GIS for Environmental Impact: Foundations
About this Event
Part 1 of the GIS for Environmental Impact Series
Foundations of GIS — Concepts, Data & Spatial Thinking
Join DC EcoWomen for the GIS for Environmental Impact professional development workshop series led by Tyler Stotland, designed to help environmental professionals build confidence using geospatial tools and spatial data in their work across sectors and career stages.
Participants will learn how geospatial information systems (GIS) informs environmental action, enhances communication and strategy, and supports real-world problem solving. Sessions build both conceptual understanding and practical capability, making this series ideal for professionals, students, and anyone looking to expand their technical fluency or integrate spatial analysis into their work.
Date: Monday, July 27
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: Martin Luther King Jr Library: 901 G St NW, Washington DC 20001, Conference Room 401-F
No prior GIS experience required!
Questions? Contact Andrea Ferri, at .
About the Speaker
is an environmental scientist who uses and builds geospatial tools to support climate change mitigation and resilience. She is a Research Analyst at the Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) at the University of Maryland. Before joining CGS, she worked at the Data Foundation supporting the Greenhouse Gas Coalition which aims to strengthen and coordinate the U.S. greenhouse gas measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification ecosystem. She previously worked at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, where she contributed to Inflation Reduction Act implementation by developing datasets and models to support climate adaptation in U.S. agriculture.
She holds a Master of Environmental Science from the Yale School of the Environment, where her research focused on urban extreme heat adaptation using qualitative research, data science, and remote sensing.
Agenda
🕑: 06:00 PM - 06:15 PM
Introductions & Setting Up
🕑: 06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
Presentation & Q&A
🕑: 07:45 PM - 08:00 PM
Networking & Close-out
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