Long-time green-economy and business journalist, sustainability analyst and communications executive, including 14 years as reporter and editor of Caribbean Business in Puerto Rico, five years as Sustainability Director at two banks on the island, general manager of a green marketing agency, and since 2014 independent strategist, blogger, consultant, freelance writer, and now Editor-Publisher of The Resilience Journal and Founder-President of COMMON Future, a climate-adaptation studio scaling game-changing Next Resilience with communications, construction and culture. Alex is also communications adviser to the American Society of Adaptation Professionals and resilience lead at the Puerto Rico chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Any resilience solution against climate change is welcome, but “hothouse” climate requires a level not yet happening, in line with the great historic leaps of all time
To tackle the unthinkable, Arlen Stawasz goes where few others dare, and discovers a new power, a garden, and timeless solutions where rivers tend to flow
Not just the disaster they lived, but more inspiringly, the hope therein for us, that we may adapt to the change and embrace the truth (though it helps to tell it creatively). So bring it on.
The $94 billion would solve immediate needs but fail to prepare the island for the catastrophic climate the latest science says is coming in 15-20 years
Date: April 21. Setting: EarthX event in Dallas. Moment: Climate Resilient Cities Symposium. And adaptation revealed itself in more radars than you think.