City Commissioner of Coral Springs, Nancy Metayer Bowen tells @KateTucker how they’re building climate resilience in a coastal Florida floodplain.

HOPE Is My Middle Name, season 3, episode 5 - Building Climate Resilience in a Coastal Florida Floodplain

What do you do when your hometown has been ranked in the top 4 US cities most vulnerable to coastal flooding? If you’re Nancy Metayer Bowen, you run for office. And you become the first Haitian-American to be elected to office in Coral Springs, Florida. Now as a city commissioner, Nancy is hard at work, what storms may come – hurricanes, Imposter Syndrome, sea level rise – building a more sustainable future for her family, her community, and the rich and diverse ecosystem of the South Florida Everglades.

Join us for a courageous and enlivening conversation on finding hope to outlast the storm.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 Planting a Tree for Every Baby Born
00:50 Introducing Nancy Metayer Bowen
02:41 Protecting the Florida Everglades Ecosystem
04:08 What Does a City Commissioner Do?
04:58 Growing Up with Immigrant Parents in South Florida
12:13 Effects of Hurricanes and Sea Level Rise
19:34 Am I Too Young to Run for Office?
23:29 Building Climate Resilience
28:24 Finding Common Ground in Climate Conversations

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Hosted and executive produced by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.

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