- Friday, September 1, 2023
- 2:45 PM–3:35 PM
- Science Building 110
Please join us to learn from Professor David Koetje about how we can protect key ecological functions by helping local biodiversity adapt to new climate conditions in human-dominated landscapes.
Refugia Gardening: A Good Anthropocene Begins at Home
With our planet already reeling from human-caused biodiversity and climate crises, how do we live into future with hope? I propose Refugia Gardening as a strategy to protect key ecological functions by helping local biodiversity adapt to new climate conditions in human-dominated landscapes. This works because refugia are small pockets of resilience where communities of interacting species can survive and adapt to new fitness conditions resulting from climate change and other ecological disturbances. Because Refugia Gardening can also nurture a sense of reciprocity and hopefulness, this scalable practice is ideally suited for all landowners who want to collaboratively cultivate a good Anthropocene.
