Tag Archives: engineering

Building in Resilience to Climate Catastrophe

Posted on June 24, 2024 by borderslynn

After wildfires destroyed homes across California, innovative, but expensive, intensely fire-resistant homes have been designed. Some are already in place in the still sparsely rehomed community of Paradise. These are modular, pre clad built homes and 12 month round produce … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged acceleration, adaptation, air conditioning, catastrophe, climate change, desalination, design, drought, emissions, engineering, extreme heat, FEMA, First Responder shortage, flood defences., flooding barrier landscape, fossil fuel, Hawick, heat stroke, invention, Mediterranean drought, National Parks, osmosis, power grids, reduce emissions, research, safety net, Scottish Borders, solutions, sudden death, survival techniques, upgrades, US, Vigliotti | Leave a comment

Learning from our mistakes

Posted on July 3, 2023 by borderslynn

One thing we hear often said by authorities after a disaster is, ‘let us learn from our mistakes and work to ensure this can never happen again.’ Earthquakes ………a map of the world, with the locations of the biggest earthquakes … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged avoidable death, climate change, common sense, construction, dams, earthquakes, engineering, excess death, flooding, freshwater demand, local knowledge, prevention, tragedy, water shortages | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: engineering

Building in Resilience to Climate Catastrophe

Learning from our mistakes

Where did we come from? Where are we going?