Sunday, May 20, 2012

Urban Resilience 

Co-Creating Community Systems

We create opportunities and facilitate dialogue on urban land use decisions, public policy solutions, innovation, and community development. With innovative social media tools and network hosting and facilitation - we can inspire creativity and harness the energy and experience of community teams.

Assumptions of Resilient Systems - Our Philosophy 

When in harmony with social and ecological systems - organizations will be resilient to shock and disturbance from economic shifts and environmental impacts

  • Resilient communities are those that focus on people and create systems that are adaptive to change
  • Continuous learning is a core element of resilient organizations.
  • Systems thinking creates systems solutions
  • Community leaders have innovative solutions – we create the space for these to emerge
   
 
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The concept of resilience upends old ideas about “sustainability”: Instead of embracing stasis, resilience emphasizes volatility, flexibility, and de-centralization. Change, from a resilience perspective, has the potential to create opportunity for development, novelty, and innovation.

(Maywa Montenegro, SEED Magazine October 17th, 2011)

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