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The Solutions Project has launched a new website that showcases their grantees’ community-led climate resilience projects. From California, Texas, and Florida to Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, community-led climate resilience projects are more important than ever in these trying times of extreme weather and political ennui.
Converting Community Spaces into Resilience Hubs
More and more people across the US are facing pressure from extreme weather events like flooding, excessive heat, and wildfires. In California, the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) has created resilience hubs — places of refuge in communities spaces like schools, libraries, and churches, APEN has popularized the idea of resilience hubs because these are spaces that people already know and trust. In times of emergency, such available infrastructure can support communities through disasters.
In a video on the website, APEN Resilience Hubs Manager Shina Robinson says, “For me, it’s very hopeful. When we think of resilience, we are thinking not just about being able to bounce back from harm that’s been done but really thrive.”
