This unusually intense heat wave was a public health emergency and resulted in increased deaths and emergency room visits. When the 2021 Heat Dome hit the Pacific Northwest, the region was unprepared. The goal of this project is to establish a collaborative network between practitioners and academics to share recent innovations and identify partnership opportunities that advance public health and improve community resilience in the face of increasing extreme heat. Nat Gregorius, masters student, Landscape ArchitectureĮdwin Alberto Hernandez Reto, director, Duwamish Valley Sustainability AssociationĬesar Lopez, project coordinator, Duwamish Valley Sustainability AssociationĬhristoph Strouse, masters student, Urban Design & PlanningĬollaboration on Extreme Heat Events: Building a Sustainable Regional Partnership for Innovations that Promote Public Health in Response to Climate Change Gundula Proksch (Co-PI), associate professor, Architecture Natalie Garcia (Community Lead), co-director, Sustainable SeattleĬatherine De Almeida (Co-PI), assistant professor, Landscape Architecture This project supports ongoing visioning and planning work documented in the Duwamish Valley Action Plan, which was completed by the City with community participation. As community lead, Sustainable Seattle will connect community members to this project by identifying and facilitating learning about and developing the JCC framework. This project will advance this concept by co-developing a community-led resiliency framework and implementation plan that aligns with the community’s vision for a Just Transition (JT) through community initiatives grounded in shifting toward regenerative economic models. The JCC concept was developed in early 2021 to address the problem of “green gentrification” with community-owned green infrastructure assets. The community-initiated and led Just Circular Communities (JCC) project seeks to address environmental injustices by developing community-owned and managed infrastructures as place-based circular economy jobs designed to address systemic displacement, economic stagnation, and resilience in Frontline neighborhoods within the Duwamish Valley. Just Circular Communities: A Resiliency Framework to Support a Just Transition toward Regenerative Economies in Frontline Communities Throughout the next 18 months, will work with these teams and provide seed funds, dedicated time to build team cohesion and collaboration skills, and foster opportunities for peer support and shared resources and learning. Published on ApImage Credit: University of is excited to announce the project teams selected for the inaugural cohort of the Research to Action Collaboratory (RAC).
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