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
New Innovative and Collaborative Ecosystem As coastal communities face increasing climate-related threats, a new innovative and collaborative ecosystem has launched that aims to become a global hub for testing and scaling up nature-based solutions in the high-energy environment of the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park. The Stone Living Lab is a partnership of
by Nicole Castañeda Summer Program Intern As the summer intern at the Stone Living Lab, I’ve spent much of my time as an educator, which was a little outside my comfort zone. I have been a summer camp counselor, but this is a whole different ball game, one without a set curriculum and schedule but
By Rebecca Shoer Education and Engagement Program Manager This spring, the Stone Living Lab (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. Like our 2022 lessons, this series explored place-based citizen science and climate learning answering the essential
After two consecutive months that brought with them coastal flooding during storm events, local media has been very interested in covering the phenomenon. The Lab’s Research Director Paul Kirshen is featured in a Boston Globe story focused on East Boston’s efforts to mitigate flooding. Read the story below. In Eastie, an early glimpse at Boston’s existential
The following text and information originally appeared in SEASON 6, EPISODE 2 OF THE ENGINEERING WITH NATURE PODCAST on jun 28, 2023. 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
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. Read more about our new team members
The Stone Living Lab is thrilled to announce Charles F. Sams III, Director of the National Park Service will join our keynote panel on Indigenous knowledge at our 2023 Conference, Nature-Based Coastal Resilience in Urban Settings. Join us for conference proceedings on Wednesday April 26, 2023 to hear from Director Sams, as well as his
By Jarrett Byrnes My job as part of the Stone Living Lab is to think about the organisms that live in and around the areas we hope to implement nature-based shoreline preservation. Relative to who lives there now, which algae and animals will be the big winners? Who are the big losers? Will it all