Green Recovery
Hurricane Dorian: Environmental Issues in the Bahamas
The Environment and Disaster Management team extends our sympathies for the loss of lives and devastating impacts of Hurricane Dorian. We offer here a brief environmental summary related to the Bahamas, to support a robust, resilient recovery and reconstruction process.
Read MoreGreen Recovery and Reconstruction for Resilient Nepal
On April 25, 2015, a devastating earthquake struck Nepal. With its epicenter in Barpak, in the historic district of Gorkha, Nepal, the 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated many parts of the country’s central region. The communities saw their homes and livelihoods destroyed in a matter of minutes. This video is about a green recovery and reconstruction…
Read MoreIdai Environmental Guidance Note
We offer here brief environmental summary notes designed to support a robust, resilient recovery and reconstruction planning. Click here for environmental summary notes. More information is available via Green Recovery Connect.
Read MoreEDM and the Canadian Red Cross Partner on Disaster Management Trainings
WWF and the EDM team have collaborated with the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement around the world since 2005. Recognizing that people and the environment face increasing risk around the world, “organizations like ours will be working together on the ground more and more,” EDM director Anita van Breda said in a recent interview. Van…
Read MoreFrom Flood to Fig: Norfolk’s food forest
You can grow your own food in a garden, but some people take it to the next level. Among them are the people of Norfolk, Virginia, who in December installed the city’s first food forest. The small forest’s pomegranate, elderberry, papaw and chocolate persimmon trees (to name a few) are the first step toward what…
Read MoreGrowing Grounds: Rebuilding with Native Trees
In a garden on an unnamed road, off another unnamed road off Highway 1 in San Juan, icaco trees are beginning to bloom. The icaco — Chrysobalanus icaco, which sprouts an edible plum that contains its seeds — is one of the 120 species of trees native to Puerto Rico that are growing here in Para…
Read MoreIs Your Construction Reducing Risk?
This is a short presentation that was given at the Shelter Centre Meeting 17 on October 6, 2017 by Vidushi Dwivedi, Resilient Reconstruction and Recovery Intern at Northwestern University and Jennifer Pepson Elwood, Manager of the Green Recovery Connect Helpdesk. The presentation provides an overview of the challenges with meeting global demands for building materials…
Read MoreGRRT: Rebuilding Stronger, Safer, Environmentally Sustainable Communities after Disasters
Woodrow Wilson Center Environmental Change and Security Program panel discussion on November 19, 2010. On November 19, 2010, the Green Recovery and Reconstruction Training Toolkit was launched at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. Panel speakers from U.S. government, academic, and NGO institutions discussed the challenges and opportunities facing the integration of…
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