CHRN Lunch & Learn Series
Two-way knowledge exchange and networking
Announcing the CHRN Lunch & Learn! The Washington Coastal Hazards Resilience Network (CHRN) is excited to announce the launch of a new Lunch & Learn series. The Lunch & Learn provides a space for practitioners working in the coastal resilience realm to share a bit about their work, connect with other CHRN members, receive input from the group, and develop collaborative partnerships.
Presenters
Jackson Blalock and Catherine Corbett
Date: November 19, 2024 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT
Topic: Community-Driven Climate Resilience Projects Along the Lower Columbia River
Description: From 2021-24, workshops and related discussions identified local priorities, issues, and ideas for resilience to changing water levels along Baker Bay and Grays Bay. Catherine Corbett (Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership) and Jackson Blalock (Pacific Conservation District) will share the origins, methods, and outcomes of this work which advanced projects that address current and future issues related to sea level rise. To learn more about the project, visit this project page.
Zoom meeting recording of Jackson and Catherine’s’s discussion on the Bay to Bay Community-based Coastal Resilience Action project.
Chris Elder and Kurt Baumgarten
Date: September 17, 2024 – 1:00-2:00 pm PT
Topic: Whatcom County Compound Flood Vulnerability Assessment – A CoSMoS Use Case
Description: Kurt Baumgarten (Environmental Planner for the Port of Bellingham) and Chris Elder (Watershed Planner for Whatcom County’s Public Works Department) will present on Whatcom County’s Compound Flood Vulnerability Assessment. Kurt and Chris will talk about the process for completing this vulnerability assessment, the funding through the Department of Ecology, where the County is going with phase 2 of the grant, and touch on insights of the collaboration between the city, the county and the port. They will also discuss how they used CoSMoS data in the assessment, and how they plan to use it in Phase 2 for adaptation planning and policy.
Zoom meeting recording of Kurt and Chris’s discussion on the Whatcom County Compound Flood Vulnerability Assessment.
Dr. Jamie Donatuto, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Date: March 7, 2024 – 12:00-12:50 pm PT
Topic: Indigenous community resilience and adaptation
Description: Dr. Jamie Donatuto, Environmental Health Analyst for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. Dr. Donatuto has worked for over two decades on the interconnections between ecological and socio-cultural health. Dr. Donatuto will talk about her work supporting Indigenous community resilience and adaptation and dive into the definition and perception of the word ‘resilience’.
Zoom meeting recording of Jamie Donatuto’s discussion on Indigenous Climate Adaptation and Resilience
Dr. Rishi Sugla, UW CLimate Impacts Group
Date: Jan 25, 2024 – 12:00-1:00 pm PT
Topic: Frontline Community Resilience
Description: Dr. Rishi Sugla focuses on how storytelling, in the form of oral histories and documentary film, can be used as a co-production and engagement method that centers community. Rishi explores the motivations and background for this recently-funded work, before opening up the conversation to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities of bringing storytelling work as a methodology in adaptation research and practice.
Zoom meeting recording of Rishi Sugla’s presentation pending photo sharing permissions.
Dr. Ian Miller, Washington Sea Grant
Date: October 19, 2023
Topic: Puget Sound Parcel Scale Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment