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Climate Emergency Prep
How to prepare for climate emergencies such as: floods, hurricanes, fires, drought, extreme temperatures, winter storms, and crop failures
Climate change impacts are increasing — both acute events like major hurricanes and more gradual events like extreme drought and crop failures caused by warming temperatures and changing weather patterns. Let’s brainstorm ways to stay ahead of those challenges together. This workshop will focus on individual to community-level strategies that are relatively simple, low-cost, and easy to implement. We’ll talk about how to prepare your home and family for the impacts of climate change and natural disasters and what should be in your “go bag” should you need to hit the road. Additionally, we’ll cover items that serve to increase personal and community resiliency in the face of future emergencies while also contributing immediate benefits to your life. Please bring your ideas, strategies, and solutions as well!
Instructors: Jayce Philpott & Virgo
Jayce smiles with a favorite beverage
Jayce is a true Gemini sun whose curiosity has led her to a life of exploration. Her adventures through the marshes and forests of her childhood home led her towards degrees in marine biology and environmental studies, and then into a career supporting green energy grant programs.
Witnessing firsthand the impacts of climate change in coastal communities from Wilmington to Majuro, and Curaçao to Costa Rica, turned "data" into real life experience. When Hurricane Helene came roaring through the mountains of North Carolina, Jayce began working with local organizations to collect and ferry supplies into WNC. The following summer, Tropical Storm Chantal flooded her community. Jayce's travels and experiences have deeply shaped her view of the world and her relationship with it.
Jayce loves all things that connect us — food, music, dancing, laughter — and a good group project, because she believes that when we learn together, we grow together. She is passionate about skill-building and strengthening community ties so that we can face what's ahead with the knowledge that we are interdependent, resilient beings who are deeply connected to each other and the world that we call home.
Virgo smiles by the ocean
Virgo (they/them) is from a small rural SC town where they grew up watching a nearby community, where their family was from, being flooded each year. This experience led to their strong passion for natural disaster response and their deeply rooted Virgo energy drives them to help and solve problems. They have actively been doing on-the-ground disaster response for the last decade responding to hurricanes, flooding, and landslides throughout the southeast and gulf south doing things like medic work, food prep, delivery, demo, and debris cleanup. They are part of Triangle Mutual Aid, a network of people in NC who support disaster response as well as many other mutual aid projects. They are also part of Mutual Aid Disaster Relief (MADR) which is a nationwide network specifically dedicated to disaster response. They are focusing on building out infrastructure throughout NC to help build state-wide resiliency, all done through a mutual aid lens.
When not engaging in mutual aid or disaster response work, Virgo enjoys getting outdoors, chasing waterfalls, camping, and road tripping! Virgo gets much joy out of sharing space with like-minded folx and sharing knowledge with others.
Additional Workshop Info
Please join us for lunch after the workshop (noon - 1p), provided by Deep River Folk School.
All materials are included.
This workshop is eligible for use with a season pass.
Youth under 18 may attend free with an adult registered for the same workshop (1 youth per adult).
Early-bird pricing ($55). Regular rate: $75.
