The Lab’s August seminar presentation features National Parks of Boston’s Climate Conservation Corps (NPB CCC)! NPB CCC is a service-learning program that addresses climate change through lenses of understanding, mitigation, adaptation, and communication. The National Parks of Boston is comprised of three sites with valuable historic, natural, and cultural resources. The CCC program is evaluating
By Tessa Peixoto “Resilience” is the power to persevere in the face of setbacks. So when you enter a coastal resilience conference aimed at pooling knowledge and sharing best practices, you can’t help but feel resilient. The Chancellor of UMass Boston opened the conference with a grounded and timely reminder: “When there is no hope,
Join the UMass Sustainable Solutions Lecture series! Find out more and register here. Presented by: Daniela Rizzi, Senior Expert for Nature Based Solutions, Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity at ICLEI Europe Bio: Dr. Daniela Rizzi is a senior expert in Nature-based Solutions (NBS) and Biodiversity at ICLEI Europe, a network of local governments. She coordinates the NetworkNature Project, a platform dedicated to
Join us Thursday, May 15 from 2:00-3:00pm for our May Seminar, this month featuring City of Cambridge Climate Chief Julie Wormser and Weston & Sampson Climate Resilience Practice Leader Indrani Ghosh, PhD for a preview of research on coastal flooding and flood damage in the lower Charles and Mystic River portions of Boston Harbor. One
Sarah White is the Director of Climate Resilience for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). She is focused on developing and implementing an agency framework while ensuring that climate change considerations are incorporated into agency initiatives and projects. Advances current research and policy initiatives on climate change including effective mitigation and adaptation practices,
Melba Torres Sosa is a PhD student to UMass Boston working in the Byrnes Lab and on the Living Seawalls project. She is particularly interested in investigating the hidden world of microbes in urban environments, and is passionate about uncovering how microbial communities shape ecosystems & how we can recruit them to enhance nature-based) solutions. She is
Jasmine is this year’s Summer Education and Programs Intern for the Lab! She will be assisting the team in developing and implementing community activities around Boston Harbor and designing outreach materials. Jasmine is a rising senior at the University of Vermont, where she serves as President of the BIPOC Environmental Collective and as a Student
Join Boston Children’s Museum for a one-day climate event featuring hands-on activities outside on the boardwalk. Explore natural materials, design a tool to help clean trash out of the ocean, and more!
Cathy Stone is president of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation. She has a B.A. and J.D. from American University and an L.L.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. She was of counsel and a past partner of the Boston law firm Foley, Hoag & Eliot where her practice encompassed environmental and administrative law issues. In 1994, she was appointed
Dr. Bob Chen UMass Boston The Second Annual Stone Living Lab Educators Workshop was held on February, 22, 2023. The goals for the Workshop were to 1) share programs and effective practices, 2) strengthen connections among existing programs, 3) innovate new programs in and around Boston Harbor, and 4) optimize collective impact. The first half