COMMUNITY CONGRESS
Led by those with lived experience of climate disasters, Community Congress is a grassroots gathering that centres powerful stories, local knowledge, and community-led action. Hosted by DisasterWISE in collaboration with Resilient Lismore, the event brings together First Nations knowledge holders, local leaders, and grassroots organisers to focus on resilience, recovery, and renewal.
Past event - August Online Get-Together - Critical Care is the Practice: Holding Each Other When Systems Step Back
DisasterWISE get-togethers are designed to bring together members of the DisasterWISE Communities Network, fostering connection, knowledge-sharing, and collaboration. These gatherings serve as essential touchpoints for members to share experiences about common challenges in disaster preparedness, response, recovery and climate adaptation initiatives.
August Book Club: ‘The Knowledge Keepers’ and ‘Disaster-zone research needs a code of conduct’
We meet once every two months to reflect on books, short readings, films, podcasts, and other incredible resources all relating to diverse experiences of climate induced disasters, major community disruptors and climate adaptation. We aim to bring our community together to listen and learn from one another, and to gain incredible insights that will broaden our knowledge and understandings on familiar or unfamiliar themes.
Past event - July Online Get-Together - A matter of trust: Building connections, building bridges
DisasterWISE get-togethers are designed to bring together members of the DisasterWISE Communities Network, fostering connection, knowledge-sharing, and collaboration. These gatherings serve as essential touchpoints for members to share experiences about common challenges in disaster preparedness, response, recovery and climate adaptation initiatives.
Past Event - June Online Get-Together: Community-Led v Community Centred
DisasterWISE get-togethers are designed to bring together members of the DisasterWISE Communities Network, fostering connection, knowledge-sharing, and collaboration. These gatherings serve as essential touchpoints for members to share experiences about common challenges in disaster preparedness, response, recovery and climate adaptation initiatives.
June Book Club: When the Dust Settles and Language is Land, Land is Language.
We meet once every two months to reflect on books, short readings, films, podcasts, and other incredible resources all relating to diverse experiences of climate induced disasters, major community disruptors and climate adaptation. We aim to bring our community together to listen and learn from one another, and to gain incredible insights that will broaden our knowledge and understandings on familiar or unfamiliar themes.
Past Event - May Online Get-Together: Communications for Adaptations
DisasterWISE get-togethers are designed to bring together members of the DisasterWISE Communities Network, fostering connection, knowledge-sharing, and collaboration. These gatherings serve as essential touchpoints for members to share experiences about common challenges in disaster preparedness, response, recovery and climate adaptation initiatives.
Past Event - April Online Get-Together: Community Scale Energy Solutions
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.