Nature-based climate resilience for business and community
Manage Novel Risks, Capture New Opportunities

Resilience Planning
We use best management practices and leading edge assessment, planning, and management tools to help you understand your climate risks and explore no-regrets adaptation pathways that cultivate resilience to the novel uncertainties associated with a changing climate…

Climate Listening
We travel the world to gather stories from business, community, and government leaders working together to develop local, place-based innovations that put sustainability values into action in order to reduce climate risk and cultivate community resilience…

Sharing Stories
We blend real world stories of resilience with leading edge climate science and resilience thinking to raise awareness and increase understanding of climate change and community resilience among the general public, community leaders, higher education, and government …
News & Updates
Climate Change, Resilience and the Future of Food
Headed to Little Rock at the end of this week to keynote the Southern SAWG annual conference! It is great that SSAWG decided on the theme "Agricultural Resilience in a Changing Climate" because it is past time for us to come together as a community to figure out what...
Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association Keynotes to Explore Barriers and Opportunities for Transforming the Food System
I'm heading to Dayton, Ohio in February to share keynote responsibilities with Eric Holt-Giménez, long time executive director of Food First - an organization that has challenged my thinking and inspired some of my best work over the years - at the Ohio Ecological...
Cultivating Resilience Heads to Virginia, Arkansas and Ohio
As my winter quiet comes to a close, I am looking forward to several gatherings of "susties" over the next two months. First up: I head to Roanoke VA this weekend to share keynote responsibilities with my good buddy (and long time shero!) vegetable farmer, author and...
Agricultural Climate Solutions Meeting in Maryland
Great to see the North American Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance in the news! NACSAA is a North American farmer-led organization focused on promoting climate solutions in agriculture through the principles of sustainable intensification, mitigation and resilience. ...
Speaking Engagements
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