Archive for October 2022

How Our Homes Can Improve Disaster Resilience with Louie Delaware     “You need to be prepared for all sorts of scenarios as to what comes into play.” -Louie Delaware     Homes are meant to be safe havens. They’re the places we retreat to in times of need and they help us avoid the…

How to Improve the Impact of Distributed Goods and Charities with Jim Alvey     “[Helping] is a passion that goes deep. If we could steer that passion towards funding for the nonprofits that know what they need to do and what they know they need to be able to do it, we can facilitate product donations…

How to Finance MicroGrid and Green Building in Disaster with Will Heegaard      “It’s really exciting to think about what could be done when the generator is not the problem.” –Will Heegaard     Rebuilding a community after a disaster is a lot like building a house. You have to make sure that the…

Home Hardening Best Practices to Mitigate Wildfire with Stuart Mitchell     “It’s really based on how people maintain their properties. They’re all the homes that look identical but they’re actually different.” -Stuart Mitchell     Fire is one of the most destructive disasters that can happen to a home. It can take just minutes…

How the Readiness for Resilience Program Helps Communities Build Disaster Resilience with Steve Crout     “We can’t meet this challenge as individual organizations. We need to band together and create a voice.” -Steve Crout     Every community is different, and every community’s needs are different. But one thing that all communities have in…