110521 harden up crisis camp nsw v3
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''Harden-Up' presentation at Sydney "Bridging the Gap" Crisis CampTRANSCRIPT
HARDEN UPhttp://www.greencrossaustralia.org/our-work/harden-up.aspx
Lisa WilhelmsederGCA Corporate VolunteerMay 2011
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• President Gorbachev
• Geneva 1993
• Natural disaster – community action!
GREEN CROSS INTERNATIONAL
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Initiatives that target natural disaster & community actions:
• BEFOREEducation, prevention and protection
• DURINGCommunity response to extreme weather events
• AFTERGreen renewal and rebuilding
GREEN LANE DIARY BUSINESS LUNCH
BUILD IT BACK GREEN VIC BUILD IT BACK GREEN QLD
EXTREME WEATHER HEROES
HARDEN UP BUILD IT BACK GREEN USA
BUCKLE DOWN
INTERBATIONAL RIGHTTO WATER
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GREEN CROSS
USA AUSTRALIA
HARDEN UP• National Disaster Resilience Program • $1.03 million grant • Multi-stakeholder partnership • Social networking tools and Australia’s best climate research
assess community vulnerability inspire practical action!
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AIMS
1. Hazard self-assessment
2. Practical, personal resilience plans
3. Distribute the message virally
PARTNERS AND DATA PROVIDERSHISTORICAL
BOMEMA (Emergency Management Australia)
PLANNINGQueensland Local Government Association evacuation mapsDERM, storm surge mappingRecently released coastal inundation maps
FORECASTINGCSIRO (sea level rise data, visual models and animations)QLD Climate Change Centre of Excellence (QCCE)
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Timeframe
July 29 2011
October 2011
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NEXT STEPS
• More data, more detail– Upscale: infrastructure, SME
• Become trusted aggregation site– Very interested in experimentation with new
media– crowd mapping?
OUR PARTNERS