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Join us for a FREE public workshop at University of California, Irvine (UCI) with some of the leading experts on building and implementing coastal resilience! Please use this form to register for the Strengthening Coasts for a Resilient Future workshop.July 18, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm at the Environmental Nature Center, Newport Beach
Keynote Presentation: an evening with Gary Griggs, Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences, UC Santa CruzJuly 19, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm in Engineering Lecture Hall, Room 100
All-day workshop
Keynote: Charles Lester, UC Santa Cruz
Panels:

• Case Studies: Planning for Resilient Coasts
• Tools for Coastal Resilience
• Case Studies: Implementation in Action
• Green Infrastructure Solutions

Workshop Objectives:
Participants will leave the workshop with a greater understanding of the landscape of coastal resilience activities across communities. Specifically, participants will gain insight on:

• Lessons learned for planning and implementation at the local and regional levels
• Tools and resources for informing planning decisions
• Green infrastructure solutions to reduce impacts of coastal hazards

See entire program at http://newkirkcenter.uci.edu/files/2018/06/Coastal-Resilience-Agenda.pdf

Presented by:

• Blue Earth Consultants, a Division of ERG
• Empowering Sustainability
• UCI Oceans
• UCI Newkirk Center for Science and Society
• UCI Social Ecology

 

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