HARDEN UPhttp://www.greencrossaustralia.org/our-work/harden-up.aspx

Lisa WilhelmsederGCA Corporate VolunteerMay 2011

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• President Gorbachev

• Geneva 1993

• Natural disaster – community action!

GREEN CROSS INTERNATIONAL

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Initiatives that target natural disaster & community actions:

• BEFOREEducation, prevention and protection

• DURINGCommunity response to extreme weather events

• AFTERGreen renewal and rebuilding

GREEN LANE DIARY BUSINESS LUNCH

BUILD IT BACK GREEN VIC BUILD IT BACK GREEN QLD

EXTREME WEATHER HEROES

HARDEN UP BUILD IT BACK GREEN USA

BUCKLE DOWN

INTERBATIONAL RIGHTTO WATER

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GREEN CROSS

USA AUSTRALIA

HARDEN UP• National Disaster Resilience Program • $1.03 million grant • Multi-stakeholder partnership • Social networking tools and Australia’s best climate research

assess community vulnerability inspire practical action!

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AIMS

1. Hazard self-assessment

2. Practical, personal resilience plans

3. Distribute the message virally

PARTNERS AND DATA PROVIDERSHISTORICAL

BOMEMA (Emergency Management Australia)

PLANNINGQueensland Local Government Association evacuation mapsDERM, storm surge mappingRecently released coastal inundation maps

FORECASTINGCSIRO (sea level rise data, visual models and animations)QLD Climate Change Centre of Excellence (QCCE)

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Timeframe

July 29 2011

October 2011

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NEXT STEPS

• More data, more detail– Upscale: infrastructure, SME

• Become trusted aggregation site– Very interested in experimentation with new

media– crowd mapping?

OUR PARTNERS