Did you know: Boston Harbor Now and our partners offer a variety of public programs to increase awareness about climate change? We partner with the Stone Living Lab, National Park Service, and other experts to offer public and youth programs and teacher workshops.
Boston Harbor Now uses programming as a way to increase awareness and expand the public conversation on climate solutions in order to empower people to take collective action for a more resilient future. Whether through an interactive Climate Cart on a community cruise, Wicked High Tides program on the Boston Harborwalk, or nature-based programs on the Boston Harbor Islands, we are engaging audiences of all ages to learn about the world around us and how climate change is impacting our communities.
To learn more about our regularly scheduled climate programs and to register, please visit the links below.
Scheduled Programming
Climate Cart
Learn about how climate change impacts the Boston Harbor through hands-on activities with the Stone Living Lab. Explore the effects of coastal flooding, wave action, and warming temperatures, and design resilient waterfront mitigation measures or create art inspired by climate data.
Science in the Park
Participate in activities to learn about the ecology of Spectacle Island and how to be a good steward of the natural world.
Summer Teacher Institute
Boston area teachers may apply to join the Stone Living Lab’s annual Summer Teacher Institute, a free five-day course focused on climate change education, place-based learning, and participatory science. Information about the next Summer Teacher Institute will be posted on the Stone Living Lab website in February 2026.
Spectacular Pollinators
Join Boston Harbor Now, Park Rangers, and scientists to learn about the fascinating and important roles that pollinators play in their ecosystems, explore Spectacle Island’s trails, and try your hand at pollinator-related crafts.
Ongoing Programming
High Tide Trail
Follow the self-guided High Tide Trail created by the Stone Living Lab and National Parks of Boston to learn about the history of Boston’s coastline and how sea level rise due to climate change will continue to shape and impact the city’s waterfront. This 6-stop audio tour is available on the Stone Living Lab website and on the National Park Service app.
Living Seawall
Check out the Living Seawalls installed at Fan Pier Park and Condor Street Urban Wild for an example of nature-based solutions on urban waterfronts. This project is a partnership between the Sydney, Australia-based Living Seawalls program and the Stone Living Lab.
Cobble Berm
The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Stone Living Lab, and Woods Hole Group have partnered to monitor the effects of six cobble berm sites along the Massachusetts coast. This project aims to understand the success and durability of this nature-based solution for shorelines in terms of geomorphological changes, biodiversity, and salt marsh health. Project sites are at Coughlin Park in Winthrop; Bayside at the UMass Boston campus in Dorchester, Powder Point Bridge in Duxbury, the Duxbury Beach Reservation, on the shore of the Trunk River in Falmouth, and at Stonewall Beach in Chilmark.
Chronolog
Participate in photographic data collection by taking a photo of the coastline at a Chronolog station along the Boston Harbor or Duxbury Beach. A partnership between Chronolog and Stone Living Lab, this project allows visitors to take photos of the same landscape over time to be assembled into a timelapse to observe coastline change. Chronolog stations are set up at Condor Street Urban Wild in East Boston, Fallon Pier in Dorchester, Damde Marsh in Hingham, and Powder Point Bridge and Duxbury Beach in Duxbury.
Hohonu Sensors
Hohonu Overland Flood Sensors are used to measure water levels on land during high tide or flood events as a part of the Real-Time Monitoring in Boston Harbor Project by Stone Living Lab, Woods Hole Group, and the City of Boston. Hohonu sensor sites are at Long Wharf in Downtown, Border Street and Lewis Mall in East Boston, and Tenean Beach in Neponset.
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