<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[higherground]]></title><description><![CDATA[higherground]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/blog-1</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 09:55:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/es/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Sustainable Adaptation: a Metrics Perspective]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most important long-term climate adaptation challenges is how to motivate - and sustain – appropriate capital investments and...]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/sustainable-adaptation-a-metrics-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="false">605084e54117db0057971388</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:17:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/bjPxeVNoAZA" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Karl Schultz</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live with a system replete with disincentives to sustainable adaptation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over this blog series I’ll aim to describe and consider alternatives to the following systemic dysfunctions]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/we-live-with-a-system-replete-with-disincentives-to-sustainable-adaptation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fd270124542e2001708df87</guid><category><![CDATA[Incentives and Barriers]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 12:28:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/26c35c_8055d429a9ea4fb9b3cde1f80c028c24~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_480,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Karl Schultz</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Morasses of Louisiana’s Coastal Wetland Restoration, Part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is Part 2 of a two-part blog. The first part of the blog considered the causes of land loss and what the State of Louisiana has done...]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/the-morasses-of-louisiana-s-coastal-wetland-restoration-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f635dd347ce010017a59c85</guid><category><![CDATA[Case Lessons]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:17:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_87f84b776f2441919673d763c7219b13~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_282,h_222,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Barrett Ristroph</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Morasses of Louisiana’s Coastal Wetland Restoration, Part 1
]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once far-fetched, ideas of reclaiming and recreating land don’t seem so strange anymore.]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/the-morasses-of-louisiana-s-coastal-wetland-restoration-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5a2765c103e800174a7ca3</guid><category><![CDATA[Case Lessons]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:30:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/26c35c_054ed8eb788746978b01571791bfa4c1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_808,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Barrett Ristroph</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Whole System Perspective is Critical for Sustainable Climate Adaptation - The HGF View]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adopting a whole system approach is likely to afford the best means to try and understand and meet the challenges which lie ahead.]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/a-whole-system-perspective-is-critical-for-sustainable-climate-adaptation-the-hgf-view</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f0e1f367c9bd9001765888b</guid><category><![CDATA[Tools and Techniques]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:14:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d5a514_abfcfe758ec245b38208b21c55f3ef0a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_892,h_669,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Paul Forte</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summary for Climate Adaptation and Indigenous Response in the Arctic Blogs]]></title><description><![CDATA[I.                      Alaskan and Canadian Arctic Warming This blog reviews current arctic Alaskan and Canadian climate conditions and...]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/summary-for-climate-adaptation-and-indigenous-response-in-the-arctic-blogs-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e42d29c3eba750017f9934b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:49:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Blake Gentry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[IV. Arctic Climate Adaptation Policy Making ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This 4th and final blog in the series, Climate Adaptation and Indigenous Response, in the Arctic reviews the gaps in approaches used for...]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/iv-arctic-climate-adaptation-policy-making</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e96fcced1bb0100176fc62e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:25:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3b88bb_f5c15956982641fc906f1c0d44952ae0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Blake Gentry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[III. Climate Adaptation and Indigenous Migration]]></title><description><![CDATA[This 3rd blog in the series, Climate Adaptation and Indigenous Response in the Arctic, illustrates some ethical, legal, and practical...]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/iii-climate-adaptation-and-indigenous-migration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e8c8e4103c1e90017edbfb2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:05:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3b88bb_5ba4375e777e4d83be9c1d858898997a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Blake Gentry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[II. Native Peoples and Permafrost in Alaska]]></title><description><![CDATA[This 2nd blog in the Series, Climate Adaptation and Indigenous Response in the Arctic, explores the human impacts of permafrost melt and...]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/ii-native-peoples-and-permafrost-in-alaska</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e7b6e4fa842ce0017816d2c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:09:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3b88bb_b6730067109b4432a6b1034d2730a3b7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Blake Gentry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I. Alaskan and Canadian Arctic Warming]]></title><description><![CDATA[This blog in the Series, Climate Adaptation and Indigenous Response in the Arctic, reviews current arctic Alaskan and Canadian climate...]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/i-alaskan-and-canadian-arctic-warming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e4531fce9a8aa00173842b8</guid><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Communities]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:58:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/26c35c_e12bce62976f4c73a015def791d7a5a6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_752,h_468,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Blake Gentry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summary for Climate Adaptation and Indigenous Response in the Arctic Blogs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Measuring this climate driven transformation of landscape is part of an unfolding reality of climate change in Alaska.]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/summary-for-climate-adaptation-and-indigenous-response-in-the-arctic-blogs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e42d39c210b5f0017ae6375</guid><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Communities]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:18:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/26c35c_d7c1ba2cb8b74d8fa847275b0043b0af~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_780,h_405,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Karl Schultz</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Series Forward: A problem solving series on Utiqiagvik’s life altering climate change]]></title><description><![CDATA[this community (as with others in Alaska and Canada) may have to move or, in effect, die.]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/a-problem-solving-series-on-utiqiagvik-s-life-altering-climate-change-series-forward</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e3969fdda60640017f1a46f</guid><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Communities]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 13:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d5a514_6dcc78432f4f470e94530746185abb78~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_177,h_168,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Karl Schultz</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machine Learning, Adaptation, and VRCs]]></title><description><![CDATA[In many ways, the Higher Ground Foundation can be said to be a part of the “risk community”, which is exemplified by traditional...]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/machine-learning-adaptation-and-vrcs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ddff11dded3660017fcb6ac</guid><category><![CDATA[Tools and Techniques]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 16:19:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d5a514_bd5296b105414faba992ff4587be1ddb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Karl Schultz</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mocoa’s Lessons for Indigenous Communities and Adaptation]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Holistic” is perhaps an over-applied term but,  the challenge will be to develop incentives to plan for climate adaptation.]]></description><link>https://www.thehighergroundfoundation.org/post/mocoa-s-lessons-for-indigenous-communities-and-adaptation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c828ca16e8acf001cd979f1</guid><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Communities]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:17:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d5a514_badec366a240441e892b03fc9c08baa9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_462,h_731,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Blake Gentry</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>