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Reducing Our Risk

Solution Search: Reducing Our Risk surfaced and spotlighted solutions that help us be more prepared for extreme weather and avert risk.

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Communities across our nation face dangerous and damaging weather patterns. Droughts along the Corn Belt, wildfires in the West, tornadoes across our heartland, hurricanes along the southern and eastern coasts and flooding on our storied riverbanks - all endanger our community welfare and livelihoods.

Contest Prizes

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Grand Prize

$25,000 awarded to the Judges' Choice (selected by our panel) and People's Choice (recipient of most votes)
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Category Prizes

Four prizes of $5000 each awarded in the following categories: Social/Community Impact, Biodiversity Impact, Food Security/Nutrition Impact and Water Impact.
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Early Entrant Prize

$5000 awarded to the best entry received by February 10, 2015

Top 10 Finalists

American Littoral Society – Northeast Chapter
Broad Channel, NY, USA
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Billion Oyster Project, New York Harbor Foundation
New York, NY, USA
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Blackfoot Challenge
Ovando, MT, USA
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City of Ottawa
Ottawa, IL, USA
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Climate Central
Princeton, NJ, USA
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Ecosystem Restoration Support Organization, Inc.
Pensacola, FL, USA
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Make It Right
New Orleans, LA, USA
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Restore America's Estuaries
Arlington, VA, USA
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The Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project
Flagstaff , AZ, USA
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New Orleans, LA, USA
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How were entries for this Solution Search judged?

  • Goals and Actions

    Clear listing of goals and their linkage to reducing risk associated with a given hazard.
  • Impact

    Strong results associated with economic, environmental and social/community impacts.


  • Challenges and risks

    Potential for negative outcomes from implementing this solution.

  • Return on Investment

    Positive return (financial, social, or other) associated with investment in the solution.

  • Sustainability and replicability

    Extent to which the solution could be replicated by other communities.

Who judged this contest?

Jim Cantore
Jim Cantore
Meteorologist
The Weather Channel
Mitch Hescox
Rev. Mitchell C. Hescox
President
The Evangelical Environmental Network
John Hood
Sir John Hood
President & CEO
Robertson Foundation
Tony Kuczinski
Anthony J. Kuczinski
President & Chief Executive Officer
MunichRe America
Jane Lubchenco
Jane Lubchenco
Former Administrator
NOAA
Henry Paulson
Henry Paulson
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
Michael Sapnar
Michael C. Sapnar
President & CEO
Transatlantic Holdings Inc
Matt Silverman
Matt Silverman
President
Tampa Bay Rays

Contest Partners

EEN
Munich Re
The Nature Conservancy
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Save the children.
Trans Re

Contest Sponsors

Cedar Hill Foundation
Macarthur Foundation

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