In this interview, Don Falk, associate professor at the School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, speaks about the current role of restoration ecology in the face of climate change and altered world ecosystems. He emphasizes how restoration ecologists are already equipped with the skill set to address climate change as a direct result of working with stressed environments, and also explains a current paradigm shift that replaces restoration ecology with resilience ecology—a process which still involves knowledge of the land’s history as it facilitates current ecosystem adaptation. This new form of ecosystem adaptation focuses on climate change in conjunction with other modern stressors such as landscape fragmentation, invasive species, and human population growth. Ultimately, as a leading researcher and educator in ecosystem restoration, Falk sees the potential of large scale system restoration to positively address climate change and remains hopeful if ecologists allow restoration and adaptation to remain continually interdependent.