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Director Brian Bledsoe featured by Pew Trusts: How the University of Georgia Champions Nature’s Ability to Reduce Climate Impacts
Originally published here by the Pew Charitable Trusts. When most people hear “infrastructure,” they picture roads, buildings, and other human-made structures. But experts at the University of Georgia’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) also use the term to describe natural features that offer direct and indirect benefits to communities and ecosystems, from forests to river flood plains to marshes.…
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Fear and hope at the heart of new IRIS publication: Innovating Through Nature-Positive Engineering
For centuries, Western civilization has engineered infrastructure that contains and controls nature. In a recent article, IRIS researchers argue that this dated perspective has gotten us into trouble. In order to survive and hopefully thrive through the many challenges modern society faces, we must work with nature. The article, “Innovating through Nature-Positive Engineering: How Can We Move Forward?” written by…
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Expressing condolences to Sapelo Island community after dock collapse
The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the Sapelo Island community following the collapse of a ferry dock gangway that led to 7 deaths and severe injuries. The collapse happened while crowds were gathered to celebrate the island’s Gullah-Geechee community. The event, Cultural Day, is an annual event hosted by the Sapelo Island…
