2. Big Idea
Image: Light Bulb from The Noun Project
3. “N. Ecology a means of configuring
civilization and human activity so that
society, its members and its economies
are able to meet their needs and
express their greatest potential in the
present, while preserving biodiversity
and natural ecosystems, planning and
acting for the ability to maintain these
ideals for future generations”
Sustainability
Def. www.wordnik.com
4. Humanity Nature
Balanced Continuum
Image: Scale from The Noun Project
8. “Where sustainability aims to put the
world back into balance, resilience
looks for ways to manage in an imbal-
anced world.”
Resilience
Andrew Zolli, New York Times, Forget Sustainability, It's about Resilience
9. “It’s a broad-spectrum agenda that, at
one end, seeks to imbue our communi-
ties, institutions and infrastructure with
greater flexibility, intelligence and
responsiveness to extreme events and,
at the other, centers on bolstering
people’s psychological and
physiological capacity to deal with
high-stress circumstances.”
Resilience Thinking
Andrew Zolli, New York Times, Forget Sustainability, It's about Resilience
10. Risk Management vs. Risk Adaptation
Image: Shield designed by Benjamin Orlovski from The Noun Project
11. Dynamic Solutions
Image: Explosion designed by Renee Ramsey-Passmore from The Noun
15. Adaptation, Finance, Mitigation, Tech.
Focus Points: UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Image: Magnifying Glass designed by Hafizh from The Noun Project
18. “NYC Storm Preparation: Mayor
Bloomberg Announces Plans For
City's Next Natural Disaster” -Huffpost
“With Sandy, a Call for Transforming
Coastal Cities” -Huffpost
“2/3 of Sandy-Damaged Homes in
N.Y. Were Outside the 100-Year
Flood Zone” -The Atlantic
“Feds deny aid to Maryland residents
hit by Sandy” -The Baltimore Sun
Headlines
25. “If we were to coat 5 percent of roof-
tops per year worldwide, we would
be finished by 2030. This would save
us 24 billion metric tons in CO2. That
happens to be exactly how much the
world emitted in 2010. So, in essence,
this solution would be like turning the
world off for an entire year — while
also saving some money on the
energy bills.”
Case Study: White Roof Project
http://whiteroofproject.org/
28. 1. Perception shift to move beyond
simply returning to normal.
2. Temperaments in radical change.
3. Convincing people of pro-active
measures rather than reactive.
4. Creating funding in time of crisis.
5. Transitioning infrastructure
standards.
6. Unknown
Challenges to Change
29. 1. Create individual psychological
awareness towards resilience
1. Identify opportunities for
resilience systems in Baltimore.
2. Work with partners prototype
strategies to maintain.
3. Facilitate connections across
disciplines to create dialog and
receive input around resilience
systems.
4. Integrate and implement
resilience systems in Baltimore,
providing a framework to build
upon in coming generations.
Moving Forward
30. In a world of crisis, how can strate-
gies be developed for Baltimore to
adapt to dynamic physical, social and
economic changes in response to
climate change?
How can emergency management
evolve into a more holistic emergency
adaptation?
Critical Questions
