Elizabeth Yeampierre emphasizes the importance of local initiatives in response to recent federal cuts to natural disaster protections. New York City faces increased severe weather events, exacerbated by climate change. Community-driven strategies, such as training for green jobs and emergency preparedness, can enhance resilience. As federal support diminishes, neighborhoods must unite to share skills and resources, fostering strong relationships and local solutions to survive future storms. Yeampierre's organization focuses on empowering residents to collaborate in disaster preparedness efforts, making them more resilient against climate challenges.
People are starting to realize that the solutions are hyper-local and that their relationships with each other are going to be central to us being able to survive the next big storm.
In Brooklyn's Sunset Park, her organization has been training people to take on green jobs, hosting workshops on how to prune trees and build community gardens that collect stormwater before it floods the streets.
This approach, Yeampierre says, protects communities at a time when they can't count on the federal government to protect them from flash floods and storms.
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