The Arts Can Help  Us Recover from Disasters - Creatively   Following the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, Fabrik Arts + Heritage in the Adelaide Hills facilitated numerous arts and writing workshops to support their fire-affected community. Projects like New Art New Walls helped families create paintings for their rebuilt homes, fostering connection and emotional healing. Creative recovery, a process where arts programs aid communities post-disaster, has shown significant benefits for individual and communal wellbeing. Despite the success and proliferation of such projects, there's limited research on best practices. As climate change increases disaster frequency, proactive planning and resourcing for creative recovery are crucial to support affected communities effectively without overburdening the artists involved.

Supporting local actions on climate change. I was lucky to be given a copy of the Loddon Mallee Climate Ready Plan recently (Thanks Dona!). What an incredible document - and what I love most about this was that it was a place-based, community owned and led process. You can see the pride in the pages. Some brillant resources shared on the site.      

Hi All - Community communications is coming up alot during DisasterWISE conversations. I thought I'd create a fourm so we can a) share information about what works in our communities and b) learn from one another and ask questions....