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3 Lessons for Building Community Resilience to Severe Storms

Cape Hatteras, North Carolina I live in Miami – a few blocks from the bay, behind a small strip of mangroves. In recent years the city has become the poster-child for climate change and extreme weather events. I grew up, in-part, in Cape [...]

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by Lauren Ordway | October 16, 2018
3 Lessons for Building Community Resilience to Severe Storms
Cape Hatteras, North Carolina I live in Miami – a few blocks from the bay, behind a small strip of mangroves. In recent years the city has become the poster-child for climate change and extreme weather events. I grew up, in-part, in Cape [...]
News
by ISC Staff | October 16, 2018
Launching Greater Houston Regional Resilience Initiative
Photo Credit: Ben Sassani - Harvey Flooding - Sassani PhotographyA year after Hurricane Harvey dumped up to 60 inches of rainfall on the Houston area – taking over 80 lives and causing an estimated $180 billion of damage – ISC and the Houston [...]
Climate
by ISC Staff | October 5, 2018
PODCAST: Two Perspectives of the Global Climate Action Summit
ISC's George Hamilton, Brent Habig and Steve Nicholas attended the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco September 12-14, 2018.The Summit was an invite-only event where governments, businesses, activists, and nonprofits could gather, [...]
Factories
by ISC Staff | September 6, 2018
Video: Net Positive Factories
https://youtu.be/8hIESEFN0Ks Across Asia, factories are engines for economic change, but that success can come at a cost. Learn about ISC's vision for manufacturing. We work with brands and factories throughout Asia to reduce emissions, and [...]
Current Events
by Nicole Enright | August 17, 2018
My Three-Year Solar Energy Journey
Three and a half years ago, ISC was tapped to help accelerate solar deployment in communities across the U.S. as the national coordinator for the Solar Market Pathways (SMP) program. As we wrap up the program this summer and I reflect on all [...]
Climate
by ISC Staff | June 28, 2018
Video: City and Community Approaches to Resilient Solar
https://youtu.be/w2XlUMewt1A Communities across the U.S. are exploring how resilient solar can help strengthen resilience, advance renewable energy goals, and best serve vulnerable neighborhoods during disasters. In Baltimore, Duluth, New York [...]
Opinion
by Steve Nicholas | June 26, 2018
You’ve Won Amazon’s HQ2. Now the Hard Part Begins.
Amazon HQ Sphere by Joe WolfHow the winning community deals with the gains and pains holds lessons for any place hosting a booming industry.No matter where you turn for news, it's inescapable: the hullabaloo over "HQ2," the frenzied competition [...]
News
by Elliott Bent | June 20, 2018
ISC’s New Website
Welcome to ISC’s new website! We’ve built this site with you in mind. We want to make it easier for you to:Be inspired to make your own city, community, or factory cleaner, fairer, and stronger. Understand the “what,” “why,” and “how” of our [...]
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