A Social Creativity Project
Project runs August 27 through November 16, 2018! Check out our Square Gallery!
A Social Creativity Project
Project runs August 27 through November 16, 2018! Check out our Square Gallery!
Resilience is a term at the center of many conversations. Whether we look at our own individual resilience, the resilience of others, or more broadly, how resilience works in materials or communities or societies can bring new light to the way we individually affect our community.
Here are a few definitions of resilience within certain fields of study:
An individual's ability to successfully adapt to life in the face of social disadvantage or adverse conditions. (Adversity and stress can come from relationship, health, workplace, financial, or other areas.)
The capacity of a material to absorb energy when it is deformed elastically and then, upon unloading, to have this energy recovered. More simply stated, it is the maximum energy per volume that can be elastically stored.
The capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by resisting damage and recovering quickly.
The economy’s ability to cope, recover, and reconstruct and minimize aggregate consumption losses.
The capacity of individuals, communities, or systems to survive, adapt, and grow in the face of stress and shock, and even transform when situations require it.