Resilience Planning Resources: Step 1 – Launch the Project

See the Practical Guide to Building Climate Resilience for more information about each Step and Task.

Task 2 – Identifying Resources

This Sample Grant Proposal is an editable Word document that you can use in preparing funding requests for your planning process.

Task 3 – Develop a Taskforce

General Resources

All One Sky’s Climate Resilience Toolkit (Unit 2) – Request the download near the bottom of the web page, then select Unit 2 from within the kit.
Center for Social Ecology and Public Policy
Heartland Center for Leadership Development
National Civic League Conversations Toolkit – This toolkit helps non-profits and/or municipal staff hold conversations within the community to better understand how to bridge local divides. The National Civic League also has a Civic Index as an additional tool for community assessment of shared values.
National Civic League – National expertise to support local engagement efforts.
Northern Arizona University’s Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
Oregon Climate Change Research Institute’s Climate Adaptation Guidebook and resources
Resilience Dialogues
University of Washington’s Climate Impacts Group Tribal Resources
University of Oregon’s Tribal Climate Change Project

Climate Change Literacy and Education

Task 4 – Lay the Foundation for Engaging your Community

Climate Access provides an extensive network and communication and engagement resources for climate leaders, including resilience planners. The Preparation Frame and Connecting with Conservatives on Climate look specifically at how to frame climate impacts for different audiences.
Yale Climate Opinion Maps provide opinion poll data at the county, congressional district, state, and national levels
National Civic League Conversations Toolkit helps people hold conversations within the community to better understand how to bridge local divides
Climate Change and Mental Health: How Social Workers Can Make an Impact is a guide from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work with information and resources for social workers to help engage and support community members in building climate resilience

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Dena Winslow, tribal planner and grant writer, Aroostook Band of MicMacs, Presque Isle, ME
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"The Climate Ready Communities^® program has been extremely relevant and useful for Sierra CAMP as a regional collaborative. The comprehensive guide with its step-by-step organization helps us and our member communities break the climate resilience planning process into manageable steps and build our internal technical expertise. We’ve found the Annual Support service to be valuable for our Peer Group in demonstrating specific adaptation case studies, and we’ve had a chance to utilize the consulting hours to conceptualize and plan key regional initiatives like the regional vulnerability assessment."

Nikki Caravelli, Sierra CAMP Project Manager, Sierra Business Council
We find these tools to be effective and designed with a community user’s perspective in mind. We appreciate the step-by-step approach as well as the fact that the program is flexible, allowing us to make modifications as needed to fit our specific circumstances. We also appreciate the opportunity to consult with the experts at the Geos Institute as we go through the process."

Diana Maneta, Missoula County’s Energy Conservation and Sustainability Coordinator
“The Climate Ready Communities^® program has been an excellent tool for Corinth. It provides clear steps and expert guidance. The backing of the Geos Institute provides credibility and helps to build momentum for our resilience planning. Our participation in the Climate Ready Communities pilot has put us much further along in the climate resilience planning process than I believe we otherwise would be.”

Patrick Hubbard, Development Coordinator for the City of Corinth, TX

Resilience Planning Resources: Step 1 – Launch the Project

Task 2 – Identifying Resources

Task 3 – Develop a Taskforce

Task 4 – Lay the Foundation for Engaging your Community

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