Buzzwords
Resilience is the positive capacity to cope with stress and catastrophe
Roll with the punches
Headlines
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/opinion/forget-sustainability-its-about-resilience.html
Recommended listening
Resilience Science – Scientists around the world believe that we need to focus on ways of making our urban and natural environments more resilient.
Resilience – Imagine life, as you know it changes in an instant.
Toward a resilient future – Building resilience isn’t just about future security, it’s about building growth and prosperity.
Elsewhere on the Web
http://www.resalliance.org
http://rs.resalliance.org
Case studies included in Ecology and Society Special Feature Exploring Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems:
- Causse Méjan, France
- Coral reefs of the Caribbean
- Dry Spiny Forests, Southern Madagascar
- Everglades, Florida, USA
- Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique
- Goulburn-Broken Catchment, Australia
- Kristianstads Vattenrike, Sweden
- Mae Ping River Basin, Thailand
- Maine Fisheries, USA
- Malinau Region, Borneo
- Northern Highland Lakes District, Wisconsin, USA
- Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Rangelands of New South Wales, Australia
- South-East Lowveld, Zimbabwe
- Western Australian Wheatbelt, Australia
Reports: Community Resilience Strategy
http://www.getprepared.org.nz
Resilient Cities
http://100resilientcities.rockefellerfoundation.org
http://100resilientcities.rockefellerfoundation.org/cities
http://100resilientcities.rockefellerfoundation.org/blog/entry/durban-loses-a-third-of-its-drinking-water-before-it-reaches-its-destinatio
Artwork
Buzzword Bingo
Biodiversity – Change — climate – Crisis – Diversity – Energy – Flexibility – Limits – new orleans – Options – Psychology – Sustainability – Threshold – Tipping Point – World Conservation Congress
Embedded Tweets
Wikipedia
Resilience
Psychological resilience
Planeta.com