Natural Resources

Programs to help communities, organizations and individuals understand, appreciate, and manage natural resources, understand relevant policy, and determine appropriate and feasible processes to manage resources and protect the environment. Audiences include youth, k-12 educators, environmental advocates, community leaders, and elected officials.

Example program topics: energy management or provision; alternative forms of energy, including green energy sources; climate change and acclimation plans; natural resource management; environmental issues

One Block at a Time

Topic: Community Planning, Resilience, and Sustainability, Inclusive Processes and Engagement, Natural Resources | Phase: Initiating & Scoping, Organizing, Assessing, Visioning & Planning, Implementing | Resource Use: , | Resource Format: Process Guide, Tool, Web-based Tool

One Block at Time addresses flooding through green infrastructure projects at the city block scale that center on equitable, community-driven engagement and planning. The toolkit is organized based on project phases of background assessment, community visioning, and implementation. The online resources include process agendas, education and visualization resources, outcomes, lessons…

Community Planning Approach to Green Infrastructure and Hazard Mitigation Toolkit

Topic: Community Planning, Resilience, and Sustainability, Inclusive Processes and Engagement, Natural Resources | Phase: Initiating & Scoping, Organizing, Assessing, Visioning & Planning, Implementing, Evaluating & Reflecting | Resource Use: , | Resource Format: Program

The program supports a collaborative community planning approach to evaluate the relevance and effectiveness of existing community policies and to identify goals, motivations, and barriers for hazard mitigation planning, focusing on water resources, flooding, and green infrastructure. The program includes: Discussions of local community resiliency; Reviewing existing plans and ordinances…

Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing

Topic: Community Planning, Resilience, and Sustainability, Community-Based Economic Development, Human Capacity Building, Natural Resources, Organizational Development | Phase: Initiating & Scoping, Organizing, Assessing, Visioning & Planning, Implementing, Evaluating & Reflecting | Resource Use: , | Resource Format: Presentation, Process Guide, Program

The Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing (BGGW) workshop is an award-winning two-day in-person training in which participants draft a proposal, give and receive feedback on each other’s proposal, search for funders, and learn the importance of building relationships with partners and funders. The BGGW workshop is an efficient, economical, evidence-based…