General localization papers.
Context
Each year, the reDirect Foundation partners with the City of Ann Arbor’s Office of Sustainability and Innovations (OSI) to offer fellowship opportunities for University of Michigan students.
With guidance from City staff, fellows use the Supportive Environments for Effectiveness (SEE) framework to develop strategies that support the City’s sustainability and climate action goals under its A2Zero Climate Action Plan.
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Context
In November 2019, the City Council of Ann Arbor, Michigan passed Resolution 19-2103: A Resolution in Support of Creating a Plan to Achieve Ann Arbor Community-Wide Climate Neutrality by 2030. Then, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the City’s Office of Sustainability and Innovation (OSI) completed a comprehensive participatory planning process in the spring of 2020.
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The Localization Seminar was taught at the University of Michigan from 2007 until 2022. A newer course, the Re-connection and Revitalization Seminar, based on the same premise as the Localization Seminar, has been offered several times, most recently in the Autumn of 2024.
These seminars have supported a number of graduate student research projects,
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The Localization Seminar was taught at the University of Michigan from 2007 until 2022. It supported a number of graduate student research projects, theses, and practicums. These focused on topics such as local food systems, neighborhood resilience, voluntary simplicity, energy descent, conservation psychology, and psychological well-being. A selection of these projects is listed below.
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Since 2007, when the Localization Seminar was first taught at the University of Michigan, a growing number of graduate student research projects, theses, and practicums exist on topics such as local food systems, neighborhood resilience, voluntary simplicity, energy descent, conservation psychology, and psychological well-being. A selection of these projects is listed below.
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Introduction
The global climate crisis is accelerating and nowhere are the effects felt more acutely than at the local level. The resulting impacts are causing immediate and long-term damages to our society, public health, safety, and overall quality of life. In light of these realities, communities are adopting plans to quickly achieve carbon neutrality (e.g.,
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Supporting Citizen-initiated Neighborhood Resilience
The accelerating climate emergency may overwhelm public and private institutions, forcing citizens to respond unaided. But how well could neighbors care for themselves if events gravely reduce the availability of local services? Not that long ago, this scenario would be rejected as completely unrealistic.
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