Tag: shell to shore

  • New Resilient Futures Podcast: From Restaurant to Reef

    New Resilient Futures Podcast: From Restaurant to Reef

    This month on the Resilient Futures Podcast, we’re welcoming the team from Shell to Shore, an Athens-based oyster shell recycling initiative that works with restaurants across the state of Georgia to rebuild shorelines. Oysters-the same kind you slurp down as an appetizer at that restaurant downtown-have incredible potential for fighting sea level rise. In the wild, oysters build reefs together,…

  • Featured in AJC: Can a historic Black community beat climate change?

    Featured in AJC: Can a historic Black community beat climate change?

    Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) affiliate Brock Woodson was featured in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as part of a collaborative project that seeks to save Sapelo Island’s historic community, Hogg Hummock, from a growing threat: rising seas. Last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $2.8 million grant to the community and partners to develop nature-based solutions to…