Monika and Jessica talk to Abby Ross, the founder of The Resiliency Company, focused on helping communities adapt to climate risk. Abby has used her background as an entrepreneur and experience working with charitable giving to identify the funding gaps holding communities back from fully recovering from natural disasters and find ways to fund those gaps. The Resiliency Company mobilizes the funding, policies, and innovation required to shift markets and minds toward resiliency.

Links and articles discussed on the show include the following:

The Resiliency Company

The Epicenter

The Resilient LA Delta Fund — Rebuilding with Resilience in LA

Home · Probable Futures

Construction Costs for a Wildfire Resistant Home, California Edition

Case Study: Adapt

Nature doesn't cause disasters, we do | PreventionWeb

Dena Prastos, CEO and Founder of Indigo River Studios, joins Monika and Jessica to discuss waterfront resilience in NYC and beyond. Indigo River Studios is a women-owned design firm specializing in waterfront infrastructure, climate adaptation, and regulatory innovation. Dena is both a AIA licensed architect and civil engineer. She leads transformative public and private projects across New York and beyond, including work with NYCEDC, the Trust for Governors Island, and the Hudson River Park Trust. Dena chairs the NCARB Futures Collaborative, has served as a guest lecturer at Yale and Columbia, and was the lead author of the architectural chapters for NYC's first-ever Waterfront Code.

Episode links:

Indigo River Studios - https://indigoriver.com/
Case Study: Wildflower Studios - https://indigoriver.com/portfolio/wildflower-studios/
Book: What if we get it right? By Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645855/what-if-we-get-it-right-by-ayana-elizabeth-johnson/

Monika and Jessica speak with Boyce Upholt, a writer and "nature critic," about his first book, The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi. They discuss the long history of American efforts to control and corral the Mississippi River, the engineering feats that have gone into that project, and some of the consequences of those actions.

Links discussed in the show include:

Boyce Upholt

The Great River a book by Boyce Upholt - Bookshop.org US

Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane - Book Review by Bookishelf

Ancient Courses: Harold Fisk's Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (1944) — The Public Domain Review

America's Achilles' Heel: the Mississippi River's Old River Control Structure | Weather Underground

Natural Solutions for Mississippi River Flooding

Flood: How climate change is making extreme rain more frequent and dangerous.