TESS - Introducing a Compass of Resilience

• Breakthrough: able to thrive on change and to use outside shocks as a stimulus to create a better future
• Breakeven: able to cope with disruptions, absorb shocks and bounce back to something approximating ‘normal’
• Breakdown: fragile and at risk of collapse without outside help

1. Healthy and Engaged People – relating to individual’s physical and psychological well-being, strong and healthy personal relationships, connection to nature, learning and sharing new skills
2. Creating a More Localised Economy Within Ecological Limits –relating to the creation of a different sort of local economy which positively stewards the local environment and resources, enhances biodiversity, cuts carbon dependence and creates meaningful locally based livelihoods that are less dependent on fossil fuels.
3. Cross-Community Links – relating to links and partnerships with groups in other communities, with support networks and across sectors (including public sector/government and business)
4. Building a Creative, Inclusive culture – relating to how a community addresses social inclusion, social justice/equity and support for social and technical innovation and openness to creating/exploring different/novel ways of working