With several “king tides” in the near-term forecast, the Stone Foundation is donating $10 million over the next five years to help a local lab expand its work on nature-based methods of adapting places like Boston Harbor to flooding from climate change.
Lab Senior Program Manager, Education and Engagement Rebecca Shoer joined the Conference on Advancing Participatory Sciences recently. Hosted by the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences, this conference brings together practitioners and researchers from around the globe, all focused on the participatory sciences.
The Stone Living Lab welcomed more than 350 people for our third biennial conference, “Nature-Based Coastal Resilience in Urban Settings,” on April 16-18 at UMass Boston. The three days were documented by our photography partner Dominique Sindayiganza, and some of those images are featured here.
Tessa Peixoto is a marine biologist, science communicator, and social media coordinator for a sustainably-harvested local seafood company. She joined the Stone Living Lab conference as an attendee and shares her experiences at the conference in this post.
The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) released the ResilientCoasts Draft Plan for public review and comment on May 15, 2025, and a final plan is expected to be released during the summer of 2025. Stone Living Lab Co-Director Joe Christo, Boston Harbor Now President and CEO (and Stone Living Lab Executive Committee member) Kathy Abbott, and UMass Boston Professor Paul Kirshen served on the External Task Force for the plan.
The Stone Living Lab welcomed more than 350 people for our third biennial conference, “Nature-Based Coastal Resilience in Urban Settings,” on April 16-18 at UMass Boston.
The Stone Living Lab team joined our partners at the Museum of Science for their Rise Up Boston: A Climate Event program on Saturday, April 26, 2025. The day was full of activities, enlightening live presentations, climate conversations, and much more, with a focus on informing, empowering, and inspiring action.
Read about our work highlighted in the Urban Ocean Lab's new policy paper, "Nature-Based Solutions in Boston’s Harbor: Policy Insights for Coastal Cities!"
We are just one week away from our second in-person conference!
In March 2025, the Stone Living Lab released findings from three projects funded by grants to three external organizations. These publications all explore nature-based approaches (NbA) through lenses of public health, open space access, economic opportunity, and climate justice. We’re also proud to celebrate Emma Brooks, a master’s student with the Stone Living Lab and supervised by Professor Bob Chen, who successfully defended her thesis: Harboring Change: Legacy Contamination, Plant-Metal Dynamics, and the Fate of a Boston Marsh.