Earth Care. People Care. Fair Share.
These are challenging times. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in the face of climate catastrophe, social injustices, and an economic system that values profit before people. Inundated by news stories of crisis facing the planet, many feel caught in cycles of pessimism and paralysis. But what if the media’s narrow focus on problems has overshadowed the myriad grassroots solutions flourishing in our midst? Across the globe, people are working to reform, recreate, and reimagine existing systems along more sustainable lines. In our work to build resilient communities, the NorCal Community Resilience Network stands in solidarity with these regenerative efforts and with movements to resist neoliberalism, environmental destruction, and militarization at all levels.
Here in Northern California, we are blessed with an abundance of community groups working to realize the sustainable future we need. The NorCal Community Resilience Network seeks to unite these groups into a coalition that offers strategies for collective impact and builds collaboration for a more resilient world. We are a Network of solutionaries, citizen activists, businesses and grassroots organizations who are turning despair into action using a whole-systems approach to community transformation.
Our Mission
The NorCal Community Resilience Network activates and supports community-based and ecological solutions to climate change, economic instability and social inequity, toward a Just Transition away from fossil fuels.
Our Vision
The vision of the NorCal Community Resilience Network is to transform our homes, neighborhoods, and communities into vibrant, regenerative, and resilient places. Together, we are realizing a Just Transition away from an extractive economy toward holistic, collaborative systems that support human life in self-sustaining harmony with nature. We envision our work as a model for community care and healing that starts at home and spreads out beyond our region to the world at large.