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Keren Bolter (bio) |
Sara Denka (bio) |
Mitch Chester (bio) |
Jan Booher (bio) |
This digital resource is here to provide additional information about SLR solutions and ways you can get involved in helping address this critical problem for everyone living here.
Background information on SLR:
Recent journal pieces on Sea Level Rise in South Florida:
Keynote Speaker Dr. Keren Bolter’s TEDx talk on the subject of Sea Level Rise
Local governmental publications that describe the nature of the problem and actions that can help with Sea Level Rise and Climate Change:
Delaney Robert’s website: www.miamisearise.com
Interview with Dr. Katharine Hayhoe: Climate Change: Faith and Fact (Here's a 2-min excerpt)
Additional solutions / resources by our Panelists:
Sara Denka: Coastal Risk Consulting
Mitch Chester: mysealevelrise.org / financialadaptation.org
Jan Booher:
Al Gore's Climate Reality Project is an effective educational and advocacy
organization.
The Climate Reality
Leadership Corps conducts three-day workshops around the world.
Farmer Alex, Broward County Master Gardener. Builder of private organic vegetable farms Love life and people.
Youth Environmental Alliance (YEA!)
Over the past 100 years humans have altered the fragile South Florida coastline
to the extent that the natural system barely exists today. As a consequence
of shoreline development, tens of millions of dollars have been spent building
jetties and re-nourishing the beaches in a futile attempt to slow the inevitable
erosion caused by human activities and sea level rise. Literally we have watched
as these tens of millions of dollars of re-nourished sand just wash out to sea.
South Florida is now considered ground zero for the economic impacts of sea
level rise, with the greatest value of assets at risk in the world. While the
complexity, severity and timing of the changes are still up for debate, the
decisions being made here today will affect our coastal community for many years
to come. In order to avoid the continued waste and exploitation of sand, a limited
natural resource, every attempt needs to be made to preserve and protect the
beaches. We must develop a more sustainable and resilient coastline.
Broward County should require local governments and property owners to protect
existing beach vegetation, to re-vegetate the beach, and mandate landscaping
with dune plants. Youth Environmental Alliance (YEA!) through hands on-activities
and outreach education, informs citizen volunteers about this fragile economic
engine that fuels the South Florida economy.
Watch this video from one of our
latest projects.
Youth Environmental Alliance/Sea Oat Planting from Low Sea Productions on Vimeo.
Lee Gottlieb, Director of Community OutreachThis web page courtesy of:
Hamra Center
for
Climate Solutions
