Resilience is the capacity to prepare for and respond to the unknowable. As we face an unpredictable future due to a changing climate, planning for resilience needs the participation of all disciplines: the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Building resilience not only will require the creation of new professions but will require we pursue the avocation of being participants in our communities. In her talk, Bowdoin Professor Eileen Johnson discusses how we may be surprised to learn that we have many of the tools needed to build a resilient future. Eileen Sylvan Johnson is Lecturer and Program Manager in Environmental Studies at Bowdoin College. She teaches environmental social science courses that integrate digital and computational technologies with a particular emphasis on spatial analysis, GIS and remote sensing. Her research focuses on community resilience and collaborative resource management, examining the role of decision support tools in informing local decision making. Her teaching and research emphasizes community-based research and her students engage actively with stakeholders in development of class projects and independent student research. She oversees Bowdoin's Environmental Studies’ endowed fellowship program. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
