Environmental Literacy Program's resilience assets
The Environmental Literacy Program helps communities become more resilient to extreme weather events and other environmental hazards they face. Resilient communities are able to make informed decisions that reduce their vulnerability to environmental hazards and stresses that emerge over time. They can withstand these hazards and stresses with minimal damage to their social well-being, economy, and the environment. The education community can use the following physical and intellectual assets in projects designed to increase community resilience.
Note: NOAA’s resilience education grantees are part of a growing community of practice that work together to address challenges, improve their programs, and discuss emerging best practices in this field. Information on existing projects, workshop reports, and past competitions can be found on the Resilience Hub.
NOAA & NOAA-partner resilience assets
- Gulf TREEoffsite link
- National Integrated Heat Health Information System
- NOAA Climate.gov
- NOAA Digital Coast
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction
- NOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
- NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science: What's your water level?offsite link
- NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) Program
- NOAA Resilience Metricsoffsite link
- NOAA Weather.gov
- NOAA Weather-Ready Nation
- Sea Grant: Resilient Communities and Economies
- U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
- U.S. Drought Portal
- U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
- U.S. National Climate Assessment
Non-NOAA resilience assets
- Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilienceoffsite link (Antioch University New England)
- Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE)offsite link
- Climate Interpreteroffsite link
- Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)offsite link
- Data.gov
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- FEMA Community Resilience Indicators
- FEMA National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System
- FEMA State Hazard Mitigation Officers
- Georgetown Climate Center (GCC)offsite link
- Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) Adaptation Plansoffsite link
- Headwaters Economics: Neighborhoods at Risk Tooloffsite link
- National Disaster Preparedness Training Centeroffsite link
- National Drought Mitigation Center offsite link
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Community Resilience Center of Excellence
- Ready.gov
- VIDEOoffsite link: "The secret to talking about climate change"
EJSCREEN: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (EPA)
Other NOAA assets
NOAA has many other assets that are not specifically focused on resilience but may be useful for supporting resilience-focused projects.Other reports and frameworks
ReportsFrameworks
Abrash Walton, A., Simpson, M., Rhoades, J., & Daniels, C. (2016). Local solutions reportoffsite link: Identifying and meeting the needs of local communities adapting to climate change. Keene, NH: Antioch University New England Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience.
Blunden, J. and D. S. Arndt, Eds. (2017). State of the Climate in 2016offsite link. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society., 96 (7), S1–S267.
Frankenberg, E., B. Sikoki, C. Sumantri, W. Suriastini, and D. Thomas. (2013). “Education, Vulnerability and Resilience after a Natural Disaster.” Ecol Soc 18(2). Doi: 10.5751/ES-05377-180216
Herring, S. C., M. P. Hoerling, J. P. Kossin, T. C. Peterson, and P. A. Stott, Eds. (2016). Explaining Extreme Events of 2015 from a Climate Perspective. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Societyoffsite link. 96 (12), S1–S172.
Nachbaur, J., I. Feygina, E. Lipkowitz, D. Karwat. (2017). Climate Change Resilience: Governance and Reformsoffsite link. A Report. Arizona State University.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2016). Science Literacy: Concepts, Contexts, and Consequencesoffsite link. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/23595.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2019). Building and Measuring Community Resilienceoffsite link: Actions for Communities and the Gulf Research Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25383.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2017). NOAA Environmental Literacy Program Resilience Education Grantee Workshop.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2019). NOAA Environmental Literacy Program Resilience Education Grantee Workshop.
National Research Council. (2009). Learning Science in Informal Environments:offsite link People, Places, and Pursuits. Committee on Learning Science in Informal Environments. P. Bell, B. Lewenstein, A.W. Shouse, and M.A. Feder (Eds.). Board on Science Education, Center for Education. Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
National Research Council. (2012). A Framework for K-12 Science Educationoffsite link: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Committee on a Conceptual Framework for New K-12 Science Education Standards. Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
National Research Council. (2012). Disaster Resilience: A National Imperativeoffsite link. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
Schubel, J.R., et al. (2013). Increasing Community Resilience to Extreme Weather-Related Eventsoffsite link through Coastal America’s Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center Network.
Sempier, T.T., D.L. Swann, R. Emmer, S.H. Sempier, and M. Schneider. (2010). Coastal Community Resilience Index: A Community Self-Assessmentoffsite link. MASGP-08-014.
Sweet, W., et al. (2014). NOAA Technical Report NOS CO-OPS 073, Sea Level Rise and Nuisance Flood Frequency Changes Around the United States.
Sweet, W., et al. (2017). NOAA Technical Report NOS CO-OPS 083, Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States.
U.S. Global Change Research Program (2017). Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I[Wuebbles, D.J., D.W. Fahey, K.A. Hibbard, D.J. Dokken, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock (eds.)]. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, 470 pp, doi: 10.7930/J0J964J6.
USGCRP, 2018: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II [Reidmiller, D.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, K.L.M. Lewis, T.K. Maycock, and B.C. Stewart (eds.)]. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, 1515 pp. doi: 10.7930/NCA4.2018
United States Government Accountability Office. (2017). Climate Change: Information on Potential Economic Effects Could Help Guide Federal Efforts to Reduce Fiscal Exposure. GAO-17-720. Washington, D.C.
North American Association for Environmental Education's (NAAEE)'s Community Engagement: Guidelines for Excellenceoffsite link
United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2008). "EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model." EPA-300-R-06-002. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-06/documents/cps-manual-12-27-06.pdf
- Atmospheric Science Literacy:offsite link Essential Principles, Fundamental Concepts for Atmospheric Science Literacy
- Climate Literacy: Essential Principles of Climate Sciences
- Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education
- Estuary Principles & Concepts
- Great Lakes Literacyoffsite link: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Great Lakes Learning
- Ocean Literacy:offsite link Essential Principles of Ocean Sciences
Last updated: November 4, 2019