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Changing Climate, Cherished Places — Meeting the Moment

Since January, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, AIA New Hampshire, the City of Newport, and Aquidneck Island Land Trust have sought Union Studio's expertise in resiliency planning

Communities and organizations across the northeast are convening stakeholders around climate adaptation and resilience — increasingly, Union Studio is being invited into the conversations.

Union’s Kara Babcock at the Preservation in a Changing Climate, Annual Conference

 

  • After attending Kara’s resiliency presentation, “East Coast Rising: Adaptation & Retreat” at the National AIA Conference in Boston last year, AIA New Hampshire‘s executive director invited her to present that same work at their annual Education Day in March.

 

  • The City of Newport sought Union Studio to serve as a named stakeholder in its comprehensive planning process, contributing expertise on flood-risk neighborhoods and climate adaptation strategies.

 

Kara’s signature presentation, “Transforming Coastal Adaptation Narratives: Resilience Beyond Survival,” explores how climate adaptation and historic preservation work together. Drawing on Union Studio’s work with Keeping History Above Water in Newport and climate adaptation planning for the House of the Seven Gables, the work starts with acknowledgment—establishing baseline understanding among stakeholders about what’s at stake—then moves through five key steps toward meaningful climate action responses, grounded in specific places and the communities that live in them.

We’re excited to be at the table for this work!

 
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