Lab Co-Director Joe Christo joined Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) Executive Director Gretchen Rabinkin, STOSS Landscape Urbanism Founding Director Chris Reed, and other partners to host attendees at the American Institute of Architects Conference on Architecture and Design (AIA25) on a boat tour of Boston Harbor on June 6, 2025.
In early June the shoreline at Condor Street Urban Wild came alive with curiosity and discovery as the entire 8th grade class from East Boston High School joined the Stone Living Lab team for a day of urban shoreline exploration. Just a six minute walk away from their school, students were excited to step into the intertidal world located right in their neighbourhood.
The Lab is excited to announce that three new employees have joined our team, in addition to our new Co-Director Katie Dafforn, who joined earlier this year. Liana Greenberg-Nielsen has joined the team as the Lab’s Education and Engagement Program Coordinator; Jasmine Perez has joined the team as the Lab’s Summer Intern; and Daria Healey has returned to the team as the Summer Institute Fellow!
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.