On June 7th, 2016
It’s no secret that the climate movement, despite some recent successes, has its problems. Spoken by mostly white voices, our messages are sometimes out of touch with the priorities of frontline communities: the ethnic minorities and low-income people who unfairly absorb the health and economic costs of climate change and environmental pollution.
Not Waiting for Paris: NYC Residents Develop Climate Plan
By Aurash Khawarzad / On May 26th, 2016
In December, world leaders will meet in Paris for the UN Climate Conference (COP21). Some say the fate of our planet depends on the outcome.
Getting Real About Resilience in South Brooklyn
By Laurie Mazur, Sabine Aronowsky / On April 28th, 2016
Beverly Corbin is disabled; she navigates the courtyard at Wyckoff Gardens—the South Brooklyn public housing complex where she lives—on a scooter.
Doubling Down on Community Resilience
By Denise Fairchild / On January 18th, 2016
Last month here in Rooflines, I argued that place-based community development can make low-income neighborhoods more resilient to climate crises.
What happens when disaster strikes during gridlock?
By Laurie Mazur / On January 13th, 2016
I was late for an appointment, sitting in traffic on one of the major arteries out of Washington DC. It was miserable, barely moving traffic of the kind that makes you whimper with frustration as yet another green light turns yellow, then red, as you inch along
The Coastal Triple Threat of Natural Hazards
By Jaimie Hicks Masterson / On January 10th, 2016
Have you ever been to a community that was exposed to inland flooding, hurricane surge, and future sea level rise? A community that is exposed to such poor air quality that a 2005 Houston Chronicle report compared it to "sitting in traffic 24/7"? Welcome to the super neighborhoods of Manchester, Harrisburg, and Magnolia Park, adjacent to oil refineries and the Houston Ship Channel in East Houston, Texas.
Terror attacks in Paris and California expose modern society’s lack of resilience
By Joseph Fiksel / On December 20th, 2015
The terrorist attacks that occurred in Paris on November 13 shattered the complacency of the French lifestyle. A few weeks later, a savage attack erupted in San Bernardino, California, further exposing the vulnerability of Western societies.
News From the Mangroves
By Kennedy Warne / On June 29th, 2015
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