Climate & Community 1/8/26: Designing the Future with Isidora Munoz (Part 1)

Host: Wilson Haims

This week: Climate and Community speaks with Isi Munoz, a graduate of the College of the Atlantic and Just Me for Just Us rural youth organizer. In this segment, Isi shares what inspired her to pursue facilitating community-driven climate resilience and introduces us to the program she created called Designing the Future.

Wilson Haims is from Portland, Maine and earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Wellesley College in 2023. Upon graduating, Wilson contributed to climate and conservation-related field work, policy and community engagement work in New England and the Pacific Northwest. Now, Wilson is the Manager of Community Engagement and Resilience at A Climate to Thrive and spends her time hiking, running, making art and cooking on Mount Desert Island.

 

Johannah, Beth, Wilson, Gus, Alison and Angie are the team at A Climate to Thrive, a nonprofit working to build a model of community-driven, solutions-focused climate action. Since its origins around a potluck table as concerned neighbors gathered to take action on climate change, A Climate to Thrive, or ACTT, has been supporting solutions on Mount Desert Island and beyond since 2016. Learn more at www.aclimatetothrive.org.