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Photo of Smoke from the Australian Bush Fires Jan. 14, 2020, taken by NASA astronaut Christina H. Koch from the International Space Station @Astro_Christina
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Read Karl Van Orsdol's new blog on climate change an indigenous peoples.
Climate Risks and Indigenous Communities: Impacts and Solutions
… Indigenous communities are disproportionately at higher risk of adverse consequences with global warming of 1.5°C and beyond. … Though indigenous peoples have developed sophisticated knowledge on how to adapt to a changing climate and are known to be very resilient, climate events may now be occurring at a faster rate than they can naturally adapt, as is the case for many living species on Earth. … Indigenous communities are the first to understand and discuss how a changing climate is affecting them. Minerva’s Karl Van Orsdol shares insights from his research with indigenous communities in northern Canada and South Africa.
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Free Program Explains Emergency Power Options
Experts will describe ways to keep your power on during outages at a program called “Don’t Be Left in the Dark: Emergency Power Options,” on Saturday, February 29 from 9 to 10:30am. It will be in the Lane Room at the Burlingame Public Library, 480 Primrose Road, Burlingame.
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The event will allow professionals from different tech industry sectors to connect with students from local schools, grades 7-10, and their parents, who participate in a conference track of their own. It enables students to participate in a team to solve a global problem using STEAM skills in fields such as Technology, Transportation, Environment and Cybersecurity.
Supported by PayPal, Deloitte, Tesla Solar, Tesla Vehicles, KLA, Lockheed Martin and Silicon Valley Career Pathways.
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Green Streets for Sustainable Communities" Symposium honors the work of the late Joseph "Joe" Kott on March 12, 2020, hosted by the City of Mountain View and over 20 partners, including Minerva. Public streets are a huge public asset that must be better managed in an imaginative and integrated way. We are gathering together many experts and stakeholders to explore how to better fund, design, build, manage and maintain streets to optimize performance on many dimensions. Accomplish climate preparedness, GHG reduction, carbon sequestration, advanced water management while making communities friendlier, healthier and more livable.
Join elected leaders; city/county/agency staff; experts on stormwater, complete streets/transportation, environment, trees, and urban ecology; public and private utilities, and sustainability leaders for a day packed with information and inspiration.
More information here and register here.
Registration is $25 before March 2 and $50 after March 2. The event is filling up!
Image used by permission of artist Linda Gass © 2019
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Sustainable San Mateo County (SSMC) Announces 2020 Sustainability Award Recipients
SSMC will honor San Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine, the San Mateo County Office of Education’s Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Initiative, the Campaign for Fossil Free Buildings in Silicon Valley and long-time SSMC volunteer Afsoon Shahrdar at its 21st Annual Awards Dinner on Thursday, April 2, for their contributions to sustainability in San Mateo County.
Tickets are available at sustainablesanmateo.org, with early bird pricing until February 26.
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Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice invites you to a
| Join this community-wide celebration of our shared values of justice and liberation, across lines of faith, race and class, through the lens of the Jewish Passover Seder ritual. We will spend the evening with stories of liberation both ancient and contemporary, tasting the ritual foods, song, and conversation - all are part of the Passover Seder experience. |
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Congregation Etz Chayim,
4161 Alma St., Palo Alto
Monday, March 30 -
6:30-9:00 pm
RSVP by March 23 at multifaithpeace.org
Cost: $30, or pay what you can
No one turned away for lack of funds For information, contact Rabbi Amy Eilberg rebamy@eilberg.com
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SAVE THE DATE: August 18-20, 2020 | Riverside, CA
The 2020 California Adaptation Forum aims to foster knowledge exchange, innovation, and mutual support to create resilient communities and tackle our state’s most pressing climate change challenges. To ensure the program features relevant and valuable content for participants, forum organizers are conducting a brief pre-forum survey. Take the survey at surveymonkey.com/r/LW2XL9M by January 23rd to provide your input into the planning process! #CAadapts
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A tool for disaster resilience planning
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction with the support of European Commission, IBM, AECOM and other partners and cities participating in the Making Cities Resilient Campaign have updated the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities.
The Scorecard provides a set of assessments that will allow local governments to assess their disaster resilience.
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Sustainable Electricity is edited by Jessica Fox and Morgan Scott of EPRI, published in October 2018 by Springer. Minerva founder, Marianna Grossman wrote Chapter 9, on Silicon Valley Innovations, featuring case studies based on personal interviews with HP, Inc., VMware, Facebook, Google and Stanford University. Find about the extensive action that each company is taking to meet their goals for carbon neutral energy. Available online now.
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Minerva Ventures is a consulting firm that works with established and new companies, communities and leaders from all sectors to create strategies and to implement plans that will help them thrive in an uncertain future. We bring insights from systems thinking to drive towards solutions that enhance resilience and success.
For more information visit our website: minervaventures.com
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