What Is Community Resilience?
“We must now understand that our own well-being can be achieved only through the well-being of the entire natural world around us."
Thomas Berry, The Great Work
Resilient Communities
Human communities that cooperate, and share knowledge and resources, are resilient up to a point. When our land, air, water and wildlife ecosystems thrive, so do we.
Ecosystem resilience comes from these processes as the foundation:
Land conservation for open space
Reconnecting habitat and wildlife corridors
Restoring biodiversity in and around our communities
Restoring wetlands, and grasslands
Soil rejuvenation
Sound forest management
Restoring stream flow for all species
Water conservation
Removing sources of air pollution
Restoring quiet, dark skies
Community resilience also comes from:
Robust disaster preparedness
Transition to renewable energy sources
Building democratic processes that are inclusive and foster public debate and peaceful protest
Demanding local officials stand up for the protection of public health, safety and the environment
Building community identity in positive ways (What makes your community a place where people want to live?)
Networking with other communities to build empathy for our neighbors and connections that support each other
Support Our Current Initiative
We need open space as a place to reconnect and reflect, contemplate and create. Quiet spaces and clean air are integral elements of open space for public health and the environment.
Those elements are under assault by unregulated flight school operations using leaded fuel that impose debilitating noise and lead pollution on our communities and wildlife. Help us restore quiet spaces and lead-free air to our communities and the right to peaceful interaction with wildlife and the natural world. See our Current Initiative page.
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“Without the soaring birds, the great forests, the sounds and coloration of the insects, the free-flowing streams, the flowering fields, the sight of the clouds by day and the stars at night, we become impoverished in all that makes us human.”
— Thomas Berry