Passionate about Emergency Management, community resilience, books, maps, and sustainable fashion. Views and bad jokes are my own.
Beautiful work! The Storm Zine Project: Queer/Trans Guide to Storms: www.imaginewaterworks.org/queer-trans-... Thank you to @sarahhunn.bsky.social for sharing this with me!
A Queer/Trans Guide to StormsIn preparation for hurricane season, we wrote (and drew, painted, recorded, cooked, photographed) “love notes” to this place and to our LGBTQ community.www.imaginewaterworks.orgA moving reflection by one of Vancouver's ESS volunteers. I volunteered in this program. Frederick summarizes this work, and the people called to do it, so beautifully. "The world is big, and its problems are even bigger. But our own place in it doesn’t have to be." www.thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
I’m an Emergency Volunteer. It Changed How I See the World | The TyeeAs global challenges get bigger, we need community more than ever.www.thetyee.caGreat interview with Jonathan Eaton on Disaster Preparedness research and engagement in Vancouver via Vancouver Co-op Radio: www.spreaker.com/episode/jona... Link to the full report here: drrn.ubc.ca/research/res...
Jonathan Eaton - Disaster Preparedness - The Conversation Labwww.spreaker.comSummary and report on how C40’s Inclusive Climate Action Fund supported the distribution of 155 cooling vests for people with disabilities in Vancouver in 2024: www.c40.org/wp-content/u... and www.technologyforliving.org/wp-content/u...
www.c40.orgYes to this! "In a world increasingly defined by disruption — from climate-driven disasters to social isolation and polarization — public spaces that bring us together can be a primary source of resilience and connection." medium.com/reimagining-...
In Times of Disaster, It’s Our Social Infrastructure That Will Save UsFrom extreme weather to economic woes, our parks, libraries and gathering places may be more important than you thinkmedium.com