New connections

Pandemic highlights the importance of the social capital, of the social connectedness.

• New communities are developing because of the pandemic

• Conversations with unusual suspects – kayakers – bringing new groups into the projects

• New virtual communities.

• Momentum in youth movements

• Closer families and neighborhoods

Parallels with adaptation needed for climate and natural disasters.  We need to build and nurture se neighborhood scale ties.

Behavior changes

• The pandemic has shown us that people's behavior can changes very, very rapidly

• Changes in how people conceive of what a good life is.

• More people on trails, recreational bicycling, outdoor education, gardening

• More DIY, community volunteering, accessibility of municipal board meetings, online training.

Intersection of climate and pandemic has gotten more people appreciating their land and environment. Sense of giving back and giving to something larger than oneself from a new perspective of isolation.

New Resources and Opportunity

Role of Science