by Rebecca Shoer Cabot Education & Community Engagement Program Manager This summer, we were delighted to welcome eight Boston area teachers to the pilot Stone Living Lab Teacher Institute! This free, five-day institute brought teachers and speakers together to explore Boston Harbor through the lens of climate change, place-based learning, and citizen science*. In addition
By Daria Healey Summer Institute Fellow Last month, we were pleased to host our second Stone Living Lab Teacher (SLL) Institute – a free five-day course bringing teachers, educators, and researchers together to engage in hands-on activities and discussions about climate change, place-based learning, and participatory science* in the local context of Boston Harbor. This
The Lab’s Managing Director Joe Christo is featured in a WBUR story about NOAA’s annual report projecting the number of days Boston can expect to experience high-tide flooding in 2025. Boston should expect 12 to 19 days of high-tide flooding next year, per NOAA By Barbara Moran | August 8, 2024 Boston had 19 days of high-tide flooding last
In late March, Rebecca Shoer (Stone Living Lab), Elisabeth Colby (National Parks of Boston), and Holly Rosa (Boston Public Schools) joined thousands of science educators in Denver for the 2024 National Science Teaching Association Conference! The Lab team joined part of NSTA’s first “climate change” program track to present on the SLL Summer Teacher Institute.
As part of the outreach and education initiatives at the Stone Living Lab, University of Massachusetts Boston and SLL staff launched a citizen/community science program in 2021, providing members of the public the opportunity to get involved in scientific research. The first project ran from April – December of 2021 and was focused on beach
Committee will shape focus of inaugural Boston conference taking place in October BOSTON — The Climate Beacon Project announced 21 local experts in the energy, environmental, and business sectors, who have been named to the 2023 Conference Steering committee ahead of its inaugural conference happening in Boston this fall. The group, including Stone Living Lab
The Stone Living Lab is thrilled to announce Melissa Hoffer, Massachusetts’ first ever Climate Chief, will join us as a Keynote Speaker during our April 2023 Conference, Nature-Based Coastal Resilience in Urban Settings. Join us for conference proceedings on Wednesday April 26, 2023 to hear the keynote live! About Melissa Hoffer Melissa Hoffer joined the Biden
中文版 | Spanish 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
This spring, the Stone Living Lab (SLL) continues our education & engagement programming, including field trips and workshops as part of our cobble berm project. Stone Living Lab staff and partners from Woods Hole Group (WHG) & the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) hosted an educational field trip to Duxbury Beach, as well
Walking along the beach, playing a pick-up game of hockey, playing fetch, plane-spotting – you can enjoy all of these activities (and more!) at Coughlin Park, a public park in Winthrop, MA along Boston Harbor. This small park is popular with local families, teens, and retirees alike, and is a wonderful space for everyone to