Resilient Futures Podcast

From Restaurant to Reef: Building Resilient Coasts and Recycling (Oyster) Roasts

This month, 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 t

Community Resilience: How National Laboratories Use Interdisciplinary Expertise to Support Healthy Energy Systems

The energy sector is continually complicated by aging power infrastructure, changing technology and competing needs from communities and industry. The Critical Infrastruc

Let It Burn: How Fire Makes Forests More Resilient

After a decade working across the Southeast, Jordan Youngmann is seeing his hometown in upstate New York through fresh eyes–and his work is just warming up. Pre-European

Dawg Days: A Flood Risk Assessment for the University of Georgia

This podcast comes to you from the University of Georgia, a campus that has stretched across the hills of Athens, Georgia since 1785. UGA is situated between the Upper an

The Gospel of Grass: Patrick Keyser Speaks to the Resilience of Native Grasslands

Patrick Keyser knows the grass may not always be greener--but there's still a lot to learn from it. Since long before European colonization, grasslands have a rich

Making Sense of SETS: Our Host Alysha on Complex Infrastructure Systems

This month, Alysha Helmrich is our host and guest! This short episode discusses social-ecological-technological systems and sensemaking. She explores urban systems as SET

ASCE’s Resilient Future: the World’s Oldest Engineering Society Brings New Voices to the Table

In the face of immense global and national change, the world’s oldest engineering society is staying flexible. The American Society for Civil Engineers President, Marsh

Insuring The Future: The Role of Insurance in Disaster Risk Reduction

Disasters are affecting more people and property than ever before. Since 1980, the U.S. has experienced 400+ weather-related "billion dollar" disasters, $3 trillion in ec

Street Smarts and Survival Smarts: How NYC's Urban Preppers are Planning for the Future

What did you do during the COVID-19 social distancing era? Some of us learned to make sourdough, some of us perfected a viral whipped coffee, plenty of us did a whole lot

Going With the Flow: Adapting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for the Long Haul

California relies on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as a hub for water, biodiversity, agriculture, recreation, and more. How can we make sure that management actions ar

Behind the City Scenes: Why You Should Get to Know Your Local Infrastructure

Have you ever asked your garbage truck where it's going? Sybil Derrible is a professor of civil engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago, focusing on urban

A More Resilient Georgia: Introducing the Statewide Resilience Assessment!

This month, we’re proud to introduce an in-house effort at the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems: the Georgia Statewide Resilience Assessment. Commissioned

American Disasters: How Classical Calamities Inform Emergency Response Today

Cynthia Kierner, historian, self-declared "non-21st century person," and Mets fan, is deeply interested in the role of disturbances across American history- hurricanes, e

Why Do We Need Parks? Welcoming Back Joeri Morpurgo

We know that green spaces are good for you. They provide benefits to air quality, biodiversity, and even your mental health... but why? Returning guest Joeri Morpurgo, a

The Nation's Heartbeat: Engineering, History, and the Mississippi River

The Mississippi River Basin covers over a million square miles across the southeast and midwest US. Despite growing up far away in the northeast US, Boyce Upholt thinks a

Sustainable Neighborhoods: How Athens Land Trust Combines Conservation and Community

Emmanuel Stone was raised to love good food: his mother, a restaurant owner, inspired him to teach culinary arts, learn about agriculture, and emphasize the importance of

It's All Connected: A Framework for Intertwined Infrastructure Systems

This month's guest is someone close to home for our team- meet Alysha's PhD student, Negin Shamsi! Negin gives an overview of her first first-author publication

Building Biodiverse Urban Gardens

How big does an urban garden need to be to support pollinators and other important insects? What kinds of plants lead to the most biodiverse space? How should homeowners

Greening the cul-de-sac: How can we encourage nature-positive residential developments?

Big, leafy shade trees, burbling creeks, and access to recreation in beautiful natural areas: most people intuitively know that these kinds of natural amenities create pl

The Resilient Future of Solar Power

Lauren McPhillips didn't always dream of being a professor, but she knew she loved solving problems. After earning three degrees in Earth systems science and enviro