Circular Resilience Map
Systemic Risk, Resilience, and Circular Economy Networks - Mapping Series
The intent of this research and resulting map series is to illuminate the relationships between community-focused circular economies (e.g., community reuse, repair, share, compost) and the compounding threats to community resilience facing Washington State. Building on the Washington Department of Health’s, Environmental Health Disparities Map, we show where funding, investment, and technical assistance are being directed and where it is needed.
Viewing the maps:
Darker shades show census tracts that are more at risk of environmental threats and have more threats to community resilience than other census tracts in Washington.
Overlayed dots highlight active and existing community-focused circular resilience initiatives
This map series is a first release meant to demonstrate and test the data.
Feedback so far.
“This is validating. "Look we need this". It validates funding principles.”
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“Foundations and agencies are trying to fund in underserved projects. Now you can see initiatives being rolled out.”
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“This is really useful for state, county and city policy and program development!”
Presented by:
NextCycle Washington (NCWA), Start Consulting, Equity Analytics Group, and Traversal Design. Special thanks to RRS, and Cascadia Consulting for support on this project.
See our executive summary.
What this map tells us.
This map demonstrates areas with both high levels of environmental risk and threats to resilience across the state, in urban, suburban, and rural areas, in each geographic region, and in every county. It also shows which community-focused circular initiatives and networks are operating in areas with high risk of environmental impacts and threats to resilience.
Why this is important.
This research is important to communicate the intersection of circular economy and community resilience initiatives. This work can elevate and strengthen this connection by:
Highlighting where funding and technical support is being directed towards circular resilience initiatives and networks.
Elevating opportunities for:
Resilience hub development connected to the circular economy.
Gathering data to bridge existing gaps.
Building on existing publicly available data (e.g., Census data, Health Disparities Map, FEMA) to understand systemic risk and threats to resilience.
Who is on the map.
To be shown on the maps presented here, an organization or project must be:
Aiding community-focused circular materials, focused on building resilience through circular economies in their own community,
Focusing on essential items and services, and
Doing this work NOW, not just demonstrating potential to do so in the future.
Note: The initiatives shown on this map do not represent a complete list of circular economy initiatives present in Washington State.
Special thanks to the participants of our group discussion helping us test and improve this map:
• Kami Bruner, Repair Economy
• Carol Lanigan, Green Okanogan
• Shiho Fuyuki, People’s Economy Lab
• Sarah Jo Lightner, Methow Recycles
• Joshua J Epstein, NE Seattle Tool Library
• Christoph Strouse, UW Sustainability Office
• Ashima Sukhdev, Seattle Public Utilities
• Chris Iberle, City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment
Also special thanks to the folks who spent time with us in interviews and conversations to help us understand connections of systemic risk, resilience, and circular economy.
How to interact with these maps
Reload the webpage if your map isn’t responding. This map is an early prototype.
Adjusting Map Sliders
Adjust the sliders below the map to view circular resilience initiatives with different risk & resilience scores within the census tracts.
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Using Checkboxes
Check or uncheck the boxes below the map to view circular resilience initiatives by particular elements.
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Hovering & Clicking
Hover over each census tract or circular resilience initiative to see more details. Clicking on any element of the map will select only that element. To de-select and see everything again, click on the same element again.