As dangerous heat settles into the Northeast, the project I just wrapped up with a small, rural town in Western Massachusetts reinforced for me the need to approach heat resilience from two perspectives - individual action and collective action. Adaptation practitioners often approach heat resilience from the collective action perspective - how
During the 2026 National Heat Safety Awareness Week, the Census Bureau released a new experimental product estimating likely residential air conditioning access. The data set called Local Air Conditioning Estimates (LACE) combines data from the American Housing Survey, the American Community Survey, along with geographic data including Wet Bulb Globe
Nature Based Solutions Health Benefits Explorer This prototype maps climate hazards to nature based solutions and nature-based solutions, associated health pathways, and potential health outcomes. This tool is under active development and is intended for exploratory use only. It illustrates potential relationships between climate hazards, green infrastructure or nature-
This is Health In All Design —a space for periodic sharing of thoughts and resources focused on understanding, quantifying, and promoting the health co-benefits of nature based solutions and climate resilient design. I'm Diane Mas, a water resources engineer and registered environmental health specialist/sanitarian working as