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D4E's vision is to close the gap between disconnected voices in policy and the pressing need for communities to be prepared for a wide range of emergencies.
Our mission is to enhance the innate resilience of communities by equipping them with low-cost, learnable tools grounded in local knowledge and expertise, identifying opportunities for immediate action, and building strategic plans for future emergencies.
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D4E's vision is to close the gap between disconnected voices in policy and the pressing need for communities to be prepared for a wide range of emergencies.
Our mission is to enhance the innate resilience of communities by equipping them with low-cost, learnable tools grounded in local knowledge and expertise, identifying opportunities for immediate action, and building strategic plans for future emergencies.
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Preparing resilient communities
OUR VISION
D4E aims to foster community-led design-based research in disaster risk prevention and reduction at local and global scales. We are interested in collaborating with other designers, risk management specialists, organizations, or governments to understand how design can help create more prepared and resilient communities.
Changing Climate
Hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, and other disasters have become more severe and common. Rising temperatures and sea levels have the potential to displace whole communities and regions. We must better understand and prepare for these evolving emergencies.
Changing Technology
As connected technology and data rapidly change the way we drive, learn, and live, their application for greater community resilience and disaster prevention should be explored and defined. We must imagine how technology can help prepare or prevent the next emergency.
Changing Society
A global pandemic, disputed elections, social inequities, and unforeseen conflicts have exposed dangerous shifts in society that seemed unthinkable just a few years ago. We must work to understand how social systems are evolving and design in ways that anticipate those shifts.
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We are interested in learning more about your experience as a community member, emergency responder, organizational leader, safety officer, or other person responsible for emergency responses. Your insight will help us begin to formulate ways in which our community can be more prepared, resilient, and equipped for unpredictable emergencies.
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South Bend, Indiana
January 2023 | University of Notre Dame
This workshop will invite citizens, emergency responders, organizations, and government leaders to explore the future of disaster response and preparedness through co-creative rapid prototyping workshops. If you are interested in participating, please reach out.
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Santiago, Chile
June 2023 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
This workshop will invite citizens, emergency responders, organizations, and government leaders to explore the future of disaster response and preparedness through co-creative rapid prototyping workshops. If you are interested in participating, please reach out.
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We are looking for global partners interested in reimagining emergency response and preparedness. These workshops will gather international partners together to frame and explore research directions. If you’d be interested in participating, please reach out.
Contact us at: d4emergency(at)gmail.com
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Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.