Dr. Elizabeth Hausler
@ElizabetHausler
Founder and CEO of Build Change, social entrepreneur, bricklayer, mom.
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http://www.buildchange.org 21-12-2011 18:57:22
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Thank you WRI Ross Cities for your continued partnership and for highlighting our work on earthquake #resilience in #Indonesia in your recent article.
Inequalities linked to disaster risk among women and children are highlighted in the #SendaiFramework .
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Happening Now: Digital Tool and Loan Utilization Check Training with ASA Philippines Foundation
#ResilientHomFin
#BCPHResilience
#SaferHouse
#ResilientHouse
We couldn't agree more with this Reuters column from Melissa Jun Rowley 📍NYC. #Women are making critical decisions about their families' safety and need #financing to support #climatechange adaptations like #retrofitting their homes.
What strategies can work when building #resilient communities? Learn about unique approaches in #Colombia , #Nepal , and the #Philippines in these #casestudies from our webinar hosted by IStructE. loom.ly/xjObPZo
Thank you @alexissoloski and @melissarowley for your recent @reuters and The New York Times articles highlighting new thinking about #climatechange and how #women play a critical role in solutions. We're optimistic about the future of disaster #resilience , too!
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We are proud to have partnered with The Government of Dominica 🇩🇲 and Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure to tackle housing resilience challenges head-on. Together, we are developing home improvement initiatives to safeguard vulnerable houses from natural hazards. #ResilientHousing
.IFC’s flagship report, #BuildingGreen , shows sustainable construction is a trillion-dollar investment opportunity that could reduce 23% of global construction emissions, with over half in #EmergingMarkets .
Download: wrld.bg/lGLw50Rk4sv
Disasters can set back years of development efforts in a single day. That’s why disaster risk reduction must be integrated in the DNA of all climate and development plans and strategies .
#ZeroClimateDisasters
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¡Queremos que la comunidad Build Change crezca! Los invitamos a suscribirse al #Newsletter donde mes a mes compartiremos avances de nuestros proyectos y noticias de América Latina y El Caribe. Los eperamos 👉🏽: bit.ly/3MlIKQR
❌ Disasters don't have to devastate.
💡They are not a 'natural' part of life.
Natural hazards such as earthquakes and tsunamis may be impossible to stop, but the loss of life and economic damage they inflict is NOT inevitable.
#NoNaturalDisasters
Led by @Birendranagar Mayor Mohanmaya Bhandari, the #Cities4Women project conducted a participatory assessment of the gender and participation gap in seven-step planning. The municipality will fill the gap to achieve #InclusivePlanning #GenderEquality #CommunityEngagement
By 2030, climate's negative #health effects will drive more than 40 million people into extreme poverty. The cost of inaction — on lives and a #LivablePlanet - is huge.
Watch and learn more.👇 #InvestInPeople #InvestInHealth
There are no 'natural disasters'.
Human actions increase risks, and human actions can reduce risks.
Words matter.
#NoNaturalDisasters ➡️ ow.ly/EyIw50Rhlvk