Should we be Designing for Climate Change?

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Question

With climate change a reality we need to face, should we be designing based on future temperatures and selecting plant species that can tolerate a hotter climate? Can good design help us soften the blow of climate change?

Key Takeaways

– Climate change can be quite natural, with animals migrating to different places and weather growing colder or windier or wetter.
– The approach is to go for diversity, stretching on all sides of the local climate, and focus on perennials along with annuals.
– With diversity, we can ensure that some things, although not all things, are suited for this year’s weather and will thrive. We always get a yield.
– It doesn’t damage local ecosystems but enhances them because they are not prejudice to interesting foreign species joining the party and making it more diverse.

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