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Shefali J Lakhina

Shefali J Lakhina

Reimagining America’s forestry and fire workforce

Invest in worker-led industries for whole-of-community wildfire resilience

5 min readSep 4, 2023

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Reimagining America’s forestry and fire workforce

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Shefali J Lakhina

Why the United States needs an Open Disaster Data Initiative

I recently participated in the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Wildland Fire Policy Accelerator to develop science, data, and…

5 min readMar 30, 2023

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Why the United States needs an Open Disaster Data Initiative

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Shefali J Lakhina

Digital Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction

‘Making Tech Work for All of Us’

4 min readFeb 28, 2023

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Digital Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction

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Shefali J Lakhina

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2021

Technology applications for wildfire risk management

7 min readOct 4, 2021

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International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2021

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Shefali J Lakhina

Living with fire and evacuations in a pandemic

The Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network recently facilitated two productive learning opportunities on wildfire evacuation planning…

5 min readOct 1, 2021

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Living with fire and evacuations in a pandemic

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Shefali J Lakhina

Challenges and opportunities for post-disaster research

I was recently invited to a panel discussion hosted by the fantastic Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast to talk about key challenges and…

6 min readSep 17, 2021

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Challenges and opportunities for post-disaster research

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Shefali J Lakhina

Lessons from 2020’s wildfires in a pandemic — and how to prepare for what’s next

Communities across the western United States experienced profound disaster impacts in 2020. California recorded over 10,000 fires that…

6 min readJun 25, 2021

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Lessons from 2020’s wildfires in a pandemic — and how to prepare for what’s next

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Shefali J Lakhina

Reimagining 2025: Living with Fire Design Challenge

As part of our Reimagining 2025: Living with Fire program, Wonder Labs is delighted to announce three winning teams for our 2021 Living…

2 min readJun 6, 2021

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Charred landscape around Mt. Hamilton, Santa Clara County (April 2021)

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Shefali J Lakhina

Undesigning the COVID-19 disaster in India

3 min readMay 9, 2021

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Undesigning the COVID-19 disaster in India

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Shefali J Lakhina

‘Staying with the trouble’

Life after 2020

2 min readDec 31, 2020

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‘Staying with the trouble’

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Shefali J Lakhina

Shefali J Lakhina

Shefali is co-founder of Wonder Labs, a social enterprise that catalyzes social and ecological innovations with communities on the frontline of climate impacts.

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