Climate Resilient Communities

The Resilient Adaptation program focuses on creating tangible, action-oriented projects that address community priorities in response to climate change and sea level rise, ranging from contributions to city-wide adaptation and resilience planning to interventions for individual residents and families. An important focus for CRCs work in FY 22-23 has been our effort to expand the capacity and leadership of environmental justice community-based organizations across the Bay Area.

Through the Resilient Homes program, CRC seeks to bridge the gap between existing resources and those most in need. CRCs Resilient Homes program works with low-income residents to navigate available programs for free or low-cost solar, home repair, and weatherization to make their homes both safer now and more resilient for the future.

Resilient Education Program: aims to increase awareness and understanding of climate change and its impacts in frontline communities, particularly among youth. The program has two main components: the EarthWise Kids curriculum and a Youth Climate Collective Fellowship program. In FY 22-23, we launched the inaugural Youth Climate Collective (YCC). We provided opportunities for youth to explore, learn, and engage with environmentalism through hands-on field trips and activities. Our first cohort explored the myriad of ways that environmental justice organizations are tackling the climate change crisis, in a series of 9 workshops.