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Environmental Literacy Program's Resilience Assets
Communities resilient to extreme weather events and other environmental hazards make informed decisions to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant environmental hazards and stresses, with minimum damage to social well-being, the economy, and the environment. The following physical and intellectual assets could be utilized by the education community to educate and inspire people to use Earth systems science to improve ecosystem stewardship and increase community resilience.
Also, recently NOAA’s grantees focused on resilience education convened for a two-day workshop to discuss emerging best practices in this field. A report from the workshop has been published and may be useful as a guide to others in the field.
NOAA & NOAA-Partner Resilience Assets
Please note that this list is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all of NOAA 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 Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) Program
- NOAA Weather.gov
- NOAA Weather-Ready Nation
- U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
- U.S. Drought Portal
- U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
- U.S. National Climate Assessment
Other NOAA Assets
NOAA has many other assets that are not specifically focused on resilience but may be useful for supporting resilience-focused projects.Non-NOAA Resilience Assets
Please note that this list is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all of non-NOAA resilience assets.
- Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience (Antioch University New England)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: A state’s Hazard Mitigation Officer serves as the responsible individual for all matters related to hazard mitigation and adaptation.
- Georgetown Climate Center (GCC)offsite link
- Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) Adaptation Plansoffsite link: Georgetown Climate Center highlights the status of state adaptation efforts. State profile pages include a detailed breakdown of each state's adaptation work and links to local adaptation plans and resources.
- National Disaster Preparedness Training Centeroffsite link
- National Drought Mitigation Center offsite link
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Community Resilience Center of Excellence
- NIST Community Resilience Program
- Ready.gov
- 100 Resilient Citiesoffsite link
Other Relevant Reports and Frameworks
Please note that this list is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all of reports and frameworks. ReportsFrameworks
- Abrash Walton, A., Simpson, M., Rhoades, J., & Daniels, C. (2016). Local solutions report: Identifying and meeting the needs of local communities adapting to climate change. Keene, NH: Antioch University New England Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilienceoffsite link.
- Blunden, J. and D. S. Arndt, Eds., State of the Climate in 2016 (2017). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society., 96 (7), S1–S267offsite link.
- 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 Society., 96 (12), S1–S172offsite link.
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2017). NOAA Environmental Literacy Program Resilience Education Grantee Workshop.
- National Research Council. (2009). Learning Science in Informal Environments: 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 Pressoffsite link.
- National Research Council. (2012). A Framework for K-12 Science Education: 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 Pressoffsite link.
- National Research Council. (2012). Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Pressoffsite link.
- Schubel, J.R., et al. (2013). Increasing Community Resilience to Extreme Weather-Related Events through Coastal America’s Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center Networkoffsite link.
- Sempier, T.T., D.L. Swann, R. Emmer, S.H. Sempier, and M. Schneider. (2010). Coastal Community Resilience Index: A Community Self-Assessment. MASGP-08-014offsite link.
- Sweet, W., et al. (2014). NOAA Technical Report NOS CO-OPS 073, Sea Level Rise and Nuisance Flood Frequency Changes Around the United States.
- 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.
- Atmospheric Science Literacy: Essential Principles, Fundamental Concepts for Atmospheric Science Literacyoffsite link
- Climate Literacy: Essential Principles of Climate Sciences
- Energy Literacy: Essential Principles, Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education
- Estuary Principles & Concepts
- Great Lakes Literacy: Essential Principles, Fundamental Concepts for Great Lakes Learningoffsite link
- Ocean Literacy: Essential Principles of Ocean Sciences
Last updated: November 7, 2017