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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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Creative, Collaborative, Community Solutions
Transforming the systems that manage flood risk is challenging even in the best circumstances. In places facing overlapping disasters, political conflict and fragmented institutions, it can be even more daunting. A team of researchers, government officials and nonprofit leaders is tackling that challenge by bringing together people and perspectives. The Río Piedras watershed, encompassing nearly all of urban San Juan,…
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Saving Little Jetties: Shoreline Stabilization at a Major Naval Station
Situated between the city of Jacksonville, Florida, the mouth of the St. John’s River, and the Atlantic Ocean is the busy harbor of Naval Station Mayport. NS Mayport is one of the largest U.S. Navy bases in the Southeast. The Base neighbors the historic working waterfront community of Mayport Village, a lesser-known corner of the City of Jacksonville. Helen Cooper…
