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Busy as a Beaver: Developing Tools for Strategic Implementation of Beaver Dam Analogs
Beavers have long been known as a nuisance animal for their unsolicited tree removal and instinct to dam up water sources to create floodplains. However, those exact instincts can play an important role in shaping landscapes that are resilient to flooding, drought and fire: by building their dams, they raise water tables, reconnect floodplains and improve fish and wildlife habitat.…
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Apply Now: Public Art & Natural Infrastructure Design Challenge
The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) at the University of Georgia invites proposals for a public art installation. The goal of this project is to use art to enhance citizen science, leveraging art installation within a natural site to crowd-source environmental monitoring. Dr. Daniel Coleman, research associate, explained the challenge: What is the challenge? We are looking for interested…
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New Resilient Futures Podcast: Building Resilience in Medicine with Human Wellbeing
On this show, we usually focus on structural resilience- but what about the resilience of our personal wellbeing? This year, the University of Georgia opened our brand new School of Medicine, and some of the experts joining the School’s Office of Personalized Health and Well-being joined us to talk about resilience in a different light: stronger, more strategic medical education…
