Joining the Galapagos Roundtable

Aug 8

Did you know that some Galapagos marine iguanas shrink their skeletons up to 20% in response to climate change? These fascinating creatures and others on the Islands could hold many lessons for adaptation to climate change, and I’m celebrating a new opportunity to take part in that research.

I've been asked to represent the North Carolina State University's College of Design on the Galapagos Roundtable. The Roundtable will meet periodically to discuss research relevant to the Islands, as well as drive collaborations with colleagues at the University of North Carolina and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito.

It could also lead to future work with the Galapagos Science Center, located on the island, and the Galapagos Working Group focused on preserving the islands for future generations and sustaining their inhabitants.

This collaboration ties in beautifully with my Architecture for Extreme Environments research in which I travel to extreme environments like Death Valley (and hopefully the Galapagos) and bring back nature's lessons in adaptation to climate extremes.

Photo by Simon Pierce.

I'm a professor of architecture at North Carolina State University, where my teaching and research focus on learning from nature about how plants and animals adapt to extreme environments and then applying those lessons to resilient building design.

http://www.georgelvin.com

Joining the Galapagos Roundtable

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