This project seeks to involve residents of San Cristóbal in the imaginative process of climate-adaptive urban design. 

Together with collaborating Community Scientists – residents of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristóbal trained to work on the protocol – we transcribed, coded, and analyzed interview data collected between 2022-2024. Because extreme heat was a problem consistently mentioned by residents of the island, in 2024, we engaged the community events and gathered information on the interest of local people in increasing local tree coverage in urban areas. In 2025, we are moving into the third and final phase of the project: policy-driven solution generation with the community. We aim to train our Community Scientists to collect data about the types of trees in the town to later co-develop a tree-planting proposal to present to our municipal partners, stimulating discussion and generating solutions aimed to improve and adapt public space against climate risks.