Team Resilience

We are a group of Middlebury College seniors currently investigating resilience in Vermont as part of our Environmental Studies senior seminar capstone course. We are interested in hearing about who you are working with and your experiences.

 

Based on the literature we have read, including the draft recommendations from the recent Vermont state-wide dialogue on resilience, we define resilience as:

 

A dynamic social-ecological process based on groups working proactively to decrease vulnerabilities, engage in risk assessment and prepare for climate change in Vermont.

 

There are many groups working toward resilience in Vermont, whether explicitly or not, through energy planning, community development, land management, cultural preservation, and a variety of other means.

 

What we hope to learn from you:

• Who you are and what you and/or your organization are doing

• Your connections with other individuals and organizations on resilience-related work

 

We plan on mapping collaboration between individuals and/or organizations working toward resilience in Vermont. Visualizing the social connectivity of Vermonters will highlight where connections already exist and where new bridges can be built.

 

The survey should take 5-20 minutes for you to complete, depending on the number of connections you choose to share. We intend to follow up with organizations and individuals you identify to ask them to participate in our survey. In our final map and other products, we will only identify individuals by name with their consent.

 

By participating in this survey you consent for your information to be used by Middlebury College, Bright Blue Eco Media, and the Vermont Folklife Center. Your contributions will be published in an interactive online journal and showcased in a presentation at Middlebury College this December and at the Vermont Folklife Center in the spring of 2014. We welcome your attendance at any of these events!​

 

1. What is your name?

   • What organization(s) are you a part of that are working toward a more resilient Vermont?

   • In a few words, please explain how each organization works toward resilience.

2. Do you collaborate with other individuals or organizations, which in your opinion are conducting work related to resilience?

   • If so, can you please provide their name and/or organization (you will have an opportunity to repeat the following questions for additional contacts later in the survey if you so choose)

   • We would like to identify the fields related to resilience that people are working on in Vermont. Can you please identify the field(s) that most closely characterize the collaboration:

• Emergency Management

• Transportation

• Energy

• Telecommunications

• Community Planning & Development

• Community Learning and Engagement

• Agriculture/ Forestry

• Environment/Natural Resources

• Business/ Economic Development

• Social Services

• Cultural Preservation

• Other

3. Within the context of this collaboration, how would you characterize the strength of your connection?

• 3: Completed action or are currently taking action through an initiative together

• 2: Have developed the connection into an ongoing partnership

• 1: Have connected e.g., at a town meeting, multi-stakeholder dialogue, business interaction etc.

3. Please check the box below if you would be willing to be contacted for further follow-up questions or would like more specific information about our research and presentations.

4. Would you like us to follow up with any of your connections for confidentiality and consent reasons? If so, what is the best way to contact them?