Planning For The Future

In a world of climate change, population growth, and depletion of natural resources, we must be conscious of our surroundings, resources, and partnerships when it comes to establishing plans to prepare for, respond to and recover from environmental catastrophes.

Across the world, we have seen a rise in unfortunate events such as wildfires, typhoons, hurricanes, earthquakes, and flooding. There are steps that can and have been taken to minimize climate change; however, the progression to an ideal global climate will take time, and unfortunately, we cannot prevent environmental catastrophes from occurring.

However, we can take a proactive approach to ensure we are prepared to take the steps necessary to ensure our communities' health, safety and sustainability and the natural world around us.

Community Health Priorities

Mental Health

I would like to begin by addressing by far one of the most important aspects of environmental catastrophes and natural disasters that impact our communities of which we reside.

Mental health is the key.

In times of uncertainty, we must retain a strong sense of self to provide the best possible assistance to what is most important for our families and communities.

Clarity and consciousness yield great results.

When we look at mental…