Community Resilience Projects

Do you have an idea for a new project that will help increase your community’s long-term resilience? Post it here to request volunteers, resources, donations, fundraisers, partners, and sponsors. Ongoing projects and organizations involved with community resilience are welcome, too. And if you’ve been involved in a project that has wrapped up, feel free to share the details so that others can learn from your experiences.

And for now, until we get our forum up and running, we recommend that you set up a Slack group to organize your project with the people who would like to get involved.

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Vancouver Time Bank

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

Status: New Project

Seeking: participants

Type: local-exchangeVancouver, British Columbia, CA

Let's start a time bank in Vancouver

By Thrivespring

A time bank uses time credits as a medium of exchange rather than money. Within the system, every hour is valued the same, regardless of who contributes the time. Here is a description of time banking...
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Bell Canyon volunteer fire crew

Bell Canyon, California, US

Status: Ongoing Project

Seeking: donationsfundraisersresourcesvolunteers

Type: emergency_responseType: preparedness_and_mitigationBell Canyon, California, US

Example of a community that formed their own fire department

By Thrivespring

This is a sample project based on an article in the Guardian about the residents of a community that got together and created a volunteer fire department. Bell Canyon is a small community in Californi...
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York Rainwater Harvesting Project

York, Yorkshire and the Humber, UK

Status: New Project

Seeking: donationspartnersresourcesvolunteers

Type: preparedness_and_mitigationType: water_securityYork, Yorkshire and the Humber, UK

Join the York Rainwater Harvesting Project

By Thrivespring

The aim of the York Rainwater Harvesting Project is to set up rainwater harvesting systems throughout the city. Rainwater harvesting and utilisation helps to mitigate water shortages, control floods, ...
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Spring Creek Lane Food Forest

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Status: New Project

Seeking: resourcesvolunteers

Type: food_production_and_distributionAtlanta, Georgia, US

My neighborhood could use a food forest!

By Farley

There is an abandoned lot behind my house on Spring Creek Lane that hasn't been used in years. It would be great if the City would allow us to turn it into a neighborhood food forest. My neighbors and...
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Aukland Mesh Network

Aukland, Auckland, NZ

Status: New Project

Seeking: donationsresourcesvolunteers

Type: communicationsAukland, Auckland, NZ

We are building a mesh network in Aukland

By Thrivespring

We are a grassroots group of volunteers in Aukland who want to build a wireless mesh network to ensure we will not lose the ability to communicate when there is an earthquake or any other kind of disa...
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Cambridgeshire 4X4 Response

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

Status: New Project

Seeking: corporate_sponsorsdonationsfundraiserspartnersresourcesvolunteers

Type: emergency_responseCambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

Cambridgeshire needs a 4X4 Response team

By Thrivespring

Cambridgeshire needs a 4X4 Response team, so let's get one going. It is an area that is prone to flooding and would definitely benefit from having a 4X4 Response team in the area. We need people who o...
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