Resilience Archives - Institute for Sustainable Communities

by ISC Team | January 27, 2021

Preserving Black History in Petersburg, VA

USO Beaux-Twenty Club Poised for Designation on National Register of Historic Places The Heights Community in Petersburg, Virginia is a historically Black district, once known for its affluence. At one time, the Heights was a community of [...]

Climate

by Sushama Darne | December 4, 2020

Maintaining Soil Health – Key to Agricultural Development

Back in 2015, the United Nations launched the International Year of the Soils and flagged off the first ever World Soil Day on December 5th. The nourishing, sustaining life force on which agriculture inalienably relies, has been called [...]

Climate

by Romit Sen | October 23, 2020

Gender Sensitive Response to Climate Crisis

A crowd of people jostling by the ticket counter at Jhansi Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh; men and women, some with families in tow, boarding trains to Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai and other big cities. These are common sights during the summer [...]

Climate

by ISC Team | October 9, 2020

Interconnectedness of Water & Livelihood with Other Aspects of Atmanirbhar Bharat

ISC's Country Director - India, Vivek Adhia highlights the role of water as an important driver to enable a resilient and sustainable recovery, for India to become self-reliant. He details how the COVID-19 pandemic has provided an opportunity to [...]

Resilience

by ISC Team | September 29, 2020

Major Partner Policy Wins and Project Milestones of Partnership for Resilient Communities Partners

This list is by no means conclusive, it lifts up only a handful of the major accomplishments, milestones, and highlights of the PRC partners so far this year. Please click the links to each organization’s website to learn more and directly [...]

Climate

by ISC Team | August 20, 2020

3 Key Approaches in Building Resilient Cotton Cultivating Communities

India may be the world’s largest producer of cotton, but cotton cultivating communities in the country face serious risks associated with high water stress and low community resilience to climate change. The need of the hour is to promote [...]

Climate

by Ravikant Kumar | August 19, 2020

In Response to Climate Change, Cotton Farmers Work to Understand and Conserve Water Resources

Annual rainfall that cannot support robust cotton cultivation, and fast-declining ground water levels are real risks cotton farmers must manage for their crops and their livelihoods. Vijay Narayan Rau, a cotton farmer in Kalamb block of Yavatmal [...]

Resilience

by ISC Team | June 11, 2020

Snapshot of How Partnership for Resilient Community Planning Partners Have Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic

This list is by no means conclusive, it lifts up only a handful of the innovative and community-based actions being taken by partners right now to provide essential support and services during the crisis. Please click the links to each [...]

Resilience

by ISC Team | June 10, 2020

Strength in the face of COVID: Women of Color Leading from the Hot Spots

A Tale of Three Cities Detroit. New York. New Orleans. In the last several weeks these three cities have become epicenters of COVID-19, as all have experienced high rates of infection and/or death from the disease. Each city is also densely [...]

ISC Update

by Romit Sen | April 20, 2020

Ensuring a water secure future in Maharashtra’s cotton growing villages

On a sunny October morning in 2019, members of the Donoda village council (Gram Panchayat) in Yavatmal, Maharashtra met to better understand what they could do about the lack of irrigation water for their cotton crops. Sadly, Yavatmal had seen [...]

Resilience

by Bennetta Robinson | March 24, 2020

Upper Texas Gulf Coast Community Partners Share Convening Insights

Texas Gulf Coast community partners exuded the often said “go big or go home,” as they represented the Lone Star State at last month's peer learning convening. With high visibility and eagerness, they participated in technical assistance and [...]

Resilience

by Larissa Lopez | March 24, 2020

Funders Highlight: Perspective on the Direction of Equity in Climate Change and Equitable Development

From invaluable advice on philanthropic fundraising strategies, to profound discussions around the role and direction of philanthropy as a whole, this uniquely candid plenary session created the container for community-based organizations and a [...]

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