Adapt

/əˈdapt/

Authors

Aoife Nolan

Languages

English

Location

Orkney
Make something suitable for a new use or purpose; modify or adjust to new conditions. To undergo modification so as to fit different, and sometimes challenging circumstances. Adapting can be uncomfortable, freeing, or both.

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Media

An example of the Caithness fence, image: Quintin Lake

Questions & Provocations

Facing new challenges and changes, what do we need to modify to work with the environment and landscape, and not against it?
Aoife Nolan
In an environment increasing in change, at what point does 'to adapt' become 'to anticipate'?
Carl C.Z. Jonsson