HighWaterLine Participants
HighWaterLine is being realized globally by diverse local residents. It is their knowledge, ideas and innovative solutions that bring this project to life. Here are their stories.
Category: Participants
Washing away the chalk line – Anna Wilson
I’m watching the October rains washing away our chalk line, created by communities at flood risk throughout Bristol in September, 2014. But the interest in HighWaterLine Bristol continues to rise.
Continue readingBrian Lemmerman, Miami
Brian Lemmerman shares his thoughts on HighWaterLine|Miami and resiliency with Resilient Miami.
“I see Miami as a place that feels connected, neighbors know one another, where communities have gathering places, where politics is not entirely one-sided, where everyone has a say in how their place is going to … Continue reading
Blair Butterfield, Miami
Blair Butterfield, co-founder of Colony1 shares her thoughts on HighWaterLine and resilience with Resilient Miami.
“The experience of chalking the line made us really proud, especially sharing it with our children, and having our children knowing what they were doing…In my mother intuition it felt like this … Continue reading
Adam Schachner, Miami
Adam Schachner shares his experience with HighWaterLine|Miami and making Miami more resilient with Resilient Miami.
“It was part encouraging to see an active interest was being formed among those we were encountering, and it was very moving to be able to…be able to participate in living form of art … Continue reading
Abby Diaz, Miami
Abby Diaz shares her experience with HighWaterLine | Miami and making Miami more resilient with Resilient Miami.
“…because I am just a very visual person, to hold this little machine full of chalk and see this line, where the sea level – where the water was going to rise … Continue reading
Nando Jaramillo, Miami
Nando Jaramillo shares his thoughts on making Miami more resilient with the Resilient Miami team.
“I wake up everyday and thats what I do everyday, … Continue reading
Matthew Toro, Miami
Matthew Toro, who created the maps and animations on Miami’s flooding, discusses his ideas on resilience and HighWaterLine with Resilient Miami.
“When I was putting together the maps, I was in disbelief. I had to continually recheck the data to make sure that I was doing it right and verify … Continue reading
Marisa Prieto, Miami
Marissa Prieto from CLEO Institute, discusses her ideas on resilience and HighWaterLine with Resilient Miami.
“Doing the chalking and seeing the mark in the areas that you live and areas that work in, and areas that you play in, is really powerful for anyone. Even if you spend … Continue reading
Emily Eisenhauer, Miami
Emily Eisenhauer discusses her ideas on resilience and HighWaterLine with Resilient Miami.
“If you can just get people from different sectors to come together and start talking about this, than that in and of itself is a success…we started doing some of that in this project.”