Workshop Formats

Abstract

The Nature Conservancy has been delivering Community Resilience Building (CRB) workshops for more than a decade. Based on the CRB model, The Nature Conservancy and Second Nature helped design a two-part workshop focused on higher education resilience planning, which could be completed in one day. THE FIRST PART OF THE WORKSHOP focused on Level 2, Higher Education in the DC Metro Area. During this session, representatives from universities came together with representatives from different city offices to discuss climate resilience in D.C. The Deputy Chief Resilience Officer for D.C., DOEE, and HSEMA all presented on key points from their resilience initiatives and existing climate adaptation plans for the city. Through facilitated activities, campus representatives discussed how universities could contribute to these initiatives, as well as what the unique needs of campuses were with regards to climate resilience. Desired Outcomes from Part One: Higher Education in the DC Metro Area • All participants understand climate hazards impacting DC • Participants have common understanding of different DC resilience planning initiatives at the city level • Participants identify initial high-level action steps to increase DC resilience and support climate resilience planning THE SECOND PART OF THE WORKSHOP focused on Level 3, College and University campuses. The goal of this session was to prepare university representatives to return to their campuses and complete their own processes to build climate resilience. This included a Training of Facilitation Teams in how to organize and facilitate a Community Resilience Building Workshop.