Topic: public participation

Design restoration projects using ecological principles and the Society for Ecological Restoration standards. Case studies connect limiting factors, community assembly and reference ecosystems with diagnoses of degradation, project objectives and intervention choices. Participants compare passive and active restoration, monitoring and adaptive management, ecological recovery indicators and public participation. Collaborative exercises culminate in proposing restoration of a degraded ecosystem and explaining its expected societal and ecological benefits. Live sessions: 26 and 29 October; 2, 5,

Anil Seth discusses the scientific study of subjective experience and why perception can be described as controlled hallucination. He and Steven Strogatz consider the visual ambiguity of the dress, the relationship between brain activity and conscious experience, and public participation in mapping the diversity of human perception.