SGI Quarterly

Issue 78 | October 2014

A Resilient Future

  • Humanitarian relief

An exploration of the key elements of resilience and preparedness in the face of disaster featuring Rebecca Solnit, Andrew Zolli and chair of the Asian Disaster Reducation & Response Network Manu Gupta.

In this Issue

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A Resilient Future | Introduction

The concept of resilience may be interpreted differently depending on the field to which it is applied, whether engineering, emergency response,… Read more
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The Tools to Thrive Amid Disruption | Interview with Andrew Zolli

Andrew Zolli is a futures researcher, advisor and the author, together with Ann Marie Healy, of Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back. A central… Read more
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Disasters and the Landscape of Public Love | Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit, from San Francisco, is the author of A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster, in which she… Read more
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The Steps to Safety | Angela Singh

Angela Singh is the media officer for Asia and the Americas at Plan International. She describes how the organization is instituting programs to… Read more
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Roots in the Community: The Role of Faith-Based Organizations | Interview with Sudhanshu S. Singh

Sudhanshu S. Singh is senior program officer for the Asia-Pacific region and humanitarian response at ACT Alliance, a coalition of churches and… Read more
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Reflections on the Great East Japan Earthquake | Taro Hashimoto

Taro Hashimoto is the SGI youth division leader and lives in Tokyo, Japan. This article is based on a speech he delivered on March 20, 2014, at… Read more
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Constructing Resilient Communities | Interview with Manu Gupta

SGI member Manu Gupta is director of the Sustainable Environment Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) in New Delhi, India, and chairperson of the… Read more
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Protecting Women from Landmines | Sanaa Bashir Ibrahim Elnaw

Sanaa Bashir Ibrahim Elnaw is a mine risk education officer for the Association for Aid and Relief, Japan. She describes the challenges and rewards… Read more
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Lessons in Adaptation—Vietnam | Tho Nguyen and Thanh Ngo

Tho Nguyen and Thanh Ngo are, respectively, program officer and program assistant/communications officer for ISET-Vietnam. They describe ways of… Read more
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Mobilizing for Peace in Kenya | Rachel Brown

Rachel Brown’s research into violence prevention efforts in Kenya during a stay in that country led to her founding Sisi ni Amani Kenya with a group… Read more
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