ABSTRACT
The stories in this book are specific examples of climate change resilience-building from the grassroots which are taking place worldwide, driven by the immediacy and urgency of climate change and extreme weather events. A range of additional examples is outlined in Box 14.1. More examples are emerging every day. Additional examples of grassroots climate change initiatives
The grassroots non-governmental organization (NGO) Agua Doce organizes flood protection, socio-environmental education, conservation and local job creation for community development in the Guanabara Bay area near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leary and Perkins, 2011).
The Ecoar Institute for Sustainability carries out socio-environmental education, green jobs, and recycling projects in São Paulo, Brazil (https://www.ecoar.org.br/web/pag.php?id=31" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.ecoar.org.br/web/pag.php?id=31).
The Centre for Socio-Environmental Knowledge and Care of the Paraná Basin (Centro de Saberes) leads watershed-based education and community development programmes such as “Cultivating Good Water” (Cultivando Agua Boa), building resilience in the Paraná/Plate basin in southern Brazil, Paraguay, western Bolivia, and northern Uruguay and Argentina (https://www.cultivandoaguaboa.com.br/o-programa/centro-de-saberes-e-cuidados-socioambientais-dabacia-do-prata" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.cultivandoaguaboa.com.br/o-programa/centro-de-saberes-e-cuidados-socioambientais-dabacia-do-prata).
The Riberas Rioplatenses project in Uruguay and Argentina assembles local knowledge on climate change impacts and adaptation priorities (https://www.iied-al.org.ar/riberas" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.iied-al.org.ar/riberas).
Dozens of communities in Arctic Canada share health-related climate change education, arts and community-based initiatives (McClymont Peace and Myers, 2012, https://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/view/18412/html" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/view/18412/html).
The Green Change Project focuses on green community development and training local residents for green jobs in low-income areas of Toronto, Canada (https://www.toronto.ca/livegreen/pdf/jane_finch.pdf" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.toronto.ca/livegreen/pdf/jane_finch.pdf; https://yorkwestadvocate.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/jane-finchs-green-change-project-wins-toronto-green-award/" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://yorkwestadvocate.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/jane-finchs-green-change-project-wins-toronto-green-award/).
The Indian Youth Climate Network organizes local climate change action projects and develops youth leadership on climate change (https://www.iycn.in/content/about-iycn" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.iycn.in/content/about-iycn).
Majora Carter leads green job creation and climate justice projects in the South Bronx, USA and elsewhere (https://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/11/01/majora-carter-says-showing-up-for-climate-solutions-is-more-than-half-the-battle/" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/11/01/majora-carter-says-showing-up-for-climate-solutions-is-more-than-half-the-battle/; https://www.theroot.com/views/greening-ghetto" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.theroot.com/views/greening-ghetto).
Indigo Development and Change carries out local conservation, leadership development, environmental education, and green job creation/climate justice initiatives in Western Cape province, South Africa (https://www.indigo-dc.org/" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.indigo-dc.org/).
In the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, many organizations carry out erosion control, environmental testing and awareness-building, and environmental education, such as Bayou Rebirth (https://www.bayourebirth.org" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.bayourebirth.org), Coast Currents (https://www.coastcurrents.org/" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.coastcurrents.org/), LA Bucket Brigade (https://www.labucketbrigade.org" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.labucketbrigade.org), and the Gulf Restoration Network (https://healthygulf.org/" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://healthygulf.org/).
