Resilience

Around the world, people are #depaving and remaking spaces that are greener, healthier, more livable, more resilient, "slower" in the best sense of the word. Here's a great podcast about depaving is unfolding in one city, Portland, OR. #resilience iheart.com/podcast/263-co…

We tend to talk a lot in terms of the #resilience of cities. #COVID19 has (yet again) shown us that we should also talk in terms of resilient neighborhoods. feat. astoriamutualaid.com, southbkmutualaid.com, millionexperiments.com, others! nextcity.org/daily/entry/th…

A cogent argument for why #climate #resilience should be key to the Biden administrations' post-COVID economic recovery plan to "build back better", from @BrookingsInst brookings.edu/research/the-c…

We look forward to Senator Cruz' keynote at #COP26.

Here is a literal picture of the fragility of the #fragility of Houston's power-grid: twitter.com/BuzzFeedStorm/…

The collapse of the grid in Texas demonstrates the tradeoff between systemic #efficiency and #resilience: the grid was optimized (operationally and financially) for normal times, but collapsed completely during a wildcard event caused by #climate change: nbcnews.com/science/enviro…

Please watch the remarkable “Ashes to Ashes”, a profound, short film on the legacy of lynching, the nature of white supremacy, and the role of art and ritual in healing and #resilience: newyorker.com/video/watch/su… #BlackLivesMatter

More on the #resilience rating system being rolled out by the @WorldBank: worldbank.org/en/news/featur… #ClimateEmergency #adapatation #climaterisk

The @WorldBank has developed a worthwhile #resilience rating system/methodology for its projects. #climate #adaptation linkedin.com/pulse/launch-w…

David Bray of @ACGeoTech on building an immune system for the planet - a #resilience mechanism to future biothreats: @davidbray/we-can-build-an-immune-system-for-the-planet-caaaa982836e" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@davidbray/we-… Note similarity in thinking to this effort to create a "digital ecosystem for the planet" from friends at UNDP: @davidedjensen_99356/building-a-digital-ecosystem-for-the-planet-557c41225dc2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@davidedjensen…

.@tomfriedman illustrates how we made the world fragile by removing the barriers and buffers of the ecological, geopolitical, economic systems that bind the world. We made the world increasingly fragile as we've made it more efficient: nytimes.com/2020/05/30/opi…

.@planetlabs Explore conference in October will be free and online - and there are some amazing speakers and participants! Check it out!

Disasters not only destroy; they can also transform -- ourselves, our relation to others, our sense of the world around us, and our notions of what is possible.

All resilient things - people, systems - do some things in common. Here's a simplified way to think about the "verbs" of #resilience: andrewzolli.com/the-verbs-of-r…

As Viktor Frankl said, "An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.” In these dark and stressful times, the path to #resilience starts by showing ourselves some #compassion.

10/10 One thing that suppresses risk homeostasis is a shared narrative of collective risk. Tragically, we suffer from fractured, anti-collective narratives of the pandemic, fueled by grievance politics and narrow political calc at the very top. That has to end. /fin #resilience

9/10 Yes, some people want to leave quarantine because they're economically desperate. But they also want to leave because they intuitively feel like they can handle the risks. (Which, to be clear, is self-deceptive and dangerous.)

1/10 THREAD: Six weeks in, #covid19 'quarantine fatigue' is setting in - people are venturing out more, and social distancing less: washingtonpost.com/local/traffica… #resilience