New Toolkit Offers Community-Led Climate Resilience Strategies
- Laura Braden Quigley
- 6 days ago
- 1 min read
Developed by Christian Thompson and edited by Christy da Rosa, "Resilient Oregon Toolkit & Resource Guide 2025" provides communities with practical, trauma-informed approaches to building climate resilience at the local level
This comprehensive guide is designed for community leaders, advocates, residents, and organizations seeking to strengthen their neighborhoods against climate-related disasters while prioritizing mental health and social connections.
The toolkit uses a unique "Choose Your Own Adventure" format, allowing communities to select resources based on where they are in the resilience cycle: transformation, crisis, or recovery. Readers will learn how to establish Transformational Resilience Coordinating Networks, create community asset maps, develop disaster contingency plans, build social support networks, and implement trauma-informed disaster responses.
Healing happens through relationships and sustainable resilience requires addressing both immediate needs and root causes of vulnerability. By centering community-led solutions and trauma-informed principles, these approaches help neighborhoods build genuine resilience, transforming into stronger, more connected, and more equitable communities.