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Planet Texas 2050

Website https://bridgingbarriers.utexas.edu/planet-texas-2050/

Planet Texas 2050 is a research initiative at the University of Texas at Austin. They direct their research towards finding solutions that will help make our communities more resilient and better prepared for the looming stressors of climate change and an increasing urban population.

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  • Planet Texas 2050 Symposium

    Planet Texas 2050 Symposium: Resilience Research In Action

    Recurring
    Glickman Conference Center 305 E 23rd St, Austin, TX, United States

    Planet Texas 2050’s annual symposium brings together university faculty, researchers, staff, students, practitioners, artists, and community members interested in applied interdisciplinary research on climate resilience, adaptation, and equitable and just transition strategies. Through multiple presentation formats and opportunities for dialog and exchange, Resilience Research in Action...

  • Planet Texas 2050

    TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER: A conversation on climate, land, and language

    Online

    Just as the impacts of climate change vary geographically, so do our conversations and the language we choose to use around climate disasters. This event encourages us to consider how we discuss land, water, nonhuman life, colonialism, the changes impacting each of us, and how...

  • Texas Water Planning

    Key Issues on Texas Water Planning and Conservation

    Online

    One would be hard-pressed to find someone to disagree with the precept that water is essential to all facets of life. However, beyond that generality, things tend to get fuzzy. How water is procured and delivered to our homes, fields, and businesses feels obscure and...

  • Water As Muse

    Water as Muse and Collaborator in Community-Based Arts Practice

    Online

    Water has always existed as a paradox. It creates and destroys; it heals as well as harms. Water shapes the land both by carrying away and leaving behind, telling the stories of the earth over and over again. Artists are among many who ask us...

  • Histories Of Urban Water Management

    Resilience Roundtable: Histories of Urban Water Management

    Online

    Today, urban dwellers tend to think about where their water comes from only when it stops flowing, or when it flows too much. This water usually makes it to residential consumers through an extensive and technologically sophisticated infrastructure that remains largely invisible outside times of...

  • Planet Texas 2050 Symposium

    Planet Texas 2050 Symposium

    Recurring
    University of Texas - William C. Powers Student Activity Center 2201 Speedway, Austin, TX, United States

    The annual symposium brings together university faculty, researchers, staff, students, practitioners, artists, and community members interested in applied interdisciplinary research on climate resilience, adaptation, and environmental justice. Through multiple presentation formats and opportunities for dialog and exchange, Resilience Research in Action highlights the work of...

  • Reflections On The Way Of Water

    Artists and Scientists in Dialog: Reflections on the Way of Water

    Online

    How can artists and scientists work together to engage deeply with residents and improve community resilience? What do they learn from each other in the process and what is needed to further develop and support these collaborations? In this special edition of Planet Texas 2050’s Resilience...