Transition Thinking Enables Community (Itch #5)

Community has a vital role to play when emergencies arise: to enable transition from what was to what could be.

Civic Practice, Be the Best Citizen You Can BeBeth SandersOctober 28, 2021Emergency, Transition, Civic Practice, Community, First Responder, Feedback, Possibility, Emergency thinking, Transition thinkingComment

Resilience Requires Transition (Itch #4)

When busy rescuing others or looking for others to rescue us, we miss the opportunity to renew ourselves.

Cities as Survival Skill, Civic PracticeBeth SandersOctober 19, 2021Civic Practice, Transition, Resilience, Community, First Responder, work, Climate, EmergencyComment

Rescue is Not Resilience (Itch #3)

Rescue embodies resilience only when the rescuer takes action the rescued can’t do for themselves (and wants).

Civic Practice, City Making, Cities as Survival SkillBeth SandersOctober 4, 2021Resilience, Rescue, First Responder, responsibility, Civic PracticeComment

Choices to Enable Our Emergency Response-Ability (Itch #2)

Six ideas and eight suggestions to improve a community’s ability to be proactive, responsive and response-ABLE as the scales of emergencies grow.

Civic Practice, Be the Best Citizen You Can BeBeth SandersSeptember 13, 2021First Responder, work, Civic Practice, Climate, Emergency Comments

Scales of Emergency Response (Itch #1)

I had an “allergic reaction” this summer to some language people around me are using to invite climate action: “be a first responder.” And so, I sit and write as a means to scratch the itch. What I found: As the scale of emergency grows, the ability of community to be proactive, responsive and response-ABLE becomes imperative.

Civic Practice, Be the Best Citizen You Can BeBeth SandersSeptember 2, 2021First Responder, work, Civic Practice, Climate, EmergencyComment

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