Blue Forest
Blue Forest is a nonprofit conservation finance organization that brings people, finance, and science together to restore and protect forests, watersheds, ecosystems, and communities. The organization builds partnerships with investors, land managers, nonprofits, Native Nations, private companies, and the public sector to catalyze the funds and partners needed to make restoration projects happen. Blue Forest […]
Ashes to Resilience
Ashes to Resilience: A Guide to Wildfire Recovery is a resource developed by NewStories and Regenerating Paradise, drawing on their experiences to offer starting points for communities navigating wildfire recovery. Recognizing that what needs to happen is shaped by local culture and geography, the guide supports communities in their own journey of recovery and Re-Storying. […]
Regenerating Paradise
Regenerating Paradise is a nonprofit organization formed in the wake of the Camp Fire with a mission “to weave the social fabric that regenerates us.” The organization defines regenerating as a process of rebuilding and recovery that, as in regenerative agriculture, replenishes rather than depletes. Looking to Ridge community residents for resources, Regenerating Paradise works […]
Building Resilience
Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery by Daniel P. Aldrich examines why responses to disaster recovery vary greatly in ways not explained by the magnitude of catastrophe or amount of aid provided. The difference between resilience and disrepair, Aldrich shows, lies in the depth of communities’ social capital. The book highlights the critical role […]
Commanding Hope
Commanding Hope by Thomas Homer-Dixon addresses the frightening convergence of pandemics, inequality, racism, political authoritarianism, climate crisis, and nuclear danger—showing why and how we got here, and most importantly, the powers we possess to renew our imperiled world. Drawing on decades of work on global security and social cohesion, Homer-Dixon explains how today’s globe-spanning crises […]