The photos that helped us tell the stories of 2023 | WBUR
WBUR caught this stunning photo of Rebecca Shoer, our Senior Program Manager for Education and Engagement discussing wicked high tides with students at Long Wharf in November 2023.
Cobble Berm Monitoring Project Update: Completion of Year One
78 unique individuals representing 41 different organizations across the Commonwealth took part in the first year of our educational field trips this summer.
Wicked High Tides are coming to Boston!
This fall, Boston will experience a spectacular tidal event: the Perigean Spring Tides (also called King Tides). These “wicked high tides” result in high tides that are 2-4 feet higher than normal. This natural phenomenon occurs a few times each year, and gives us a window into how sea level rise will soon start affecting our daily lives.
Stone Living Lab joins 2023 Climate Beacon Conference Steering Committee
The Stone Living Lab has joined the steering committee for the 2023 Climate Beacon Conference to be held in Boston October 10 & 11.
A Week in Place: the 2023 Teacher Institute
Reflections from our second year of the Summer Teacher Institute by Summer Fellow Daria Healey!
The Engineering with Nature Podcast: Nature-Based Coastal Resilience in Urban Settings
The City of Boston is experiencing climate change and taking action to build urban resiliency through their Climate Ready Boston initiative. In Season 6, Episode 2 of the EWN® Podcast, Host Sarah Thorne is joined by Co-host Andrew McQueen, Research Biologist in the Environmental Laboratory of the Engineer Research and Development Center, USACE, and Joe Christo, Managing Director of the Stone Living Lab in Boston, Massachusetts.
Having Fun-ology with Fifth Graders
This spring, SLL and National Parks Service (NPS) staff created and piloted a series of brand-new lessons with fifth graders at Samuel Adams Elementary in East Boston. We used phenology to answer the question: "How do we know something is changing?"
Welcoming Summer Staff!
This year we are thrilled to welcome two summer staff members to the Lab: Sarah Hope and Daria Healey! They are joining the Education and Engagement team to bring our programming to all kinds of events and communities this summer, as well as supporting our second Teacher Institute
Sharing Nature-based Approaches with Communities
Join the Stone Living Lab, Woods Hole Group, Duxbury Beach Reservation, and MA Office of Coastal Zone Management for one of four educational field trips this season!