Ott, Emily

Extension and Community Resilience: Improving Community Disaster Preparedness Using Online Resources

Emily Ott, Paul Monaghan, and Timothy Fogarty

This document describes supplemental educational materials that can be added to community resiliency training, offering background information and specific tools for disaster preparation. These resources can be used individually or in combination with one another. The toolkits and resources listed here can help practitioners impact the way their communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and disruptions. These resources are useful for preparation in the event of future disasters, as well as for the long-term recovery from recent disruptions.

Perceptions of Florida-Friendly Landscapes: Linking Visual Quality and Environmental Health through Landscape Codes

Gail Hansen, Laura Warner, Paul Monaghan, Emily Ott, Tim Fogarty, Claire Lewis, and Esen Momol

Using Community-Based Social Marketing to Improve Energy Equity Programs

Marianne Schmink, Emily Ott, Paul Monaghan, Lee Hayes Byron, Alane Humrich, Jennison Kipp, Wendell Porter, Matthew Williams, Kimberly Davis and Fiona Hogan

This new 5-page publication of the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication is part of a series that will help Extension agents, nonprofits, agency personnel and all types of community development practitioners to better understand the issue of high utility bills among low-income residents, the “energy equity gap” and what they can do to help. This document provides a description of how the CWC used Community-Based Social Marketing (CBSM) research to increase the impact of their program through a form of “action research” to guide practical changes. Their experience can provide useful lessons for Extension agents and all types of community development practitioners who are seeking to improve the impacts of their programs.