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Sustainability into Practice: Climate Change & Community Resiliency

April 1, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm

attend the April 1 Climate Change and Community Resiliency program

The final piece in the three-part “Sustainability Into Practice” series, hosted this spring by UF’s Office of Sustainability and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, in partnership with the Florida Climate Institute and UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute took place on April 1, 2021.

A recording of the event can be found here.

Throughout this series, we’ve heard from local and national experts on the ways that environmental and social issues, including climate change, housing, human health and racial justice are interconnected in Florida and beyond.

These same communities are already feeling the impacts of climate change and many are working to develop robust plans to build up social and community resilience. Resilience is defined as the ability of a community to anticipate, adapt, and flourish in the face of change. With climate change impacts such as sea-level rise, severe storms, flooding and increasing temperatures, it is even more crucial to use the lens of resilience to anticipate immediate hazards and long-term effects in ways that center equity and community.

Panel members were:

Dr. Jason von Meding, Associate Professor, M.E Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management, Florida Institute for Built Environment ResilienceDr. Jason von Meding

Associate Professor, M.E Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER)

Dr. Jason von Meding is an Associate Professor in Rinker School and a founding faculty member of the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER). He is a researcher, educator and communicator in disaster studies who joined the University of Florida in 2019. Dr. von Meding’s research is primarily community-centered and highly participatory, focusing on how injustice and inequality are the fundamental drivers of risk in society, and therefore shape disaster impacts. Prior to UF, Dr. von Meding established the Disaster and Development Research Group at the University of Newcastle, Australia. At UF he delivers courses about the history of shelter, housing and sustainable construction. He is a Coordinator of CIB Working Commission 120- Disasters and the Built Environment and a co-host of the Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast.
Lolita Jackson, Executive Director of Communications & Sustainable Cities at Sustainable Development CapitalLolita Jackson

Executive Director of Communications & Sustainable Cities at Sustainable Development Capital

Lolita Jackson is the Executive Director of Communications & Sustainable Cities for Sustainable Development Capital, LLP, a billion-dollar London-based climate finance and investment firm. Lolita previously worked for the NYC Mayor’s Office for 15 years in a variety of roles, and until March 2021 she served as the Special Advisor for Climate Policy & Programs. Lolita is a 2020-21 Visiting Fellow at Penn Perry World House in the areas of climate diplomacy and climate finance. She is also a professional singer, appearing on four continents and at Carnegie Hall. She is a 1989 alumna of the Penn School of Engineering, majoring in Applied Science with a concentration in Chemical Engineering.
Lindsay Kallman, Co-founder and Executive Director for Community Spring Gainesville, Public Health Specialist and Social Justice OrganizerLindsay Kallman

Co-founder and Executive Director for Community Spring Gainesville, Public Health Specialist and Social Justice Organizer

Lindsay Kallman is a public health specialist, activist, social justice organizer, and co-founder of Community Spring. Community Spring uses a direct job-creation model to provide people experiencing poverty with the space to recognize and learn to effectively use their individual and collective power. She brings more than a decade of experience working with non-profits where she has built programs and campaigns around education, public health, and reproductive justice. She specializes in communications, program management, fundraising, and capacity building. Lindsay is a third-generation Gainesville native with an M.P.H. in global health epidemiology from The George Washington University and a B.A. in religion from Davidson College.
Marjorie Prokosch, Postdoctoral Associate in UF Disasters, Trust & Social Change Lab, M.S. and Ph.D. Experimental PsychologyDr. Marjorie Prokosch

Postdoctoral Associate in UF Disasters, Trust & Social Change Lab, M.S. and Ph.D. Experimental Psychology

Marjorie Prokosch is a postdoctoral researcher and associate in the University of Florida’s Disasters, Trust & Social Change Lab, she is also affiliated with Florida Institute of Built Environmental Resilience (FIBER). Prior to UF, Dr. Prokosch worked at the Tulane Evolution and Social Cognition Lab as a postdoctoral associate. Last fall she returned to Florida to join Drs. Jason von Meding and Colin Smith in creating the Disasters, Trust, and Social Change Lab. Dr. Prokosch studies social and health-related decision-making, with an emphasis on how environmental threats and individual conditions motivate perceptions and behaviors. Specific areas of interest include risk perception, self-regulation, and close relationships. In her current role at UF, she is examining how environmental hazards (like hurricanes) and climate change threats intersect with social inequality to impact decision-making.

 

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April 1, 2021
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
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Bob Graham Center
UF Office of Sustainability

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