applied resilience thinking

12 DEC 2019 5 MIN READ 8 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

The year is 2050, world population has reached 10 billion and the vast majority of people live in cities. The biosphere – for decades under catastrophic pressure – experienced a turn of fortune in 2030, when the sustainable development goals were declared a success. Climate change was halted below 2 degrees. Ecosystem restoration and protection secured degrading ecosystem services and coastlines. Investments in agriculture created resilient supply chains, and financial innovations placed resources in the hands of local communities. The tide was turned.

28 FEB 2019 19 MIN READ 19 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

Where conventional sanitation is out of reach, old methods paired with new science can get human waste safely back in the ground, with environmental benefits and more. A project in Haiti is leading the way for cities without sewers.

03 JAN 2019 19 MIN READ 21 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

It’s time to start thinking about development that benefits both people and the planet. It’s time to talk about transformation, and changing the way we change.

28 JUN 2018 12 MIN READ 42 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

Around the world, innovative agroecological farmers increasingly challenge the dominant industrial way of farming. Combining local and scientific knowledge, they put resilience thinking into practice to feed growing populations and cope with climate change, water scarcity, market volatility, and more.

14 JUN 2018 12 MIN READ 17 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

Heatwaves across south-east Australia continue to break records. New Orleans is still searching for solutions to its flooding issues following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Researchers look for global lessons in the aftermath of extreme weather events to see how cities can respond to environmental challenges ahead.

25 JAN 2018 19 MIN READ

From Brooklyn to Bangalore, community networks and collaboration yield success – and lessons, for governance and community involvement elsewhere.

14 DEC 2017 4 MIN READ

Turning the calendar to a new year, whether lunar or solar, presents an opportunity for reflection and celebration. Rethink’s editors take a stab at both.

23 NOV 2017 11 MIN READ 16 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

A call for “new urban knowledge” – and a little bit of tinkering – might help to address how cities and their regions can develop resilience in the face of a quickly urbanising planet.

28 SEP 2017 11 MIN READ 77 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

“Resilience” has attracted different definitions over the years. Explore with us what we think it actually means to be resilient.

21 SEP 2017 12 MIN READ 18 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

Putting the social in social-ecological systems means getting people, place, power, and more into discussions of resilience. This requires an openness to very different schools of thought – and crossing some new frontiers in resilience research.