Resilience

Charlestown Lower Mystic Open House

Share your ideas about what kind of waterfront access, parks and open spaces, and walking/biking improvements you want to see in your neighborhood. Join us for drinks, snacks, and lively conversation dockside!

Date: June 14, 2018
Location: Schrafft’s Center and Docks
More Information: facebook.com/events/255263028546921/

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How One Woman in East Boston Shares Climate Know-How with Costal Neighbors

Challenges associated with the environment can often seem bigger than one person can handle. But Magdalena Ayed [founder of The Harborkeepers] is showing how each person—schoolchildren included—can have a role in addressing issues.

→Source: Christian Science Monitor
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Boston Harbor For All Summit – Advancing Collaborative Action

Join Boston Harbor Now and public, private, and nonprofit partners for a two-event, interactive series addressing our harbor’s opportunities and most urgent challenges, with a focus on how we can work together to move key policies and projects from planning to action.

Date: May 30, 2018
Location: BSA Space, Downtown
More Information: bostonharbornow.org/bostonharborforall

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UMass Boston Report: Boston Harbor Barrier Costs Would Outweigh Benefits

A new independent report released today by the Sustainable Solutions Lab at UMass Boston found a harbor barrier strategy to be technically impractical and less effective, dollar for dollar, than continued investment in shore-based coastal protection solutions such as those described in the City’s Climate Ready Boston plans.

→Source: UMass Boston News
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Viewpoint: As Weather Warms, Don’t Lose Urgency About Seaport Resiliency

With temperatures rising and skies brightening, we’re heading toward peak season for Harbor activity. As people flock to the waterfront—winter storms a distant memory—it’s critical we maintain urgency around resiliency planning.

→Source: Boston Business Journal
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Sea Change: Is Boston Climate Ready?

First released in late 2016, the City’s “Climate Ready Boston” Report, is an ongoing, predictive study of the city’s structural vulnerabilities and, many hope, a plan for crafting new, long-term solutions.

→Source: WCVB Chronicle
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Testimony at Boston City Council Hearing on Coastal Flooding

Jill Valdes Horwood, director of policy for Boston Harbor Now, testified at the May 29, 2018, Boston City Council hearing on coastal flooding.

→Source: Boston Harbor Now
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Boston’s Ad Hoc Planning Doesn’t Work with Climate Change

The ad hoc system of private deals and negotiations that defines Boston’s development process is particularly unsuited to addressing the threats of climate change.

→Source: The Boston Globe
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Two Instances of Once-In-A-Generation Floods Leave Many Questioning Region Preparedness

With two monster storms causing once-in-a-generation flooding eight weeks apart, what exactly is the city of Boston doing to address these environmental?

→Source: WGBH Greater Boston
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As Giant Storms Hammer Boston, Officials Are Doing Little to Prepare for Them

Impacts from climate change, which were supposed to wallop the area 80 years from now, are already menacing a region that is only beginning to talk about ways to protect itself.

→Source: The Washington Post
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