Think first, eat second: a community meal with COLORS and the People’s Kitchen
The restaurant, born out of the ashes of 9/11, hosted a dinner to bring discussions of food justice and labor justice to the table.
The future of Southern Manhattan
Other boroughs suffered equal, or more brutal, direct consequences from Hurricane Sandy, but the visual impact of a darkened Manhattan captured the imagination.
The future of Southern Brooklyn, including Coney Island
As a bustling community attached to the massive built environment of the city, it was easy to overlook how vulnerable Coney Island and the neighborhoods around it have always been to the full force of the Atlantic.
‘Urban Resilience in an Era of Climate Change: Global Input for Local Solutions’ symposium
SAVE THE DATE: October 17 & 18! The National Park Service, New York City, and City University of New York are pleased to announce the Urban…
Tweeting the way to community resilience: Frances Medina
When Hurricane Sandy hit the waterfront of Red Hook on October 29th last year, the Brooklyn neighborhood took the brunt of the storm.
Klaus Jacob thinks the city should be planning even farther ahead
A child in the city may live many years past the planning program outlined in the city’s report on Sandy.
Resilience: The Untold Story
NJ dinosaurs prove to be among one of the most resilient communities affected by Sandy. On the other hand, 35,000 people have train service again, thanks to the determination of the MTA.
Conference and panels: Climate preparedness and resilience activities in New Jersey
May 22nd, climate change’s most illustrious leaders, scholars, and researchers will meditate in one place.
MAS Spring 2013 Livable Neighborhoods Training
Livable Neighborhoods offers New York City specific workshops on a range of planning topics including resilience building, the use of census data to understand neighborhood…
A new word for NYC: bioswales
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy the issue of New York’s vulnerability to flooding has stepped to the forefront of media concerns. And rightly so.…
Rockaway surfers launch solar renaissance 2.0
Some surfers are carrying more than their boards to the Rockaways – they’re bringing solar power to help strengthen the storm-battered peninsula against the sea.…
A dispatch from silhouette city
A New Yorker’s message of darkness and light two days after the storm