Tag: resilience

Resilient Cedar Key team launches flooding vulnerability mapper

by Savanna Barry

April 24, 2023

New Tool Launches to Help Cedar Key Prepare for Flooding What will future flooding be like in Cedar Key? This can be tough to visualize but technology can help. The Resilient Cedar Key team just launched a new tool, now available to all. The ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Water
Tags: Cedar Key, Climate Change, Coastal Systems, Flood Mapping Tool, Flooding, Flooding Vulnerability Assessment, Florida Sea Grant, InsideNatureCoast, Resilience, Rosewood, Sea Level Rise

Celebrating 20 Years of Sustainability

by Alia Garrett

November 21, 2022

Sarasota County has a long history of commitments to sustainability for both its own operations and the community. Twenty years ago, Sarasota County formed the Sustainability Program to implement changes and improvements for a more sustainable ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources
Tags: Celebration, Energy, Future, Local Government, Milestone, Outreach, Pgm_Sustain, Resilience, Sea Level Rise, Sustainability, Transportation

Virtual Course helps Mangrove Trimmers Brush Up their Skills

by Ana Zangroniz

August 17, 2022

By Ana Zangroniz and Savanna Barry, Regional Specialized Agent, Coastal Ecosystems What are mangroves? Mangroves are salt-tolerant trees and shrubs that reside in low-energy, intertidal areas. They like to grow in warm areas, or where ... READ MORE

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Tags: Best Management Practices, Climate Change, Coastal Protection, Mangroves, Resilience

Applying the Three Secrets of Resilient People to Your Life During a Pandemic

by Shawn Jackson

October 6, 2021

The COVID Pandemic has been a source of stress and adversity for adults and youth alike over the last year. Many have seen their lives turned upside down due to loss of a job, change in working conditions, home schooling of children, and in ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Living, Mental Health, Pandemic, Recovery, Resilience, Resilient People

Mothers see healthier children in the “One Egg Per Day” project in Burkina Faso

by Livestock Lab

February 24, 2020

“Bicycle chicken” is a national dish in Burkina Faso, and even Bill Gates shared a video about it and blogged that chicken rearing can reduce extreme poverty. But what about the eggs? Recent research in Burkina Faso, sponsored ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, Livestock
Tags: Burkina Faso, Children, Eggs, Intervention, Mothers, Nutrition, Resilience

Hurricanes and the Resilient Landscape

by Taylor Clem, PhD

August 7, 2019

A Landscape Built for Hurricanes Starts with Design and Maintenance The billowing winds are afoot. We officially entered hurricane season June 1, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Hurricane Center states ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Design, Florida-Friendly Landscapes, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Hurricane Prepardness, Hurricanes, Hurricanes And Landscape, Landscape Prepardness, Resilience

Resilience – A Skill for Success

by Carol Roberts

August 6, 2018

Resilience. Its a word I hadn't thought much about until I attended a training on it. A training? For resilience? Really? Yes, really. Often in Extension we use the word resilience in relation to insect pests and diseases, but today we ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Energy, Entrepreneur, Growth, Optimistic, Play, Positive, Resilience, Resilient, Success

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