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#climatechange #urbanPlanning

Someone posted the following article a week or so ago. It touches on a topic many here might understand. Climate risk includes systemic shocks could trigger a break down in the global and even national economies. Locality is an insurance policy.

“Then there are things that can be done quickly, and locally. Communities that “had been doing some of this work before the pandemic hit were better able to adapt” to the 2020 disruptions…”

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https://newrepublic.com/post/180192/food-atlantic-ocean-climate-crop-failure-prepare

in reply to GhostOnTheHalfShell

I tend to look at it two fold. Locality, things like car-free and regional self sufficiency for the basics of food, water, shelter and energy (including water power) are mitigation and adaptation combined.

They take us off the hydrocarbon economic pathway we are set on by BigOil and its billionaire owners. They are resilience to the changes set in motion.

in reply to GhostOnTheHalfShell

I’m a bit late to the party, but I’m now considering trying to grow various staple-ish types of foods
in reply to :evdonia_corner_emblem: Melanie Bjornsdottir (she)

@melanie

We can all undertake a transformation of our local (urban) landscape. During WWII, the idea of victory gardens were promoted for various reasons. Some places have community gardens. They aren’t bad ideas at all.