Recession, rising prices, climate change: our communities are feeling the crunch. How do we build stronger communities in tough times? Support our families in ways that help our planet instead of harming it? Develop solutions to multiple challenges at once? If you’re active in your community, you’re probably thinking about these questions.

No one has all the answers, but we do have pieces of the solution that can be fit together to match the needs of your community. This Community Resilience Workshop is for people engaged in their community anywhere in the Bay Area to explore:

- Specific impacts of climate change and peak oil in the Bay Area
- What community resilience looks like
- Assessing strengths, weaknesses, and opportunity in your community
- Innovative models from other communities you can adapt for yours
- Identifying priorities for your community to build resilience
- Getting involved in the bigger political change we need to address these challenges

Sponsored by Bay Localize and TransitionSF

Workshop lead: Kirsten Schwind, Program Director, Bay Localize

Kirsten Schwind is the author of Bay Localize’s Community Resilience Toolkit, and brings a diverse background in environmental policy and social justice. Kirsten holds a B.A. in Economics and Public Policy and an M.S. in Natural Resources Management. She has worked with a number of Bay Area nonprofits including as Program Director at Food First, and currently serves as the chair of the City of Berkeley’s Energy Commission. She co-authored the report Tapping the Potential of Urban Rooftops, which won an award from the American Planning Association’s California Chapter. Kirsten lived for several years in Latin America and is fluent in Spanish.

Saturday, April 17, 2010, 9:30am - 5:00pm
California Pacific Medical Center, Enright Room, 2333 Buchanan St San Francisco, CA 94115

RSVP: ania@transitionsf.org or
Cell: 415.819.9663
Please indicate which organization you are with and your location

Cost: Suggested donation to BayLocalize for materials (Printed copy of Resilience Toolkit)