Advancing Nature Based Solutions: At the Intersection of Design and Community
Advancing Nature Based Solutions: At the Intersection of Design and Community
The San Francisco Estuary faces complex challenges for communities and nature, including improving water quality while also protecting shoreline habitats, infrastructure, and frontline communities from sea level rise and flooding. Policy drivers at the local, state, and federal level all push toward the use of nature-based approaches that incorporate green solutions at the shoreline at rapid pace to meet the urgent needs of our region. Meanwhile, centering community voices and building trust requires patient and purposeful relationship building. So how do we speed up the pace of adaptation while slowing down the intentional process of equity-centered community engagement?
Hosted by the Bay Area Regional Collaborative, the San Francisco Estuary Partnership and Association of Bay Area Governments, this special session for SF Climate Week will focus on community-driven work and the intersection of nature-based design solutions and SLR adaptation for the SF Bay shoreline.
We will explore the intersections of design, planning, and community leadership in nature-based climate adaptation.
Come early to enjoy a catered mixer (starting at 4:30) for networking (in bold below)
Projects + Speaker Lineup
Nature-based Solutions Overview - Heidi Nutters, Principal Program Manager, San Francisco Estuary Partnership
Oakland-Alameda Adaptation Committee: Additional speaker TBD and Chris Guillard, Principal, CMG Landscape Architecture
North Richmond – Wildcat Watershed Initiative Naama Raz-Yaseef, Senior Manager – Climate Ready Watersheds, The Watershed Project and Tim Molette-Parks, Partner, Mithun
Palo Alto Horizontal Levee Project - Jennifer Adams, Environmental Justice Senior Program Manager, Nuestra Casa and Samantha Engelage, Senior Engineer, City of Palo Alto
Colma Creek Resilience Projects - Johnathan Perisho, Project Manager, San Mateo County Flood Control & Sea Level Rise Resiliency District (One Shoreline)
Panel discussion moderated by Josh Bradt, Program Coordinator, Bay Area Regional Collaborative
This session will include a presentation, panel discussion and Q&A segment. It is part of the below “Down Low on Bay Area Innovations” series discussing regional climate response. To learn about or to join other events in this series, see the full schedule below:
Who is Doing What About Climate Change? The Down Low on Bay Area Innovations
Metro Center, April 22:
To join any of the events in this series of forums on our regional climate response, register below.
· 2-4 PM – Green Money, Green Impact: Exclusive Fireside Chat with California’s Green Bank — Bay Area Air Quality Management District (https://lu.ma/vbk21wya)
· 4-5 PM - Can AI Help the Bay Area Plan for Climate Change? — Bay Conservation & Development Commission & Bay Area Regional Collaborative (https://lu.ma/lt3os7ds)
· 4:30-6 PM – The Down Low Mixer: enjoy drinks and apps and meet project leaders, innovators, designers, planners, and reporters. Limited to forum attendees.
· 5:30-7:30 PM – Advancing Nature Based Solutions: At the Intersection of Design and Community — San Francisco Estuary Partnership & Bay Area Regional Collaborative (https://lu.ma/t1yivmn4)
· 6-7 PM – Lightning Talks by 8 Reporters On Local Climate Science, Tech, and Resilience — KneeDeep Times (https://lu.ma/y92khwtx)
Metro Center, April 25
· 12 - 1pm – From Science to Action - "Treasure Maps" for a Resilient Bay — SFEI (https://lu.ma/v91e1k54)
All of the above events are SF Climate Week events. By registering, you agree to share your registration information with the organizers of SF Climate Week