Turning Climate Map Data into Real Community Projects

This interactive session invites participants to turn climate map insights into practical, community-driven projects. Using the RUSH Initiative maps, which bring together data on ecosystem and community health to support climate action, we will explore real-world use cases, generate project ideas, and collaborate to design actionable initiatives. Through a fast-paced, design sprint-style process, participants will move from inspiration to tangible concepts that could be tested and implemented locally. Participants will take away:

• A clear understanding of how map data can inform real-world climate action.
• Experience collaborating across disciplines to design community initiatives.
• A practical action project idea.

Dan McNeill is a service designer and facilitator who helps teams turn complex challenges into practical action. He is the founder of Yes And Consulting and teaches design thinking at Royal Roads University. Dan co-runs the Victoria Impact Design Collective, where he leads hands-on design jams and collaborative workshops. He lives and works on traditional Lək̓ʷəŋən territory, and his sessions blend creativity, collaboration, and just enough structure to help ideas become real.

The RUSH Initiative is an open source and scalable mapping platform for the non-technical audience to understand the risks and fixes to long term health at the neighborhood level - from climate readiness to belonging. Prototyping on Southern Vancouver Island, we exist to help people, community groups, neighborhood associations, not-for profits, local governments, businesses and First Nations clarify and advocate for health outcomes they need, with the tools to explore the factors at play in the future they want. With over 21 community partners, we visualize the data sets that support advocacy, the democratization of data and community engagement. Our goal is rapid resilience in record time.

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