![A new way to grow islands and coastlines](https://hight3ch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/grow-coastline-800x440.jpg)
What if we could harness the ocean’s movement to protect coastal communities from rising sea levels? Designer and TED Fellow Skylar Tibbits shows how his lab is creating a dynamic, adaptable system of underwater structures that uses energy from ocean waves to accumulate sand and restore eroding shorelines — working with the forces of nature to build rather than destroy.