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This talk examines the ways in which the Bay’s historical ecology may inform our approaches to climate change adaptation. We look at ways in which “green” infrastructures of restored wetlands and oyster reefs, which help buffer against rising tides, can mix with the “grey” infrastructures of sea walls, levees, and dikes to produce new models of urban infrastructure. We explore how our approaches to adaptation have direct consequences for the biodiversity and ecological resilience of the Bay Area. And we address ways in which we, as citizen scientists, can track the changes taking place, which can inform potential solutions. 

Moderated by Alison Sant, co-founder and partner in the Studio for Urban Projects. (Recorded at the Exploratorium Oct. 20, 2016, mp3 64:51).

Katharyn Boyer, Professor of Biology at San Francisco State’s Romberg Tiburon Center


Rebecca Johnson, Director of Citizen Science at the California Academy of Sciences

Shawn Lani, Founding Director of the Exploratorium’s Studio for Public Spaces