Practices WILD Cities Principle Four
Resilience AmeriCorps, Community Resilience Program
Agency or Organization: Cities of Service
Location: Various
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), The Rockefeller Foundation, and Cities of Service, have launched a Resilience AmeriCorps pilot program.
Resilience AmeriCorps will help communities plan and implement efforts necessary to become more resilient to shocks and stresses, including extreme weather and other impacts of climate change. Through the pilot program, AmeriCorps VISTA members will serve in up to 12 communities in 2015-2016 to support the development of resilience strategies that will both help communities better manage the unavoidable and avoid the unmanageable. AmeriCorps VISTA members will build volunteer networks to carry out program initiatives, and create education and outreach materials to strengthen awareness and citizen engagement in low-income communities.
Links:
US Environmental Protection Agency
Visit citiesofservice.org to get involved, and follow @citiesofservice on Twitter.
To learn more, please visit www.rockefellerfoundation.org.
Bee City USA
Agency or Organization: Bee City USA
Location: Various
Bee City USA encourages city leaders to celebrate and raise awareness of the contribution bees and other pollinators make to our world. Designation as a "bee city" comes with resources for adopting pollinator-supporting practices (information on plants and habitats, pollinator identification, pesticides, beekeeping).
Links:
Becoming a Bee Cities USA Overview
BioNet, City of Cape Town, South Africa
Agency or Organization: City of Cape Town
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
BioNet determines Cape Town's biodiversity connectivity and helps to promote the City's goals of: "creating integrated human settlements by improving quality of life and creating easy access to safe natural areas; economic growth by creating tourism and job opportunities; development by ensuring sustainable use of natural and cultural resources."
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San Francisco's Ugly Yard Campaign
Agency or Organization: San Francisco Department of the Environment
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
This campaign urged San Francisco residents to post pictures of the "ugliest yard" during record-setting drought in California, encouraging pride in water conservation and drought-friendly landscaping in the city and beyond.
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Urban Greenway Projects
Agency or Organization: Various
Location: NYC, Berlin, Boston, Qian'an City (China), Donghaochong (China), Madrid, Duisburg (Germany), Dallas, Winnenden (Germany), Stamford (Connecticut), others.
Green corridor projects that are designed to simultaneously benefit urban biodiversity and create stimulating environments for us to enjoy within the city. Ten recent projects featured: NYC, Berlin, Boston, Qian'an City (China), Donghaochong (China), Madrid, Duisburg (Germany), Dallas, Winnenden (Germany), Stamford (Connecticut)
Links:
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, Boston
Sanlihe Ecological Corridor, Qian'an City (China)
Other Urban Greenways (Rail-to-Train)
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