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Ecofutures LAB

RESTORE : ADAPT : THRIVE

Fostering Hope, Resilience, & Action

EcoFutures Design Lab supports researchers and communities in imagining and creating more just ecological and energy futures.

Environmental conservation

we seek systemic change through individual empowerment

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Restore

Learn how to creatively restore ecosystems in your community to create a more resilient environment.

Adapt

Engage in practices that foster hope for the future so we are empowered to act.



Thrive

Participate in shifting our society to one that honors the earth and each other.

Research

Ecological Restoration

coming soon

Ecologist determined a plant.

Energy Futures

coming soon

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Science and tEchnology

coming soon

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Who We are:

Dr. Shana Lee Hirsch

University of Washington, HCDE

EcoFutures Design Lab was founded by Dr. Shana Lee Hirsch, an author and sustainability scientist who works at the nexus of environmental science and cultural change. She draws from her transdisciplinary background in natural resources science, policy, and management and her experiences working with scientists that are on “the front lines” of climate change in their daily work. Dr. Hirsch founded EcoFutures Design Lab in 2022, as a forum for diverse ways of knowing and managing the environment that are necessary to bring about systemic change to address future challenges. Dr. Hirsch' academic publications can be found here. Her book, published by UW Press can be found here.

Connect with us

slhirsch@uw.eDU

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