Thursday, April 18, 2023

Time: 1:00 to 5:00 PM (Social to follow)

Location: Harraseeket Inn

Coastal Resilience Through Community Engagement: Inspiring Climate Solutions

The climate crisis affects northeastern coastal communities in many and complex ways. Sea level rise and storm surge, rapid modern warming of the Gulf of Maine coupled with acute marine heat waves, and ocean acidification threaten coastal ecosystem services and present complicated challenges to homes, businesses, infrastructure, and marine-dependent economies. Often, climate risks are borne most heavily by vulnerable populations. Innovative strategies for climate adaptation and mitigation are being applied throughout the region. This half-day symposium will highlight climate solutions that are emerging from true collaborations between scientists and stakeholders. Our goal is to inspire collaborative approaches to climate action that engage the powers of science and community working together toward a sustainable and equitable future.

SCHEDULE & SPEAKERS

	Moderator: Emily Greene, Earth & Equity Emily has spent the past several years invested in local stakeholder engagement and facilitating public-private partnerships, which she now applies to the broader global community. She facilitates inclusive engagement by working with organizations to maximize the positive impacts of their core activities on stakeholders, especially vulnerable communities.

	William Kochtitzky, PhD, School of Marine and Environmental Programs at University of New England Record Breaking Storms: What Happened to Maine's Coast During the Highest Tide in Recorded History

	Jessica Brunacini, PhD, Maine Sea Grant & Casco Bay Estuary Partnership Community-Engaged Planning for a Climate Ready Coast in Southern Maine

	Judy Colby-George, VIEWSHED Marshes for Maine's Future

	Jon Woodruff, PhD, Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center & Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges & Science Riding the Wave of Change: From Global Reductionism to Local Empowerment in Coastal Resilience Research

	Jennifer Zhu, PhD, Billion Oyster Project Lessons Learned While Restoring Oysters to New York Harbor and Applied to Brooklyn Bridge Park

Special Symposium

SCHEDULE & SPEAKERS

Moderator: Emily Greene, Earth & Equity

William Kochtitzky, PhD, School of Marine and Environmental Programs at University of New England

Record Breaking Storms: What Happened to Maine's Coast During the Highest Tide in Recorded History

Jessica Brunacini, PhD, Maine Sea Grant & Casco Bay Estuary Partnership

Community-Engaged Planning for a Climate Ready Coast in Southern Maine

Judy Colby-George, VIEWSHED

Marshes for Maine's Future

Jon Woodruff, PhD, Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center & Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges & Science

Riding the Wave of Change: From Global Reductionism to Local Empowerment in Coastal Resilience Research

Jennifer Zhu, PhD, Billion Oyster Project

Lessons Learned While Restoring Oysters to New York Harbor and Applied to Brooklyn Bridge Park

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