Border Ecologies: Between Water and Land explores how design, research, and community engagement intersect to address ecological resilience at the U.S.–México border. Focusing on Cañada de los Sauces Norte in Tijuana, this session presents interdisciplinary design strategies that respond to environmental neglect, jurisdictional challenges, and community resilience. Through cartography, design strategies, and pedagogic initiatives, presenters share how visual documentation and binational collaboration can foster design literacy and long-term environmental advocacy. The session offers architects, urban designers, educators, and cultural organizers alternative approaches for integrating social and ecological systems through design.