Resilient by Nature: Designing for Climate and Community

Starr Whitehouse invites the community to join us for a conversation about how landscape architects and planners can help guide climate adaptation in the city and beyond, featuring reflections on an evolving practice over the past twenty years. From leading large-scale planning efforts such as NYC Parks’ A Vision for a Resilient East Harlem and community engagement for MOCEJ’s Climate Strong Communities program, to delivering award-winning spaces such as Southwest Resiliency Park in Hoboken and Bushwick Inlet Park in Brooklyn, Starr Whitehouse has had the unique opportunity to learn from challenges and successes in the field at every stage of the design process across multiple scales of work. Connecting people to nature and each other is the heart of our practice at Starr Whitehouse, and we look forward to sharing how this is essential in our approach to climate adaptation in design and planning. We also look forward to your input — as collaborators, clients, and members of the community — on how we can take the collective step forward in creating a climate resilient future in New York and beyond. Register today, and join us at Climate Week NYC 2026! Photo by Sahar Coston-Hardy