PNW Resilience Challenge Launches Oct 2nd

Sustainable Seattle invites you to join the Pacific Northwest Resilience Challenge, a three-year initiative aimed at accelerating the ability of our urban areas in the Puget Sound Region to respond to disruptive events. 

Our team of over 20 regional leaders have been working months to put together a program full of various ways to act together on key issues. Including:

• Rapid Urban Growth 
• Low Income Communities 
• Climate Impacts 
• Earthquakes 
• Public Health Risks

Join the conversation at a full-day summit on October 2, 2014 at the University of Washington's HUB. Registration is now open! Mobilize with regional citizens and design solutions that will address the vulnerabilities of our growing urban communities, our infrastructure and our businesses. Learn more

A primary focus of the proposed initiative is fostering cross-sector information exchange and collaborative action toward high priority goals. We are drawing together different communities across silos, including representation from a wide range of sectors: 

• Land use and development construction, green building
• Regulatory, legal, political 
• Data communications and security 
• Finance, insurance, business 
• Scientific, academic, engineering 

Join us and mobilize for resiliency!

	Meet the Speakers From reinsurance specialists, to scientists, urban planners and an official Executive Connector. Our speakers are all committed to working across sectors to change and adapt to the times that lie ahead.  More
	Register Before Sept 12 for Early Bird Prices Registration for the summit is $99 when purchased by Friday, September 12 (11:59pm). (Sustainable Seattle members receive an additional discount). Register
	Look Back at Sustainable Seattle's 2013 Conference The challenge is an extension of last Fall's conference, Climate Change and The Bottom Line. At this year's summit, similar topics on regional economic risks will be discussed but will include a broader set of issues such as community and infrastructure risks. Read a blog recap, watch videos, or find photos of that event here.

Head to pnwresilience.org to find the agenda and read more on:

 

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Help spark a regional resiliency movement. Sponsors of the summit can expect visibility with a large number of business, non-profit, government and education leaders in the Pacific Northwest. View sponsorship opportunities

Progressive Help for Haiti

The earthquake in Haiti has not only destroyed countless lives and property, but has also exposed the underlying problems that the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere have been battling with since its inception. Haiti is is need of help and the sluggishness of aid is not only a result of an overall lack of humane efforts when there is no economic gain and a poorly run and shattered infrastructure. For those who are drawn to help there are many ways to aid the hurting country.

Be the Change: Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is one of the most effective NGO's operating in developing countries. The organization often is one of the few aid agencies to gain access through its use of partnerships and non partisan outlook on humanitarian aid. Mercy Corp has a campaign to get into Haiti and donations are the best way to get involved.

The following are a few ideas on where your actions can make a difference sent to Sustainable Seattle from Michael Kieschnick, President of CREDO Action from Working Assets.

Give to Doctors Without Borders

Doctors Without Borders-a group CREDO members support with their phone bills-operates one of the only free trauma centers in Port-au-Prince as well as an emergency hospital in the capital for pregnant women, new mothers and newborn children. All three of its primary medical centers have collapsed, but DWB has already set up temporary shelters and is offering emergency care on the ground.

Tell President Obama: Grant Temporary Protected Status on Haitians living in the US

President Obama has ordered his Department of Homeland Security to temporarily halt all forcible deportations to the disaster zone, but this falls far short of what human rights groups are asking for. The president should grant Temporary Protected Status to undocumented Haitian refugees in the U.S. Refugees from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Somalia and Sudan are afforded this status. To refuse to do so for Haitians would be irresponsible and immoral.