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• October 28, 2019

  Article explores the role of the private sector in climate-induced relocation

  In "Climigration and the Private Sector," A.R. Siders, assistant professor at the University of Delaware, and Carri Hulet, CBI Senior Mediator, highlight climate-induced relocation, or climigration, as a type of adaptation that involves unique risks and opportunities for those in the business of community investment and development.

• October 18, 2019

  Article explores community engagement and solutions for clean water on Cape Cod

  Erin S. Perry (Cape Cod Commission), Stacie N. Smith (CBI, Associate Managing Director), and Kate K. Mulvaney (US EPA Office of Research and Development) published the article "Designing solutions for clean water on Cape Cod: Engaging communities to improve decision making" in the latest issue of Ocean and Coastal Management.

• September 26, 2019

  Arlington Assessment Offers Recommendations to Repair Community Trust 

  Town officials from Arlington, MA, commissioned an assessment from CBI as part of a multi-step response to a town conflict at the intersection of race, intolerance, and policing. The final report offers a series of recommendations for how Arlington could come together to repair community trust and increase capacity to respond to such incidents in the future.

• September 06, 2019

  CBI Analysis for Barr Foundation Finds Three Climate Adaption Approaches for Greater Boston

  The Barr Foundation worked with CBI to conduct a scan of current climate resilience work and potential opportunities in the Greater Boston region.

• August 13, 2019

  CBI Mediators to Present at the Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference, September 18-21

  CBI Senior Mediator Carri Hulet, CBI Senior Associate Laura Sneeringer, and CBI Senior Mediator Doug Thompson will be presenting at the upcoming Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference on September 18-21, 2019, in Tucson, Arizona.

• August 08, 2019

  CBI Position Opening - Senior Manager of Accounting

  The Consensus Building Institute is seeking a highly motivated professional to serve as Senior Manager of Accounting in our Cambridge, Massachusetts office.

• August 07, 2019

  Summer 2019: CBI in Action

  A snapshot of ongoing and recent work.

• July 31, 2019

  Summer 2019: Staff Updates

  Congratulating our promoted staff and welcoming our new members

• July 19, 2019

  Mystic River Watershed Association Secures Additional Barr Foundation Funding

  CBI, the Mystic River Watershed Association, and the Mystic communities co-founded The Resilient Mystic Collaborative, an effort to collaborate on projects of regional significance to decrease the Mystic region’s collective risk of harm from flooding, drought, extreme temperatures, storms, sea level rise, and other climate-intensified risks.

• July 12, 2019

  'Resolving Land and Energy Conflicts' Book Review

  'Resolving Land and Energy Conflicts' by Patrick Field, Tushar Kansal, Catherine Morris, and Stacie Smith, has been called a “groundbreaking effort that documents conflicts and strategies for collaboration in today’s US Energy Sector.”

• June 18, 2019

  NJ Orthodox: Focus on similarities, interdependence in building relationships with non-Orthodox

  CBI Senior Mediator and Associate Managing Director Stacie Smith conducted an assessment in Lakewood, NJ, to better understand community perceptions of opportunities and challenges across the Orthodox and non-Orthodox populations.

• June 07, 2019

  CBI Position Opening - Junior Associate

  The Consensus Building Institute is seeking a highly motivated, early career professional to serve as a Junior Associate, initially in our Cambridge, Massachusetts office.

• May 30, 2019

  June 4, 2019 - Climigration Network Webinar: “Catalyzing Community-led Projects on Managed Retreat"

  The Climigration Network, an initiative of CBI, hosted the June 4th webinar “Catalyzing Community-led Projects on Managed Retreat,” which will feature the five 2018 Climigration Awardees as they highlight the work accomplished with their 2018 funding, share lessons learned, and outline their next steps and vision for their work moving forward.

• May 01, 2019

  Statewide education forums in West Virginia benefit from CBI’s process design and facilitation

  In the wake of a failed education reform bill and substantial public dissent in early 2019, the West Virginia Department of Education sought CBI’s support to meaningfully engage a broad range of citizens’ voices as the state considers how best to improve its public education system.

• April 26, 2019

  NOAA Panel Reaches Broad Agreement on Measures to Help Protect the Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale

  The Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team reached nearly unanimous consensus on a plan to help reduce deaths and serious injuries to the endangered North Atlantic right whale by 60 percent.

• April 25, 2019

  DLSU College of Law Hosted Lecture by CBI Managing Director

  David Fairman presented “Alternative Dispute Resolution: From angry publics to strategic collaboration” at the De La Salle University (DLSU) College of Law at the University’s Rufino Campus in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Philippines

• April 19, 2019

  Podcast: Trust-Building Between Communities and Industry

  CBI Senior Mediator Merrick Hoben and First Nations Financial Management Board Mark Podlasky share insights for building trust in challenging stakeholder engagement contexts, as well as fostering constructive dialogue between industry and indigenous communities.

• April 19, 2019

  Climigration Network helps Communities Broach Difficult Topic of Retreat

  Five community-led projects received support in summer 2018 from the Climigration Network, an initiative of CBI in partnership with the Lincoln Institute and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

• April 19, 2019

  Assessment for Lakewood Neighbors

  A local coalition in Lakewood, NJ has sought the support of CBI and the National Charrette Institute (NCI) to develop a collaborative planning process to help address the social and civic challenges facing the region and develop a shared future for the rapidly growing and changing region.

• March 14, 2019

  Winter 2019: CBI in Action

  A snapshot of ongoing and recent work.

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