Invoking the Pause - Supporting Climate Challenge Trailblazers

"PAUSE": Renew - Refresh - Reflect

Risk Taking

Cross-Sector Collaborations

Innovation, Creativity, Learning & Network Building

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Nation in Transition -- American Resilience Project

Investing in Bold Ideas

Investing in bold ideas, cultivating collaborations, and funding strategic "pauses" to advance climate challenge solutions.

Fostering cross-sector innovators developing promising new solutions for climate challenge strategies.

Invoking the Pause

Supporting Climate Challenge Trailblazers

Hundreds of individuals have participated in Invoking The Pause since 2008. They come from a broad range of fields such as the arts, education, natural resources, communities and resiliency, science and technology, policy, and the new economy. As a result, networks have expanded, partnerships formed, and new climate challenge strategies have evolved.

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Because the arts help transform statistics into creative works that illuminate the realities of climate challenges to inspire engagement.

Communities & Resiliency

Because connected communities, social capital, and the growth of cross-sector networks helps build resilient communities better equipped to deal with changing climate conditions.

Because the more informed and knowledgeable people are about climate challenges and what to do about them, the more they are able to act.

Natural Resources

Because stewardship of natural resources and sustainable farming practices represent some of the best opportunities to turn around damaging practices.

Because long-term environmental change won’t happen without smart and increasingly sophisticated economic strategies that find new ways to create and add value.

Because scalable long-term solutions don’t happen without advocating for initiatives and policy changes at the local, regional, national and international levels.

Because science and technology provide data, insights and new initiatives that help us understand and better solve the climate challenges we face.

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