News and Events
Author Features (Articles and Reviews):
NEW Planetizen, August 6, 2024, "Protecting Vulnerable Older Adults from Extreme Heat" https://www.planetizen.com/features/130807-protecting-vulnerable-older-adults-extreme-heat
North Country Public Radio, June 19, 2024, Why it's critical to plan climate change adaptations for older adults," https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/50024/20240620/why-it-s-critical-to-plan-climate-change-adaptations-for-older-adults
Guardian article, May 22, 2024, "Displaced by climate disasters, ageing Americans struggle to find housing," https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/22/climate-change-affordable-housing-older-adults
American Society on Aging article, April 25, 2024, "How We Might Reduce Risk for Older Adults in a Changing Climate," https://generations.asaging.org/reducing-elders-risks-changing-climate
ELGL Podcast, April 19, 2024, "Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation," https://elgl.org/podcast-climate-resilience-for-an-aging-nation-with-danielle-arigoni-national-housing-trust/
Sightline Q&A, April 18, 2024, "Aging Solutions are Climate Solutions," https://www.sightline.org/2024/04/18/aging-solutions-are-climate-solutions/
Featured in "Resilience Matters: Flourishing in an Era of Extremes" (Island Press e-book), February 23, 2024, https://islandpress.org/resilience-matters-download
America's Trends Podcast, February 21, 2024, "Aging Population At Greatest Risk From Climate Change," https://www.americatrendspodcast.com/2024/02/19/ep-735-aging-population-at-greatest-risk-from-climate-change/
Review: "The mysteries of seaweeds and stars, and other reads: Books in brief," Nature, February 16, 2024, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00503-z
"Keeping Older People Safe in Deadly Weather," Medium (previously in The Messenger), February 7, 2024, https://urbanresilience.medium.com/keeping-older-people-safe-in-deadly-weather-4d6b8254a3aa
Review: Designing for elders as an improvement for all. Bookmonger/Our Coast, January 24, 2024, https://www.discoverourcoast.com/coast-weekend/arts/bookmonger-designing-for-elders-as-an-improvement-for-all/article_1dd364f0-b3e8-11ee-bff0-2b1d030dfcf6.html
Book Excerpt: Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation, Planetizen, January 4, 2024, https://www.planetizen.com/features/126938-book-excerpt-climate-resilience-aging-nation
Author Events:
NEW Salt Lake City, UT Regional Solutions Forum, October 2, 2024, https://www.saltlakecounty.gov/newsroom/2024-regional-solutions-event---aging-in-place/. Learn more and register here: https://www.saltlakecounty.gov/newsroom/2024-regional-solutions-event---aging-in-place/
NEW City of East Lansing Comprehensive Plan Forum, August 19, 2024, https://www.wilx.com/2024/08/19/discussion-climate-resilience-held-east-lansing/
National Extension Climate Initiative, webinar panelist, June 26, 2024 (open virtual event), watch the recording at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF8bvmLoribCu1ggdJdD2jjXDJvHjdi9V
Congress for New Urbanism-DC Chapter, presenter, June 20, 2024 (closed in-person event)
Climate Reality Project, webinar panelist, May 2024 (closed virtual event)
National Adaptation Forum, presenter, May 2024 (closed in-person event)
University of Chicago's Kreisman Initiative for Housing Law and Policy Symposium, Housing and Climate Change, May 2, 2024 (closed in-person event) watch the recording (presentation 1:25-17:05) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osNrvphsMm8
AARP's "Green" Employee Resource Group, April 23, 2024 watch the recording: https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/green-infrastructure-webcast-series#archived
EPA Soak Up the Rain webinar, April 9, 2024. Register at: https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_4Wni4IyTRMiLLFYm5TpgTw#/registration
Gerontology Society of America, "Climate change resilience across the life course," March 11, 2024, 1:00pm ET.
Stanford Center on Longevity, Book Club: Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation, March 6, 2024, 3pm ET.
American Society of Journalists and Authors, "So You're Thinking About Writing a Climate Book?", March 6, 2024, 2:00pm ET, watch the recording at: https://youtu.be/7a8QUtr9Lbo
Georgetown University, Advanced Environmental Law class, March 5, 2024 (closed in-person event)
UIllinois Planning Colloquium, February 20, 2024, 1:30pm ET, watch the recording: https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_fpom17c1.
January 31, 2024, National University of Singapore graduate course lecture (closed virtual event)
January 18, 2024, Grey Green Alliance/CAFCO webinar (closed virtual event)
Recent News on the Issue:
Swiss women win landmark climate change ruling, Axios, https://www.axios.com/2024/04/09/switzerland-climate-change-women-lawsuit and BBC, https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68768598
Why Americans pay so much more than anyone else for weather disasters, Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/03/16/us-disaster-costs-second-world/
Seniors died at higher rates after Beryl, Houston Public Media, https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/07/31/495276/seniors-died-at-higher-rates-after-beryl-many-went-days-without-power-in-the-aftermath/#:~:text=So%20far%2C%2036%20deaths%20across,death%20toll%20were%20older%20adults