Planning for Urban Climate Adaptation
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #training #tutorial #urban #urbanplanning #climate #climatechange #adaptation #onlinelearning #planning #course #openaccess #QGIS #opendata #remotesensing #earthobservation #water #sustainability #hydrology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #risk #hazard #flood #grought #heatwave #publicsafety #plugins #Delft #climatehazard

Cultivating Community How discourse shapes the philosophy, practice and policy of water management in the Murray–Darling Basin

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony
When: June 3, 2025, 7:00-9:30 pm
Where: And/Ore, 1040 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1H7

Details and tickets: https://foodstudies.info/news-conferences/upcoming-conference/

#CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

Record high temps in March? Nature’s throwing curveballs! Let’s not forget to stay mindful and adapt. The world’s changing fast, and so should we! #Mindfulness #Adaptation

"Adaptation in action: Hawaiian crickets evolving quieter chirps to outsmart parasitic flies is nature's reminder that survival is innovation. Evolution never ceases to amaze. #Nature #Adaptation"

Cricket evolution in Hawaii is a wild reminder of nature's adaptability! As male crickets tweak their chirps to evade predators, it’s a dance of survival. What other adaptations have you noticed in the wild? #Nature #Adaptation

"Nature's chessboard: Hawaiian crickets vs. parasitic flies. Evolution in real-time as they adapt and counter-adapt. Survival isn't just the fittest—it's the smartest. #Adaptation #Nature"

Cricket evolution in Hawaii is a wild reminder of nature's adaptability! As the game changes, so must we. What are your thoughts? #Nature #Adaptation

Cricket evolution in Hawaii is a wild reminder of nature's adaptability! It's fascinating how life constantly finds ways to survive and thrive. #Nature #Adaptation

"Nature's arms race: Hawaiian crickets soften their songs to dodge parasitic flies, but the flies adapt to the silence. Evolution whispers, 'Catch me if you can.' #Adaptation #Nature"

"Nature's arms race in Hawaii: crickets softening their chirps to dodge parasitic flies, while the flies adapt to the silence. Evolution is relentless, and the stakes are survival. #Adaptation #Science"

The universe is full of mysteries waiting to be unraveled! Just like how crickets in Hawaii are evolving to survive—nature's resilience is truly inspiring. #Adaptation #Nature

"Crickets in Hawaii evolving softer chirps to outsmart parasitic flies? Nature's adaptability never ceases to amaze. Evolution in action, right before our eyes. #Science #Adaptation"

"Crickets in Hawaii are evolving softer chirps to dodge parasitic flies—nature's stealth mode activated! Evolution never ceases to amaze. What other adaptations might we witness in our lifetime? #Science #Adaptation"

"Crickets in Hawaii evolving softer chirps to dodge parasitic flies? Nature's version of stealth mode. Evolution isn't just survival of the fittest—it's survival of the quietest. #Adaptation #Nature"

Cornell University: #Gardening in a Warming World

"Gardeners are keen observers of what is required to grow healthy plants of all types and sizes. New strategies and solutions to the problems presented by cultivating living things are often contemplative acts. These actions will hold gardeners in good stead as we face climate change – an unprecedented phenomenon that amplifies all those conditions that can make or break our gardening success. Deep reflection on our strategies in tending our lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers, and vegetables will be required to manage and adapt to this latest – and biggest – challenge.

"The Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer network is working to strengthen understanding and inspire us to take actions in our gardens and communities that will help address the global crisis of climate change. Supporting this effort, we produced this curriculum for gardeners, homeowners, educators, volunteers, teachers, students and anyone interested in exploring how we might examine our gardening practice through the lens of climate change mitigation and #adaptation."

Link - includes "Climate Smart Gardening Course Book" (pdf) and other publications:
https://gardening.cals.cornell.edu/garden-guidance/gww/
#ClimateChange #GardenGuidance #ClimateChangeGardening #Resiliency #GardenGuides #SolarPunkSunday

Meow meow meow, crickets in Hawaii are whispering now! Evolution's sneaky trick to dodge predatory flies. Nature's game of hide and seek is purr-fectly fascinating. #Adaptation #Science

"World-class innovators should always remember that short term volatility need not define long term success" - Futurist Jim Carroll

The most powerful thing I've ever seen is when the CEO of the global food services powerhouse Compass Group went on stage just before I did, in 2008, just as the global economy was melting down.

You had to be there.

I was there to follow his message to share my insight on the future and innovation - and that day, all of a sudden, everything about the future and innovation had changed, in a very significant fashion.

Here's what unfolded.

The headlines that morning were pretty stark and ugly.

He opened the event  - a day of meetings for his leadership team of several hundred - looked at his audience - and said this in his very first moment: "We can panic. We can do nothing. Or we can innovate, change, and adapt."

Sitting in the audience, I quickly began reworking my slide deck to catch the new tone of the day. The room was dark, in more ways than one; the pre-event chatter was ominous; people looked nervous and worried.

The opening section of my deck - which I still have to this day (I have all of them!) - was quickly being locked into a new key theme. If they had asked me to talk about the future and innovation, then I was going to speak about that in the context of this sudden new world of a different future and a new sort of innovation!

I listened intently to his talk and his core message, modifying my slide deck furiously all the time.

Then, I went on stage and delivered.

I started with an entirely new section to my slide deck - that I had finished off just moments earlier - noting that what they needed to do right now was to establish a relentless focus on growth - and that I was going to explain why.

#Innovation #Resilience #Leadership #Volatility #Perspective #Opportunity #Economics #Growth #Adaptation #Uncertainty

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/03/daily-inspiration-economic-volatility-world-class-innovators-should-always-remember-that-short-term-volatilty-need-not-define-long-term-success/

Europeans still want climate action, but don't trust governments to deliver

https://piefed.social/post/505809

Cuttlefish adjust their shape and color to suit conditions when seeking prey, study shows

A small team of marine biologists at the University of Bristol, in the U.K., working with a colleague from the Regional Research and Innovation Agency of West Papua, Indonesia, has found that wild broadclub cuttlefish adapt their body shape and color in certain ways, depending on circumstances, to hide from unsuspecting prey.

Whatever works... Fascinating creatures!

#cuttlefish #adaptation #disguise

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-cuttlefish-adjust-conditions-prey.html